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Pugu:
So very disappointing. Fitzgerald upon learning of a $110k/yr job given to his fiscal officer's friend/former colleague without the job ever being posted, Fitzgerald (who may or may not have known about the whole dirty business) chooses not to take action, rather saying we'll post the job in six months (while the guy collects a paycheck in the meantime). And no apparent reprimand for anyone. The fiscal officer who was filling the job claims he didn't know the job was posted.....did he think just one person--his old buddy--applied?

Looks like we're heading back to the good ol' days of Cuyahoga County government. And I thought Fitzgerald had higher political ambitions.

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2011/10/cuyahoga_county_hires_finance_manager_without_posting_position.html

StrapHanger:
It's clearly a violation of the county's policy which is bad, but that's not the same as it being corrupt or cronyism or a return to the "old way."

Kind of ironic that, per the article, the person who made the hire in this case was a republican from Columbus, not part of the local Dem machine.

Pugu:
^If Fitzgerald wants to clean up the image of the county corruption, then he should have little tolerance for this type of thing. or at least pretend to. let's assume he knew nothing about the republican from Columbus who hired his friend. Upon learning about it, he should immediately require posting of the job, especially if he wants to let the guy to stay. why a random six months--so everyone can forget about it? And he doesn't "investigate" it or at least pretend to? And the HR rep assumes he's best candidate amongst a pool of one and he's not even from NE Ohio?

by the 'old way' i stated above, i was referring to shady county government and favors for friends, etc. at the public expense. None of this smells right and the new 'clean' government of Fitzpatrick looks the other way.

what's particularly frightening is the carefree (at best) or inappropriate way approach that Fitzpatrick is handling this--by doing nothing.

327:
Agreed, this is very disappointing.  Also agreed about how it should be handled.

Clevelander17:
Public Official 14 at your service.

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