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How Cuyahoga County Council succeeded in 2020, and how it fell short: analysis
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County Council flexed its seldom-used oversight muscles in 2020 by calling into question the accuracy of County Executive Armond Budish’s projected revenue losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic
But a vocal council majority also signed on with the Budish administration in support of no-bid contracts, a move sharply criticized by Ohio Common Cause, a government watchdog, for opening the procurement process to possible political influence.
Today, The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com looks back on those decisions and other council hits and misses.