Suburban Cleveland Politics Getting Ugly; Op-Ed

I opened my residential University Heights mailbox to this, today;

(I consolidated it.)

"He has been a councilman for only 1.5 years, and has no in-depth concept of running a city. He is only interested in the bottom line, but a city is much more than that.

Is he the kind of person you want leading this city beginning in 2010? He does not care, nor is he interested in the more than 30 programs, in addition to basic services we offer."

--Mayor Beryl Rothschild

This is her "goodbye" letter to the residents of University Heights.How does she know that Frank Consolo (The "he" in her nasty letter) doesn't care about the city. Is she a mind-reader?

I was most likely going to vote for Mr. Consolo anyway, but now I am for sure. 

At least Mr. Consolo and two other councilman and councilwomen including Frankie Goldberg and Pete Bernardo stepped up to the plate when I was having a major zoning issue going on with a neighbor who built a barn next door to my suburban home.

I support Consolo for Mayor of University Heights.

I also support Frankie Goldberg for council. Peter Bernardo is up for reelection, and I support him, too!

Comments

[The Franchise King]

Hi john,

I was really surprised to see a nasty letter from a Mayor..go out to every UH resident.

No class. At all.

JL

[John Ettorre]

Sadly, this is not too surprising. About 15 years ago, I wrote a long article about how the same mayor of the same suburb was presiding over a political machine that drowned out opposition and dissent. Just glad that that machine is finally in its last moments. She's going out just as she presided, with no class and no regard for democratic institutions.