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Raskind was appointed CEO following the unexpected retirement of former CEO Eugene Sanders. It's similar to the role he filled last year with the Port Authority. In both cases, he's called on to right a ship that's in danger of foundering. He inherits a school system that's nearly $50-million in the red and has for years been one of the state's poorest performing districts. And, like the city, enrollment continues to shrink.
Roundtable: Mark Naymik, Politics Writer, The Plain Dealer; Ned Whelan, Whelan Communications.
Kasich's Budget
The new Governor's first budget reins in spending on nursing homes, schools and local government services and, he says, closes an $8-billion spending gap without a tax increase. It calls for the sale of five prisons to private operators and complete privatization of liquor sales. Critics were especially harsh in denouncing cuts to the local government fund, saying the state is merely shifting responsibility to the locals.
Kasich's Popularity:
Governor Kasich has work to do if he hopes to improve his public image. A new Ohio Poll from University of Cincinnati shows 40% of adult Ohioans like the way he's handled his job, 47% don't. It's the lowest initial approval rating for a new governor since democrat Dick Celeste in 1983.
Ganley's Legal Troubles:
local car dealer Tom Ganley is the target of a seven-count indictment accusing him of molesting a woman at one of his dealerships last year. The allegations first surfaced last fall in the closing days of his unsuccessful run for a Congressional seat. At the time, Ganley called them politically-motivated. His accuser had come to him with an offer to volunteer for his campaign.
The Danny Greene Story:
The story of the legendary Cleveland mobster is told in a movie that opened last weekend, Kill the Irishman. The film is based on a book by Rick Porrello, police chief in Lyndhurst, who chronicled Greene's rise as a mobster to his car-bomb death in downtown Cleveland. Actor Ray Stevenson plays Greene; Christopher Walken is rival racketeer Shondor Birns and Val Kilmer plays a character based on former Cleveland police chief Ed Kovacic.
March 18, 2011