Will Cuyahoga County corruption probe threaten renewal of Health and Human Services levy next year?
Elected officials have a little more than a year to convince Cuyahoga County voters that if they renew a health and human-services levy, their tax money won’t be squandered on luxury living by people holding the public’s purse strings. County politicians campaigned for the tax by saying it was needed to protect the county’s abused children, homeless and elderly. Instead, federal prosecutors say, some of the agencies getting the money ended up paying the bills for corrupt people to live the high life in Northeast Ohio and around the globe. Former County Commissioner Tim McCormack said his time in office gave him an appreciation for how much direct power county government has over whether people freeze to death or have shelter, whether families starve or how many infants die in preventable situations. “The levy is this community’s generous response to people of all ages, all abilities,” he said. McCormack said money and support for these most basic social programs have been “significantl
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