Ellen Kleinerman puff piece

Ex-Plain Dealer news boss hurt East Cleveland on Cleveland Clinic board that closed Huron Hospital

Advance employee Terrence Egger works for the Russian-owned company, served on Cleveland Clinic's board; and concealed Gary Norton's crimes from the newspaper's readers.

EAST CLEVELAND, OH – Eight days before ex-Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos Cosgrove and recalled Mayor Gary Norton signed their June 29, 2011 agreement to close Huron Hospital the city’s council stripped the mayor of the authorization to even negotiate it.  “No deal” the “legislative authority” declared in Resolution No. 49-11. Norton ignored Res. No. 49-11 and, along with ex-law director Ronald Riley and finance director Ron Brooks, signed their names on the Cleveland Clinic document as if the council had seen and approved it.  None of these details were included in the article Ellen Kleinerman wrote for the Plain Dealer. …

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