Terrence Egger corrupt

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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AdvanceOhio won’t reveal its political clients to readers

CLEVELAND, OH – The AdvanceOhio chief executive who normally has a lot to say in controlled media settings about the city’s political affairs and public figures was unusually terse in his email to EJBNEWS that sought his response to Cleveland councilman Kenneth Johnson’s description of stories by reporter Mark Naymik as “fake news.”  The independent website also asked Quinn if he would identify AdvanceOhio’s political, institutional and corporate clients; and the articles and acts that have been created to support their campaigns. “I will not be responding to your inquiries,” Quinn wrote as he copied AdvanceOhio employees George Rodrigue, Elizabeth Sullivan…

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