Tisha Turner

Opinion: Morgan and Shoup will screw themselves by attempting a retroactivity cure for their illegal spending

Honorary British Consul and Order of British Excellency (OBE) Mayor Sandra Morgan arrives to work around 10 a.m. and hides in her office surrounded by her fiscal officer, a Jamaican national and an Eritrean refugee's daughter. No secretary. Employees aren't allowed in the mayor's "wing" like they were during the Shabazz administration.

CLEVELAND, OHIO – Inside the closed doors of East Cleveland City Hall, there should be a frantic search underway for a “legal time machine.” Mayor Sandra Morgan and $400‑an‑hour Receiver, George Shoup III, should be huddled in a “straight panic” meeting. The topic? How to erase 57 days of illegal spending. They should be looking for a legal way to pass a “retroactive” budget that serves as a legislative eraser to wipe away the fact that since January 1, 2026, every city check or contract signed by unbonded and uncertified Director of Finance Lynn Ann Gries has been a violation…

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The state’s $400 an hour East Cleveland receiver, George Shoup, is in contempt of court order he’s paid to enforce

CLEVELAND, OH – For $400 an hour or $3200 a day and a law degree, attorney George Shoup, III is expected to know how to read and obey the court order giving him the equivalent of an $800,000 a year salary.  He’s the so-called “savior of East Cleveland” appointed by Court of Claims Judge Lisa Sadler at the request of Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber.  Shoup earns over four times more than, and has one tenth of one percent of the responsibility of, Ohio Governor Richard Michael Dewine who’s paid $176,000. I underscore his $400 an hour wage because…

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