Old Ben’s home turf back in the day.
A big, “unhealthy turd” takes on another smaller “unhealthy turd” and they both continue to spin around the bowl for a few more revolutions.
Struggling rural small towns in the south have been unincorporating, disbanding their police and fire departments and turning utilities where they exist over to private companies. The county takes over police duties and volunteer fire departments handle fires.
Don’t think this would work in a declining, indebted city with a larger population and a major crime problem, though.
This is what Japan did in the 2000s, massive town mergers.
i grew up in Cleveland Heights in the 70’s and east Cleveland was bad THEN.
East Cleveland should file for bankruptcy. Only after the proceedings have proceeded should Cleveland even consider a merger.
Cleveland wants more Democrats, gibmedats, and EBT voters to help their 25% income tax increase approved. East Cleveland needs a teet and it looks like Cleveland needs more dependents so as to better drain the few productive people it has left.
2banana’s Rule:
Long term democrat rule + public unions + free sh*t army = misery, ruin and bankruptcy
Cleveland itself isn’t exactly on the ball maintaining it’s own infrastructure - outside of the areas destined for viewing by the Conventioneers this summer.
Taking on a city with even worse infrastructure doesn’t seem like a recipe for success.
Like the EU we are failing because of our failed policies and ideology so lets band together and eventually fail together, misery loves company
It's not necessarily a bad thing, either. When you have an urbanized area with two municipalities that border each other, it's hard to make the case that you need separate municipal governments, separate departments, separate school systems, etc. If anything, that's just an enormous waste of taxpayer money.
East Cleveland is 93% African American in the last Census.
“Two struggling Ohio cities consider banding together”
So they can pool their failure?