EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Mayor Sandra Morgan is outlining a plan to address decades of neighborhood decline in East Cleveland, including vacant homes, deteriorating roads and illegal dumping.
The city has struggled with fiscal emergency status for nearly 40 years, according to state auditor reports.
Morgan said the city lacked sufficient paperwork from multiple years to conduct audits, forcing her staff to piece together the city’s financial state from stacks of old and incomplete files…