The day after a jury convicted Mayor Brandon King of theft in office, East Cleveland moved to cut off his paycheck. Sandra Morgan, who was appointed interim mayor during King’s suspension, told the finance director in an email to stop paying King.
“He is effectively no longer Mayor of East Cleveland, and as such, is no longer entitled to salary payments,” Morgan wrote. “He is officially separated from employment at the City of East Cleveland.”
That email is now evidence in the court battle over who succeeds King. Lateek Shabazz, the council president, said he is now the mayor. His attorney argued that Morgan’s email supports his case…