CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — When Tony Cuda was sworn in as Cleveland Heights’ interim mayor on Oct. 1, he made an immediate splash hire for the long-vacant interim city administrator position.
Minutes after taking the oath, he introduced Sharon Dumas — a veteran of Cleveland city government with a reputation for calm, competent leadership and broadly credited with helping Mayor Frank Jackson keep the city solvent after the Great Recession in 2009.
However, in a recent interview with cleveland.com, Cuda recalled that Dumas, who had been retired for nearly four years, wasn’t an easy yes…