The Cuyahoga County jail project—nearly a billion dollars, years in planning, on the verge of actual construction — is teetering on collapse, all because of a procedural requirement that county officials somehow missed.
Friday on the Today in Ohio podcast, hosts described how County Executive Chris Ronayne and his administration have been barreling full steam ahead on one of the region’s most expensive projects, but without any oversight.
Now, they’ve been blindsided by a warning from County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley: Everything they’ve done so far may be illegal…