Cleveland City Council's budget resistance to mayor's assistants

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Cleveland City Council's budget resistance to mayor's assistants

Here’s a number that elicited gripes from City Council during hearings this week on the mayor’s latest budget proposal: 19.  Bibb is budgeting for a staff of 19 special assistants in his office this year, up from the 16 in last year’s budget. “Special assistant” is a blanket title for various staff in the mayor’s office. Some handle media inquiries or scheduling. Others work on special initiatives on homelessness, traffic calming, tax-increment …