Glad they weren’t out mowing the lawn. East Cleveland firefighters handle blaze at mayor’s building.
I am not sure if this tops the story of the other Ohio mayor who came face-to-face with the firefighter she suspended, but it certainly fits into the same theme.
A couple of weeks after I began writing STATter 911 I found a story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that caught my eye. It was about an order from East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer that firefighters would now be used to mow the lawn in city parks. Here is the operative quote from the mayor:
“We have 54 firefighters, and they have a lot of downtime,” Brewer said Thursday. “Instead of sitting around the station, they’ll be assisting us as we beautify the city.”
On Saturday an electrical fire forced the evacuation of 500 people from the 27-floor Lake Park Towers in East Cleveland. Guess who is Lake Park Towers most prominent resident?
Mayor Brewer didn’t have any problems with how firefighters handled the call, but he is going after his landlord. Again the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Brewer said the city would be filing complaints against the building’s operator, Niederst Management Ltd. in Rocky River. The company did not return calls on Saturday seeking comment.
Brewer and other residents said the building did not have emergency backup power or operable lights in the stairwell and had other violations of the electrical code.
“We will be meeting with him very soon, and there will probably be some citations issued,” Brewer said.
