Independent Exclusive: Zanotti Gambled with J. Kevin Kelley By James Renner Contrary to his public denials, The Independent has learned that Issue 6 architect, former Mayor of Parma Heights, and county-transition executive committee member Martin Zanotti took trips north to gamble with county corruption figure J. Kevin Kelley and several other local politicians. [...]
July 28, 2008. That’s when it started. That’s the day over 100 FBI agents raided the public offices of Cuyahoga County to kick-start a sweeping investigation of corruption that reaches inside the highest offices of Greater Cleveland. And still their targets, “Public Offical 1” and “Public Official 2”—also known as Jimmy Dimora and [...]
Does Bill Mason smell an indictment in the wind? Something sure has him acting strangely. We all know about his night on the town with his treasurer, Tom Regas, which resulted in a drunken driving charge for his chauffeur, and an apparent cover-up by Seven Hills police. Now, the Independent has discovered that Mason is [...]
