RNC2016 in Cleveland: Corporate funding still not clear

It’s the Cleveland Way: engage in a plan to spend a hundred million dollars and commit to it before you know the funding is available. The New York Times called it in March: Corporations Grow Nervous About Participating in Republican Convention.

Well of course. What did you think was going to happen? Most recently, Crain’s Cleveland Business posted a story that the Plain Dealer media company completely ignored: “Cleveland Convention is $7 million short.” Characteristically and unapologetically, Joe Roman says “The last five, six, seven million of anything is always the slowest.”

This is a surprise to absolutely no one. Party conventions don’t make money for the host cities. They don’t remotely break even. And Cleveland is particularly ill-suited to put on a show like this because our public services are weak and our politicians are corrupt as hell.

Everyone saw this $7,000,000.00 deficit coming two years in advance.