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.”

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