Shaker Mayor Responds to Cleveland Heights Councilman's Fire Merger Request
Jason Stein has requested a study to see if Cleveland Heights could merge fire departments with Shaker and University Heights
Though no definitive solution has been presented regarding the possible merger of the Shaker Heights and University Heights fire departments, one thing is clear — Cleveland Heights will not be included any time soon. Shaker Heights Mayor Earl Leiken said as much Friday when asked to respond to a Sun News report that Cleveland Heights Councilman Jason Stein has requested that a new cooperative study be conducted to see if a Cleveland Heights-Shaker-University Heights fire department would be feasible. In the report, Stein said he has made the city's interest in a potential merger known over the past couple of years, but "Cleveland Heights remains on the outside looking in." Leiken said the possibility for other cities to be a part of a …
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Garry Kanter
12:36 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
You are correct on all counts. You left out the part where the CH councilperson is grandstanding, didn't go through the proper informal protocals, and had to be given a professional lesson in how to say "no". more ›