MEET THE BLOGGERS EPISODE 7: JANE CAMPBELL

George, Tim and I interviewed Cleveland Mayor and re-election candidate Jane Campbell last evening. The resulting hour-long podcast (in three parts) is posted at Brewed Fresh Daily.

Mayor Campbell said her administration played no role in getting $32 million in Federal tax credit financing into the Steelyard Commons package. She stood by the claim that SYC will produce 1,800 jobs. She said she will support unions' right to organize store employees at SYC, and that the Towpath Trail passing through the development will be a public right-of-way "like a street" not under the SYC owners' control. That was all in the first ten minutes.

George found a wi-fi connection and blogged his way through the whole interview, so there's a complete topical outline here.

Tim closed by asking for a commitment from the Mayor, if she makes it through the primary, to do a Meet The Bloggers debate with her opponent in the general. He didn't get it.