Mayor FitzGerald Vying For County Executive Seat

At a press conference on December 17th, 2009, Mayor Ed FitzGerald announced his candidacy for the newly formed position of County Executive for Cuyahoga County. With his family beside him, FitzGerald spoke of the problems of the past saying, "At precisely the time when we needed our county government to be at its best, it's most dynamic, it's most innovative, it's most effective, it has been paralyzed by the worst public corruption scandal in our county's history." The tone turned to the promise of the future, as he continued, "As County Executive, I will use this combined experience in law enforcement and as a chief executive to overhaul county government and restore the people's confidence that county government can be operated with integrity, will provide the services it must to those in need, and act as a catalyst so that the economy of Cuyahoga County embraces the shift to the new economic growth sectors in medicine, biotechnology, clean and green energy, and arts and culture."

Headquarters for the Ed FitzGerald County Executive 2010 campaign can be found at 1836 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, near the West Side Market.