I saw CUYAHOGA and my heart fell. I used to live in a town called CUYAHOGA FALLS, which is in SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO.
CUYAHOGA is another COUNTY, a bit farther North. Think Cleveland area & its suburbs.
CUYAHOGA FALLS is quite lovely and named for the CUYAHOGA RIVER that winds its way through and around and back up North again. It's A LOT nicer now that it ISN'T ON FIRE.
Why does this matter & why am I even mentioning it?
Well I used to work for SUMMIT COUNTY GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Out of the 88 counties in OHIO, SUMMIT may be one of the shadiest. Aside from CUYAHOGA COUNTY. It was back in the early-mid 90's anyway. My immediate boss was...well she was related to a judge and we often found her sleeping under her desk.
Another, older lady that was responsible for getting paperwork to me/my desk so I could type out subpoenas was often found sleeping on the couch in her office. Most of the missing "checked-out" files on ppl were last signed out to these two and omg I ended up doing all 3 of our jobs myself.
Until I went to my boss's boss. Former FBI. Serious as a heart attack but very fair & even pretty cool around ppl he knew worked hard.
We started talking every day, since I needed his signature on most of the stuff I was doing, esp the other 2 ppl's jobs. He validated a lot of the things I was questioning about certain contracts the state and the county had and we'd both just shake our heads.
After a year or so, we were working on a case involving quite a few children in the household and Mr. FBI, Boss of my Boss, said "If you think Summit County is dirty, don't EVER work for CUYAHOGA county. There are things even a "tough" longtime investigator doesn't want to see."
Aside from some mob-based bullshit/contracts via construction companies and such with local county government a few years later, now I'm pretty sure THIS is the sort of awfulness going on that he was referring to.
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Mrs_Ogynist01 ago
WOW - this company is HUGE! They have 23 branches and it looks like their home office is in Richmond, VA.
https://opencorporates.com/companies?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=European+Adoption+Consultants&commit=Go&jurisdiction_code=&controller=searches&action=search_companies&order=
EDIT - Sorry, read that wrong. Home office in CUYAHOGA, OHIO. And a couple of those branches are inactive.
Mooka_Molaka ago
sadface /notterriblysurprisedface
I saw CUYAHOGA and my heart fell. I used to live in a town called CUYAHOGA FALLS, which is in SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO.
CUYAHOGA is another COUNTY, a bit farther North. Think Cleveland area & its suburbs.
CUYAHOGA FALLS is quite lovely and named for the CUYAHOGA RIVER that winds its way through and around and back up North again. It's A LOT nicer now that it ISN'T ON FIRE.
Why does this matter & why am I even mentioning it?
Well I used to work for SUMMIT COUNTY GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Out of the 88 counties in OHIO, SUMMIT may be one of the shadiest. Aside from CUYAHOGA COUNTY. It was back in the early-mid 90's anyway. My immediate boss was...well she was related to a judge and we often found her sleeping under her desk.
Another, older lady that was responsible for getting paperwork to me/my desk so I could type out subpoenas was often found sleeping on the couch in her office. Most of the missing "checked-out" files on ppl were last signed out to these two and omg I ended up doing all 3 of our jobs myself.
Until I went to my boss's boss. Former FBI. Serious as a heart attack but very fair & even pretty cool around ppl he knew worked hard.
We started talking every day, since I needed his signature on most of the stuff I was doing, esp the other 2 ppl's jobs. He validated a lot of the things I was questioning about certain contracts the state and the county had and we'd both just shake our heads.
After a year or so, we were working on a case involving quite a few children in the household and Mr. FBI, Boss of my Boss, said "If you think Summit County is dirty, don't EVER work for CUYAHOGA county. There are things even a "tough" longtime investigator doesn't want to see."
Aside from some mob-based bullshit/contracts via construction companies and such with local county government a few years later, now I'm pretty sure THIS is the sort of awfulness going on that he was referring to.
Omnicis ago
I am glad I left NE OH. went to HS in Cuyahoga Falls.