Have an idiot son-in-law, brother, nephew , or sister that needs work and you have dealings with the county. $5, or $10k and the idiot has a no work job punching a clock and a cot at the coroners back room for $35 - $60K plus benefits. $15, or $20k and he has a no show job paying $40 to $80K a year without even going to the office on a daily basis.
It is called influence peddling and it is what the Democrat Party is best at, at every level. It is just that a Republican hasn't held a County wide office in Cuyahoga County in almost half a century. That kind of inbreeding causes massive corruption.