[Owen]

Not a good day overall. If he's dirty he has to go down, but if he's a rare black Republican, then this could cost votes in a vote rich area in November.

[mabelkitty]

He's not a rare black conservative Republican.
He was East Cleveland Council President forever, and he's in thick with the Democrats who run Cleveland - Louis Stokes, Steffie Jones, etc.

He's had problems with corruption well before he switched parties - perhaps he got a heads up?

Republicans don't get elected in Cleveland, let alone Cuyahoga County.