McEaneney hired by AkronWatch.org

Retired BJ reporter Dennis McEananey has been hired as the leg man for AkronWatch.org which will bird-dog the City of Akron’s spending habits.

Retired steel fabricator Larry L. Parker launched the site on April 29 and reported 27,000 hits in the first six days. The site says the city has “squandered millions of taxpayer dollars on so-called economic development projects over the last 25 years. He hired McEnaney to prowl city hall and check public records. The site targets city debt which exceeded $500 million in December for work past and present on Canal Park, the expressway, the Inventors Hall of Fame and the John S. Knight Center.

Akron Mayor Don Plusquellicd told reporters Wednesday that Parker is a liar who is wasting his money rehashing old issues.

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