The Plain Dealer rolled out a preachy unwelcome mat the other day  for Democratic gubernatorial  candidate  Ed FitzGerald that bloated the whole front page of the paper’s Forum section. Part tutorial, part public defender and part temper tantrum,  the PD accused FitzGerald of dithering in failing to act promptly to  withdraw his nomination of Jeannet Wright, the acting county treasurer,  to treasurer.

It also accused the candidate, and Cuyahoga County executive, of a feathery, dismissive  response to the PD’s disclosure that she had  income from her rental properties.  The full-page gasp was assembled under the headline “Fanning the flames of […]