HOT OFF THE "SCPR" PRESSES:" A DETAILED INTERVIEW WITH CANTON MAYOR TOM BERNABEI & PLANNING DIRECTOR DON ANGUS ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF CANTON'S "CENTENNIAL PLAZA" PROJECT

What follows is a one hour, 22 minute, 26 seconds interview done by The Stark County Political Report with Canton mayor Thomas M. Bernabei and Direct of Planning Don Angus yesterday, April 24, 2019.

As far as the SCPR is concerned, Mayor Bernabei is "the very best" that Stark County has to offer in leadership style and effectiveness.

Of course, the mayor and this blogger do have different perspectives which shows up in the video.

Mayor Bernabei is one a very few Stark County political subdivision officials who has the maturity to take on challenging questions, endeavoring to answer them "head-on" (i.e. not trying to change the subject as ever so many public officials do to answer the question they want to answer) and, demonstrates his political/governance maturity in not (as many officials do) visiting future inaccessibility to the likes of the SCPR as a message:  "do not ask me tough questions."

Normally, after putting 5 minute or less segment in the body of any given blog, the SCPR does place "the entire video" of any SCPR videotaped interview or event in the blog.  However, "the entire version" is usually placed at the end of any given blog in the appendix section.

However, this particular video is so, so, so important for Cantonians/Stark Countians to view in order to understand the origin, development, the current status and the future of downtown Canton development which could over time tremendously benefit all Stark Countians.

In the appendix of this video is a copy of an April 17, 2019 letter to Canton City Council members which provides a written "thumbnail" sketch of the development of the entire Centennial Plaza project.

Excised from a letter in its separate file is a sheet which details the "broken down" to aspects of the project which is to be viewed as a "cost sheet."

For those readers who absolutely refuse to view the entire version video (or any part thereof), the SCPR which be publishing snippets of video in 45 second segments (the maximum allowable on Twitter.  (Here is a LINK to the first such snippet but without a video attached).

The video.



APPENDIX

Bernabei letter to Canton City Council members



Cost sheet for Centennial Plaza project