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"The new leaders of Cleveland are looking for a foothold, while the old guard continues to stumble. Guess who said this: �The Growth Association, Cleveland Tomorrow, Cleveland Today, Cleveland Next Tuesday. They have not been cutting it.� Which radical young turk was caught voicing this sentiment that everyone knows (but no one wants to speak)? None other than Sam Miller of Forest City. Check the Becky Gaylord piece here, and see the list of nine economic development groups with a combined budget of about $80 million (most of it tax money), and then tell me what all this cash buys us? Takeaway: Pittsburgh found itself in a similar situation 10 years ago with dozens of ineffectual, infighting eco dev groups (sounds familiar), and they came together under a common vision called the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance."