Greater Cleveland’s Regional Transit Authority is taking its medicine and planning budget cuts while Cuyahoga County government spins fairy tales about sales tax growth – an approach that Today in Ohio podcast hosts call “spinning a voodoo spell.”

The stark contrast between these two government entities relying on the same sales tax revenue stream became a focal point of discussion on Friday’s episode of cleveland.com’s daily news discussion podcast.

RTA – which gets nearly all of its revenue from part of the county sales tax -- is preparing for fiscal reality by implementing a hiring freeze, considering service reductions, and freezing wages for non-union workers, Cuyahoga County officials, however, are claiming they’ll see substantial sales tax growth to balance their budget – a

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