From wikipedia..."After Kucinich refused to sell Muni Light, Cleveland's publicly owned electric utility, the Cleveland mafia put out a hit on Kucinich. A hitman from Maryland planned to shoot him in the head during the Columbus Day Parade, but the plot fell apart when Kucinich was hospitalized and missed the event.""In 1998 the council honored him (Kucinich) for having the "courage and foresight" to stand up to the banks and saving the city an estimated $195 million between 1985 and 1995."I suppose it depends on how you look at it. I remember all this, at the time it was all hate on Dennis the Menace. Now most everyone gets what he was trying to do, and it turned out he was right.