Hold your horses Bibb reconsidering multimilliondollar police stables after clevelandcom questions inflated price tag

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mayor Justin Bibb is reconsidering costly plans to build a new home for Cleveland police’s mounted unit, after The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com spent a week seeking answers about the facility’s growing price tag. One of the initial options for the new stable, considered by former Mayor Frank Jackson in 2019, included basic amenities and was estimated to cost around $6.2 million. But today, under more elaborate plans, which Jackson preferred, the cost to taxpayers could be nearly triple – perhaps $16.5 million, city records indicate. The hefty cost – well above what some cities have recently…