that were restrictive to minorities, providing leadership for retaining a Cleveland Browns team in the NFL (after then-Browns team owner Art Modell moved to Baltimore with all former Browns players and personnel to form the Baltimore Ravens) as well as building a new stadium for the Cleveland Browns, and construction of the Gateway stadium development. He also declared October 30, 1994 "Bone Thugs~N~Harmony Day" in the city of Cleveland to honor the hometown rappers. White is also credited in saving the Continental Airlines Cleveland Hub. In 1999, Clevelanders and Northeast Ohioans celebrated direct access to London, England with a nonstop air service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport CLE to London's Gatwick LGW. This flight was popular with Cleveland's business community and helped Clevelanders bypass the traditional Cleveland-NYC-London connections. Continental ended nonstop London flights in 2009. Continental Airlines in 1997 opened a new Gate D at Hopkins Airport. Under Mayor White's tenure, Cleveland became a tourist spot with the openings of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995) and the Great Lakes Science Center (1996). White announced at an informal appearance at Miles Standish Elementary School on April 23, 2001 that he would not seek a fourth term as mayor. When White's successor, Jane L. Campbell, assumed office in January 2002, and the former mayor retired to an alpaca farm near Newcomerstown, Ohio. In 2012, he was also running the Yellow Butterfly Winery near the same town. Controversy The White administration was criticized for ignoring or at least underachieving in its aid to residents of the predominantly black neighborhoods. For instance, there was lackluster job training efforts, and it directed none of the enterprise zone development projects to the Hough neighborhood. Two of White's closest associates, Nate Gray and Ricardo Teamor, were convicted and sentenced to prison in connection with bribery scandals. Gray was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for racketeering and extortion; an FBI affidavit depicted Gray as a "bag man" who engaged in a shakedown of city contractors. Teamor pleaded guilty to bribery to former Councilman Joe Jones and cooperated with federal prosecutors, revealing details of corruption in the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport expansion project, which was undertaken when White was mayor. White was targeted in the federal probe of corruption in Cleveland but was never charged with any crime. References External links Cleveland Scene article Free Times article 1951 births Living people Glenville High School alumni