Cleveland ? Comedian Drew Carey, wearing a loud black-and-white checkered blazer, marched into City Hall in his hometown on Thursday and told council members what they’re doing wrong.

Respectfully, of course.

“I don’t envy anybody at this table,” Carey said during the three-hour-long discussion. “I know what’s it like to try and change something.”

“The Price is Right” host, who grew up in Cleveland, was invited to meet with city council members to discuss his ideas for economic reform in the struggling city on Lake Erie, which has been bleeding revenue and people for decades.

Last month, Carey peddled his ideas in a series of 10-minute online videos about Cleveland produced by reason.tv., a website affiliated with the Reason Foundation, a nonpartisan, libertarian-leaning group.

As council members listened warily, Carey urged the city to privatize government-owned businesses, examine its zoning laws and become more business-friendly.