Jaimie Callender is ramping up the campaign.
Since there are rumblings that State Senator Tim Grendell may take a job as a judge we think Mr. Callender would be best advised to spend a looooooooooooootttttt of time in Columbus with the Republican Senate Caucus lobbying for Grendell's seat. That's if--if Grendel takes the judgeship that opened in Geauga County.
Anything to keep Taxn' Trustee Galloway out of Columbus. Anything!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The Willoughby Hills Solution
It has been decided that every time the issue of tax increases to pay for "the help," that is safety forces and the rest of the folks that have their hands in our pocket---Willoughby Hills will be referenced.
LOL!
C'mon...it is mid June and hot. Laugh a little.
Anyhow, a story over at CNBC caught our attention. In a nut shell a couple of academic types did a study and concluded that State and Local Government would have to raise taxes $1, 400 per household if they are to fulfill promises to public employees.
Read what we call, "The Willoughby Hills Solution," here.
Yep. We are $2.7 trillion short on the promises that people like those who run Willoughby Hills, Willoughby, Lake County,..., and the State of Ohio.
Shame on you Bob Weger, shame on you Dave Anderson--shame on you all!
LOL!
C'mon...it is mid June and hot. Laugh a little.
Anyhow, a story over at CNBC caught our attention. In a nut shell a couple of academic types did a study and concluded that State and Local Government would have to raise taxes $1, 400 per household if they are to fulfill promises to public employees.
Read what we call, "The Willoughby Hills Solution," here.
Yep. We are $2.7 trillion short on the promises that people like those who run Willoughby Hills, Willoughby, Lake County,..., and the State of Ohio.
Shame on you Bob Weger, shame on you Dave Anderson--shame on you all!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Local mayors wail and gnash teeth about State budget
Over at Cleveland.com today several local mayors whine and moan about the evil Governor Kaisich's proposed budget.
To our dismay, Willoughby Mayor Dave Anderson showed his true colors yet again. Sigh.
Boo hoo, Mayor Anderson. Boo hoo.
Perhaps you and your greedy, inefficient cohorts should have thought about that years ago.
Case in point.
Mayor Waster over in Willougbhy Hills and its City Council fooled just enough citizens into believing a tax increase was needed. This was accomplished by lying about the projected carry over in the City's Budget. Mayor Waster, Councilman Scamich, and the rest claimed only a $28, 000 carry over. Woops! A better than $400, 000 carry over was recorded. It gets better. Mayor Waster appointed a committee and had them do a performance audit of the City, AFTER the tax increase, to see where money could be saved.
Just crazy.
Returning to Dave Anderson--take Dave Anderson's Road to Nowhere; the City of Willoughby spent $5 million on roads and utilities to a development that never materialized. Anderson has kept a City owned Golf Course and Municipal Airport: all major drains on the City Budget.
It get's worse.
Willoughby City Council pays about $19, 500 per year for the health insurance of several City Council members.
Take Jeff Black. Councilman Jeff Black is an attorney with a private practice. Perhaps he could pay his own health insurance? That's 1/3 of a cop's salary.
To our dismay, Willoughby Mayor Dave Anderson showed his true colors yet again. Sigh.
"Willoughby Mayor Dave Anderson, also a republican, said local mayors can't afford to be philosophical when their job is to patch streets, fix sewers, and provide emergency services."
Boo hoo, Mayor Anderson. Boo hoo.
Perhaps you and your greedy, inefficient cohorts should have thought about that years ago.
Case in point.
Mayor Waster over in Willougbhy Hills and its City Council fooled just enough citizens into believing a tax increase was needed. This was accomplished by lying about the projected carry over in the City's Budget. Mayor Waster, Councilman Scamich, and the rest claimed only a $28, 000 carry over. Woops! A better than $400, 000 carry over was recorded. It gets better. Mayor Waster appointed a committee and had them do a performance audit of the City, AFTER the tax increase, to see where money could be saved.
Just crazy.
Returning to Dave Anderson--take Dave Anderson's Road to Nowhere; the City of Willoughby spent $5 million on roads and utilities to a development that never materialized. Anderson has kept a City owned Golf Course and Municipal Airport: all major drains on the City Budget.
It get's worse.
Willoughby City Council pays about $19, 500 per year for the health insurance of several City Council members.
Take Jeff Black. Councilman Jeff Black is an attorney with a private practice. Perhaps he could pay his own health insurance? That's 1/3 of a cop's salary.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Dave Anderson's Road to Nowhere--Now a road to Federal Court
Dave Anderson and the City of Willoughby have been overspending on Big Government for years. Municipal golf courses, airports, and real estate speculation!
Back at the end of March Rick Osborne thought it would be a good idea to antogonize the Federal Government with an article blaming them for his inability to plan his real estate development project.
Ahhhh yes. Dave Anderson chimed in trying to explain why he blew $5.4 million back in 2004 putting in infrastructure at the behest of Rick Osborne. Steve Lie-tourette chimed in too--always eager to justify (to the donor)--what they were getting for that large donation.
Now the strong arm of the law!
The City of Willoughby and Rick Osborne were sued in Federal Court! The gist of the suit is that The City and the Developer dumped excavated materials into wetlands.
What a waste. $100, 000's in legal fees will be spent on top of the $5.4 million already dawn the sewer.
Back at the end of March Rick Osborne thought it would be a good idea to antogonize the Federal Government with an article blaming them for his inability to plan his real estate development project.
Ahhhh yes. Dave Anderson chimed in trying to explain why he blew $5.4 million back in 2004 putting in infrastructure at the behest of Rick Osborne. Steve Lie-tourette chimed in too--always eager to justify (to the donor)--what they were getting for that large donation.
Now the strong arm of the law!
The City of Willoughby and Rick Osborne were sued in Federal Court! The gist of the suit is that The City and the Developer dumped excavated materials into wetlands.
What a waste. $100, 000's in legal fees will be spent on top of the $5.4 million already dawn the sewer.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Brooklyn Raising Taxes a part of the Story
No one missed yesterday's headline: "Brooklyn losing American Greetings, its largest and most high-profile employer."
In recent days revelations of AG's largest shareholder's, the Weiss family, owning a stake in the Crocker Park Development which will be adjacent to the ne HQ have surfaced.
This undoubtedly played a role in the relocation of the HQ. Furthermore, the dog and pony show and rhetoric about a move was clearly orchestrated to fatten up the move with corporate welfare.
However, Brooklyn's raising of City income taxes could not have helped.
Raising City income taxes were just the nail in the coffin.
Mayor Waster, Councilman Scamich, ..., local school boards and the like are not going to help the cause of a dying region by raising taxes to keep pay, benefits, bonuses and other perks coming to public employees.
In recent days revelations of AG's largest shareholder's, the Weiss family, owning a stake in the Crocker Park Development which will be adjacent to the ne HQ have surfaced.
This undoubtedly played a role in the relocation of the HQ. Furthermore, the dog and pony show and rhetoric about a move was clearly orchestrated to fatten up the move with corporate welfare.
However, Brooklyn's raising of City income taxes could not have helped.
Raising City income taxes were just the nail in the coffin.
Mayor Waster, Councilman Scamich, ..., local school boards and the like are not going to help the cause of a dying region by raising taxes to keep pay, benefits, bonuses and other perks coming to public employees.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Interesting Critique of Candidates in Chardon Muny Court Race
The guy responsible for the Geauga Constitutional has an interesting blog.We have pointed out in the past that this man has come under attack from RINOs in Geauga County that have failed to study the supreme court
Not the point this time.
Rather we are interested in this analysis of the Chardon Muny Court Race, which can be read here.
Not the point this time.
Rather we are interested in this analysis of the Chardon Muny Court Race, which can be read here.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Chardon Muny Court Primary: Candidate caught admitting he tried to deceive public
Today the News-Herald discusses how the Chardon Muny Court Primary is getting brutal.
Trustee Matt Lynch, brother of former Euclid Mayor Dave Lynch, is filed a complaint against Dennis Coyne with the Ohio Elections Commission; both are republican party primary candidates, along with Daniel Bond, to replace Judge Mark Hassert.
The interesting part about situation is that Matt Lynch's website has a recorded phone call between Dennis Coyne and the Chief of the Bainbridge Police Department. In the phone call Coyne outright admits he tried to deceive the public! Wow!
One has to wonder who is working for which candidate and who cooked up the offending campaign literature.
This is not even debatable! Coyne was recorded admitting he lied.
Click to go to the website with the audio of the phone call.
Trustee Matt Lynch, brother of former Euclid Mayor Dave Lynch, is filed a complaint against Dennis Coyne with the Ohio Elections Commission; both are republican party primary candidates, along with Daniel Bond, to replace Judge Mark Hassert.
The interesting part about situation is that Matt Lynch's website has a recorded phone call between Dennis Coyne and the Chief of the Bainbridge Police Department. In the phone call Coyne outright admits he tried to deceive the public! Wow!
One has to wonder who is working for which candidate and who cooked up the offending campaign literature.
This is not even debatable! Coyne was recorded admitting he lied.
Click to go to the website with the audio of the phone call.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Does public-records plaintiff seek access, or cash? | Columbus Dispatch Politics
Does public-records plaintiff seek access, or cash? | Columbus Dispatch Politics
The guy in this article seems to have turned the table on John Q. Law.
In a nut shell, a guy made a public records request per Ohio Revised Code (ORC) for 20 years of 911 recordings--form 1975 - 1995--from the Ohio City of New Philadelphia. The City could not produce the records pursuant ORC. ORC provides that the party that does not produce the requested records can be fined a $1, 000 for non-compliance per request per day. So, the guy calculates that he is entitled to $4.9 mil and asks for the money.
Law suits follow.
OK. You elected officials that read these pages will howl that this is a frivolous request and a frivolous law suit.
Just because the government and its agents can't do their job does it make the request frivolous?
Perhaps some public records requests will go into some Lake County entities.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Just Who is Harry Field?
Growing tired of seeing the Harry Field signs around town? You must be tired of "Best in the Field."
It is not just the corny slogan that is troubling--it is also that Judy Moran is campaign committee treasurer. That's right, another member of the Willowick Democrat Mafia wants to help keep a strangle hold on Lake County. The Willowick ties run deep.
Lorraine Fende, Judge Larry Allen's girl friend, cut her political teeth on the payroll of Willowick as council member, council president, and Mayor.
Harry Field is Larry Allen's magistrate. See the Willowick tie-in?
So Larry Allen and Lorraine Fende want to foist Harry Field on us do they?
Let's hope not.
It is not just the corny slogan that is troubling--it is also that Judy Moran is campaign committee treasurer. That's right, another member of the Willowick Democrat Mafia wants to help keep a strangle hold on Lake County. The Willowick ties run deep.
Lorraine Fende, Judge Larry Allen's girl friend, cut her political teeth on the payroll of Willowick as council member, council president, and Mayor.
Harry Field is Larry Allen's magistrate. See the Willowick tie-in?
So Larry Allen and Lorraine Fende want to foist Harry Field on us do they?
Let's hope not.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Schneider Heads to Jail for 5 days
90 day jail sentence. 85 days suspended. Six month license suspension. $675 fine.
Mentor Municipal Court TRC 1100215A
Mentor Municipal Court TRC 1100215A
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