News you won’t get from the liberal media! This letter went today to the offices of Congressmen Jim Jordan & Warren Davidson from our Ohio Value Voters Vice President James Kerg May 1, 2020 I am certain both of you… Read More ›
Community Activism
State Rep. Grendall’s Letter to DeWine
(LFC Comments: State Representative Diane Grendell sent the following letter to Governor DeWine. The people have had enough of DeWine and Dr. Amy Acton. They have been wrong from the beginning.) *********************1776
We the People Speaking Out…
(LFC Comments: We wonder what will it take for the average citizen to take any action. Will the majority of citizens simply accept unconstitutional actions by elected officials and the bureaucrats, or are they willing to do the needful to… Read More ›
Rally Around Ohio…calling all patriots
RALLY AROUND OHIO RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAIN! The time is NOW! Columbus heard you on the April 25th, now they need to hear you again! Grab your neighbor, your friends, your family members and ALL your fellow patriots. Everyone who… Read More ›
Free Ohio Now Condemns Media Coverage
(LFC Comments: The main stream media reporters continue to display their leftist/socialist agenda. Governor DeWine should consider them as “non-essential” workers.) *********************1776 Free Ohio Now defends the Bill of Rights for every Ohioan against local and state government overreach by… Read More ›
Ohio Protest and Rallies
(LFC Comments: Kirsten Hill and the Free Ohio Now group are making concerned Ohio citizens aware of the protests and rallies being set up in Ohio.) *********************1776 Here is a link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FreeOhioNow/ Ohio, April 28, 2020:… Read More ›
Ohio Board of Elections…Can They Change a Policy?
(LFC Comments: We received this article from Tom Zawistowski. It covers a topic that we have wondered about. How do we get more poll workers? As a poll worker, playing the back nine of life, I was required to start… Read More ›
Housing Affordability Threshold…video to explain it
(LFC Comments: Congratulations to Lance King, Tom Hach, and Rhnae King for their outstanding performances. Tom Niewulis must take a bow as the Director, Cameraman, Sound and Post Production Manager. Oscar winning performances by all!) Let’s recap the HAT calculations:… Read More ›
Social Justice Institute Wants You…to betray your country
(LFC Comments: Come learn how to undermine your country through HOLA, Ohio. You may even learn all about the Cloward-Piven strategy to ovewhelm the welfare system. You will visit local churches and meet the false prophets that are selling out… Read More ›
Can the Average Citizen Impact Their Senator or Rep?
(LFC Comments: We often wondered what happens to our correspondence to Congressional Representatives. Here is an answer we found on-line.) https://www.quora.com/ Is there any point in writing to a congressperson? Are letters or calls they receive actually likely to affect… Read More ›
Recall Petitions…we can remove them
Thanks to our Knox County lobbyist for this information on recalling an elected official: ORC Recall Petition ORC Recall Petition Pg 2 Here is an excerpt from the article: “A petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to at… Read More ›
How to Become an Activist…you can fight City Hall
(LFC Comment: We are pleased to have Jeff Beck write his personal story on how he became such a successful community activist in the City of Euclid. There is usually an adverse event that “starts the ball rolling” for… Read More ›
A Message from FACL…never give up!
(LFC Comments: Have you ever heard the expression that you are “over the hill”? We contend that there is something much worse than being called “over the hill”…that is, when you look back and there was not much of a… Read More ›
Voluntary Watchdogs…taking a bite out of the bureaucracy
For any budding community activist, they should be aware of the following two sections of the Ohio Revised Code. Ohio Public Records Act: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/149.43 Ohio Open Meetings Act: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/121.22 Here is a letter written by the Ohio Attorney General, Dave… Read More ›
Open Meetings Act…Ames has it wired
(LFC Comments: Thanks to the patriots at Auburntownship.org for this remarkable article detailing the legal victories of Mr. Brian Ames, the amazing pro se litigant from Portage County. Ames is making history and case law.) https://www.auburntownship.org/commentary/2019default.html#A_LOCAL_CHAMPION_OF_THE_OPEN_MEETINGS_ACT:_BRIAN_AMES_AND_THE_ELEVENTH_DISTRICT_COURT_OF_APPEALS_ A LOCAL CHAMPION OF… Read More ›
Open Meeting Act…11th District Court working overtime
Brian Ames, Portage County’s unparalleled pro se litigant, is an expert in Ohio’s Open Meetings Act. He continued his victory streak when the 11th District Appellate Court released another opinion that established some important precedents, State ex rel. Ames v…. Read More ›
The Swamp and Sewer…deep and smelly
We are currently reading the book titled Checkmate, written by Steven W. Kraus. He wrote about one man’s fight against political corruption IN OHIO! He dared to fight the establishment. https://www.amazon.com/sk=checkmate+by+Steven+W.+Krauss&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss When reading the first few chapters of the book,… Read More ›
People are starting to push back
(LFC Comments: Thanks to the patriots at Auburntownship.org for this outstanding, detailed recap of recent rulings on Ohio’s Open Meeting Act violations.) https://www.auburntownship.org/commentary/2019default.html#VIOLATIONS_OF_OHIO_SUNSHINE_LAWS_AND_OHIO_MEETINGS_ACT:_ANOTHER_LESSON_FOR_LOCAL_TOWNSHIP_ARROGANCE_AND_STUPIDITY__ VIOLATIONS OF OHIO SUNSHINE LAWS AND OHIO MEETINGS ACT: ANOTHER LESSON FOR LOCAL TOWNSHIP ARROGANCE AND STUPIDITY… Read More ›
Concord Township…guilty of violating Open Meeting Act
We found the recent ruling by the Ohio’s Eleventh Appellate District to be VERY, VERY interesting. Concord Township Open Meeting Act Violation 11th Circuit Case No. 2018-L-116 deals with Mr. Douglas Bode and Concord Township. Mr. Bode was a part-time… Read More ›
Ohio Sunshine Law Update
The Ohio Auditor of State, Keith Faber, recently published a Bulletin (2019-003) that announces a new star rating system for all public officials to follow. Here is the bulletin for your review: Auditor of State’s Bulletin on Ohio Sunshine Laws… Read More ›
Records Request to Lake County Port Authority…
The following records request has been issued to the Lake County Port Authority. We would hope that the Lake County Commissioners believe in being good stewards of the taxpayers’ money, especially when one of them wants to be a State… Read More ›
Community Activism…disrespecting citizens can be expensive
Thanks to a Portage patriot for this article regarding a Bratenahl resident that refused to give up when she knew she was right, and their city officials violated the law. It is an expensive lesson for the city officials. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/bratenahl-on-hook-supreme-court-ruling/95-47ed3629-152a-4859-bbfc-32e93d20dfce?fbclid=IwAR3CPZlQeL3vyMOd0L5a4gAYUSaJftPNcVJZwEak2P0xXxgRwzsr8f3APAY… Read More ›
Open Meetings Act & Executive Sessions…there is a rule for that
Suggestion for the budding community activist: Read the manual dealing with the Ohio “Sunshine Laws” . Here is a link you can use: https://ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/site/government/resources/sunshine-laws There are definite rules that a governmental body must follow to comply with the Open Meetings Act in… Read More ›
Helpful Hints for the Community Activist
For the community activist, or anyone else interested in reviewing court filings, here is a website that will give you all court filings as long as you know the case number. https://ohcourtportal.tylerhost.net/Portal/Home As we continue to obtain more information, we… Read More ›
Community Activism…why is it important?
Here is an interesting article about how a citizen was treated in Huron by the mayor, their police department, and their Prosecutor’s office. We salute her bravery to stand up for what is right, and let the politicians know their… Read More ›