Affordable Concord Taxes FundraiserWednesday, September 30th at 7:00 pm via Zoom Let’s work together to support an intelligent approach in securing the best safety services for our community. Grand Prize: $500.00 in CASH Travel prize: 3-night stay in “Cabin in… Read More ›
We noticed an article in today’s News-Herald that should interest the senior citizens of Concord Township. Concord fire station plan still too costly I am writing about The News-Herald’s coverage of the Concord fire station issue. The Aug. 11 article… Read More ›
Build Station 2 / Vote No on Issue 1 As we’re sure you know by now, our Trustees have apparently disregarded many of the informed opinions and ideas expressed by residents at the recent series of public meetings. They are again… Read More ›
[LFC Comments: We received this article from Mr. Andy Rose, Concord Administrator. Since we always honor a commitment, we are providing a forum for those that support the levy. We believe in vigorous debates, and then let the voters decide… Read More ›
Written by: Brian Massie, Concord Township We take no joy in writing this letter because we like Mr. Andy Rose, Concord’s Administrator. However, when we hear first hand about government personnel creating and maintaining dossiers on citizens residing in the… Read More ›
[LFC Comments: Here is a letter from Mr. Bob Patterson, Concord Resident, to the Concord Trustees regarding the increase in property taxes for the new fire station. We offer this forum for any and all Concord residents that want to… Read More ›
The new Concord Trustees, after many weeks of stakeholder meetings, deliberations and discussions, have decided to put an $8 million (plus interest) Bond Levy on the November 3, 2020 ballot. At their special meeting held tonight they had two options… Read More ›
Our intrepid duo have heard some disturbing news about Concord Township. They plan on getting to the bottom of the shenanigans. Oh how they love to expose the politicians and bureaucrats. Stay tuned, this is going to be interesting…. Read More ›
Multi-million-dollar bond levy to be voted on by Trustees Tuesday, August 4 at 6:00 pm Concord Township Hall, 7229 Ravenna Rd. OR Listen to the meeting via Webex, no video (See below for instructions) Concord Trustees will hold a special meeting… Read More ›
[LFC Comments: From the Concord Township website, here is the announcement of the second stakeholder meeting to discuss the proposed replacements of the two existing fire stations. Please contact Fire Chief Matt Sabo, if you plan to attend.] ***** https://concordtwp.com/event/fire-station-project-stakeholder-meeting-2/… Read More ›
[LFC Comments: We are providing a forum for Concord Township’s Administrator, Mr. Andy Rose, to respond to the article written by Mr. Bob Sanderson, Treasurer of the Affordable Concord Taxes citizens’ group. Here is the original article to which Mr…. Read More ›
I was made aware of a special meeting being held today of the JEDD. So what is the JEDD? https://concordtwp.com/business/concord-painesville-jedd/ Unfortunately, I was too late for the meeting and entered during their Executive Session, and was not permitted to… Read More ›
Written by Brian Massie 6/17/20 The Concord Trustees held a meeting last night at the Quail Hollow Inn allowing citizens to express their views on the proposed fire stations. This is a legacy issue that was started by the… Read More ›
Attend this important Stakeholder Meeting and provide input on building two affordable fire stations June 16 at 7:00 p.m. Quail Hollow Resort Hotel 11080 Concord Hambden Rd., 2nd floor ballroom 1) Participate in person OR 2) Participate via video and/or phone (Details at the… Read More ›
Thanks to Andy Rose, Concord Township Administrator, for giving us the link to their website page (that I could not find) covering the garage sale rules mandated by the State of Ohio Health Department. I must admit to having the… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: This article was written by the members of the Affordable Concord Taxes group. We hope that the Concord Township officials have not adopted the philosophy of “never letting a good crisis go to waste”. We applaud the Concord… Read More ›
We have previously written about the State of Ohio’s drastic cuts in public school funding: https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/05/10/state-budget-cuts-for-public-schools/ Looking for answers, we sent the following email to Dr. james P. Kalis, Superintendent, and Mr. Gary A. Platko, CFO of the Riverside school… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Concord Township continues to do an excellent job of communicating with the residents. We see that they are following the rules of the recently passed H.B. 197, and will be offering residents not only a chance to view… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Thanks to the law firm Brickler & Eckler for writing this article giving their opinion on H.B. 197 as it applies to the Open Meetings Act.) (Emphasis in article added by LFC) (Unfortunately, those citizens that do not… Read More ›
From the desk of Brian Massie of Concord Township… Residents living in the Nature Preserve South subdivision were very curious about the clearing of trees taking place on the large parcel of land between Timberlane and Rainbow Drive this weekend…. Read More ›
The State of Ohio redistributes funds to the 88 counties in the State. These distributions are known as “Local Government Funds”. Former Governor Kasich used these funds to create a surplus for the State coffers by short-changing the local governments…. Read More ›
We complimented Concord’s Administrator, Andy Rose, and Finance Director, Amy Dawson, for their first class publication known as the Grapevine. We were curious about the cost to publish, and asked for information. The cost summary provided is below. LFC added… Read More ›
We attended the Concord Township Trustee meeting last night (2/3) to hear the arguments for and against the proposal for high density housing in the township. The land developer, Mr. Ralph Victor, a Mentor resident, purchased a former horse farm… Read More ›
On Monday, February 3rd at 7:00 the Trustees will hear a proposal to rezone 26 acres on Prouty Rd, next to Rt 44, (the horse farm) from regular residential, R-1 to multi-family, high-density homes, R-3. On January 7th, the Zoning… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We wanted to illustrate what is happening to public school finances, and why we believe that they are pricing seniors and those living on fixed incomes out of their homes that they have worked all their lives to… Read More ›