(LFC Comments: We are pleased to provide a forum for the Lake County manufacturers to let Northeast Ohio know about their upcoming job fair. Thanks to Ms. Juliana Petti, Executive Director of the AWT Foundation for this information.) ***** We… Read More ›
Contrary to the belief of many public officials, they work for the average citizen. As citizens, the Ohio Revised Code gives us the right to receive most any document, with some exceptions, from any public body that receives their funding… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: As promised, here is the records request we have sent to Mr. G. Andrew Gardner, Mayor of Willoughby Hills. We will publish all of the information that they provide to us.) *********************1776 May 28, 2020 Delivered via email:… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Our friends at Willoughby Hills News published this article, and mentioned our prior posts, about a very cozy relationship between Mayor Gardner and his old BFF – the dumper.) https://willoughbyhills.news/2020/05/26/mayor-andy-gardner-admits-dumper-is-old-friend-accepted-thousands-in-campaign-contributions/?fbclid=IwAR1LVKPlqo1OcqRNiliT3VUTirI8MBhQlJpvDLe9NwPbJiAatp7v9kTGWB8 Mayor Andy Gardner Admits He’s “Old Friends” With… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: If you detect a curious odor when driving through Willoughby Hills, it may be the smell of corruption. We just received this press release, and we have to say that there is something amiss in Willoughby Hills. We… 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: We are pleased to welcome another contributor to our website. We thank the Willoughby Hills News for this article. It looks like the Mayor of Willoughby Hills has a spending problem.) *********************1776 https://willoughbyhills.news/ At last night’s council meeting… 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 thought we had this totally covered with our 5 part series, but our Willoughby Hills lobbyist keeps shedding the light on the dumping in Willoughby Hills. So here is part 6, with perhaps more to come.) … 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 ›
(LFC Comments: We wanted to share with our readers the correspondence between LFC and the Lake County Riverside School District. We would like to thank Mr. Gary Platko, Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Belinda Grassi, School Board Member, for their… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We were made aware of another assault on educational choices, and thought that you would like to know about it. Looks like the teachers’ unions and the schools’ lobbyists are twisting some arms in the legislature.) http://www.ccv.org/ohio-action-center/?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns%2f70229%2frespond%3fvcrmeid%3dhDKgo2vbEGJ2MAIW0zELQ%26vcrmiid%3d8bWIvhxsUUyUL7bDcBEqmQ Here… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Thanks to our Willoughby Hills lobbyist for this very interesting story. If you missed the other 4 parts, here are links to each one.) (1) https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/01/12/a-willoughby-hills-good-ol-boys-mystery/ (2) https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/01/14/willoughby-hills-scandals-watch-out-for-the-mud/ (3) https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/01/15/willoughby-hills-scandals-part-3/ (4) https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/01/16/willoughby-hills-scandals-part-4-pulling-back-the-curtain-some-more/ Who’s Dumping in Willoughby Hills? Part… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Our Willoughby Hills lobbyist is continuing to shed the light into the darkness of Willoughby Hills politics.) Who’s dumping in Willoughby Hills…Part 4 of 5 On November 30, 2017, Parkview Land Development LLC purchased the 38 acres… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: The mystery of our lobbyist’s Willoughby Hills saga continues to unfold. As a reminder, here is part 1 of this 5 part scandal. https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/01/12/a-willoughby-hills-good-ol-boys-mystery/) *********************1776 Who’s Dumping in Willoughby Hills…part 2 The most notable episode of Willoughby Hills… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: This is part one of a five part series written by a Willoughby Hills lobbyist. Since we cannot corroborate every detail in the articles, we are placing it in our free speech zone.) *********************1776 If you’ve driven down… Read More ›
Thanks to our Painesville lobbyist for this letter to the editor posted in the News-Herald.