In our ongoing efforts to better understand the very complex world of property taxes, we did some research on how the State and the Lake County Auditor’s offices work together to appraise, and assess our residential property values in order… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We received this email from a Lake County business owner. All Lake County business owners need to read this and call Governor DeWine’s office to get them to declare Ohio a economic disaster area. it is hard to… Read More ›
Well look what we have here…good old Gabe Cicconetti, the faux Republican, sends out his flyer telling his fellow “Republicans” who to vote for…Nice of him to develop his own slate card. We wonder if Dale Fellows, Lake County Republican… 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 received some questions about voter registration, and the Lake County Elections Board Executive Director, Ross McDonald, gave us the answers. We thought you might be interested. Many thanks to Ross for his quick and concise responses. Does Ohio have… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Thanks to one of our many Kirtland lobbyists for this depressing news about the enrollment at Lakeland Community College. Wow, their enrollment is dropping faster than the support for Joe Biden and Lake County’s “He who shall not… Read More ›
We have been curious about the Republican primary race for Lake County Recorder – Gabe Cicconetti versus Incumbent Becky Lynch. Why would a seemingly lifelong Democrat (Cicconetti), with strong name recognition as a Democrat, now “crossover” and challenge an incumbent… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We welcome a new contributor to our website.) Lake County Election Observations Written by Chuck Laughlin As I was comparing the Democrat versus Republican ballot in Lake County for the March election, I noticed some things that I… Read More ›
LFC plans to be at the Geauga meeting, and will report our findings to our readers. As you all know, we have a Sheriff in Lake County. The current office holder is Frank Leonbruno. By all accounts, he is a… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We were asked by a Lake County resident to find out how much Lakeland Community College paid to a design consulting company known as IDEO. Although the response we received from their attorney, Mr. Fisher, does not state… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We received an email from a Lake County lobbyist about LakeTran spending $10 million on their headquarters. Rather than jumping to conclusions, we decided to reach out to Mr. Ben Capelle, CEO of LakeTran, and ask what is… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We received notification that the Willoughby-Eastlake School District had not paid the total costs of last year’s special election. We went to the Election Board to get the truth. Here is the response from Ross McDonald, Director of… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Thanks to our Painesville Township lobbyist for this LakeTran article. As we continued to look at the photograph with all the politicians grinning from ear to ear, we could not but help realize that this was all staged. … Read More ›
(Thanks to one of our Kirtland lobbyists for this article on Willoughby-Eastlake School District. It will be interesting to see what kind of spin the News-Herald will put on the series of articles on the Lake County school superintendents.) https://www.news-herald.com/news/lake-county/superintendent-declares-willoughby-eastlake-schools-in-a-state-of-emergency-as-levy-vote-looms/article_7802b5c2-485b-11ea-b379-831967e4da3f.html?fbclid=IwAR1vYUs2Fs6olrVguC4e_iNWzaIyaG6rntfd3jspieF143L4kkati1GBgC4… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: There are rules and regulations that school boards and administrators must follow when they are trying to convince the voters to vote for their levy. Here is an article that purports to shed some light on the “do’s… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: One of our roles is to provide a forum for the Lake County taxpayers to express their concerns, frustrations and objections to the lies, deceptions and betrayals by the politicians and bureaucrats that act in their own self-interest… Read More ›
We attended a Heritage Club meeting on Thursday, February 13th to hear Mr. Chris Galloway, Lake County Auditor, give his vision for the Auditor’s office. Also in attendance was Ms. Becky Lynch, the Lake County Recorder, who is on the… Read More ›
Lakeland Community College has requested the renewal of Dr. Kathleen T. Malec’s appointment to the Lakeland Community College Board of Directors. Her current term expires March 6, 2020. We thank Dr. Malec for her twenty years of service to the… Read More ›
We have signed up to be a poll worker again on March 17, 2020. While attending a class given by our outstanding Lake County Election Board personnel, the concept of “Write In” candidates was discussed. We wanted to pass along… Read More ›
For Lake County to flourish economically in the future, there must be a concerted effort by business and local governmental entities working in concert to provide the citizens the training that will surely be needed in the future. An aging… Read More ›
We have spent a great deal of time analyzing the property taxes associated with the Lake County Financing District levy. Our goal is to provide the facts that will help Riverside School District taxpayers decide whether or not to support… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Thanks to Lobbyist Jim for this article. It reinforces what we have been saying for more than two years. The use of property taxes to fund our public schools and the ever growing government at all levels are… Read More ›
We never did receive a response from our original email to Mr. Wuliger. We have another question for the candidate for Lake County Commissioner. *********************1776 Since Jason Wuliger is an announced candidate for Lake County Commissioner, we thought it appropriate… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: The Center for Community Solutions provided this chart on drug overdose deaths. Here is a link to their article: https://www.communitysolutions.com/data-shows-drop-unintentional-drug-overdose-deaths-2018/?mc_cid=d0813d07c3&mc_eid=8d430e97ba What about the drug deaths in Lake County? From the Coroner’s office: 2014 52 2015 49 2016 92… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We received the following article from a Lake County lobbyist. We want to be sure that the “movers and shakers” at Lakeland Community College read it so that they can understand how a community college is supposed to… Read More ›