In 2017, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging requested and received $50,000 from the Lake County Commissioners for a project to determine if there is a link between music and those with dementia…. Read More ›
Ohio Counties
Gas Tax Bill to Impact Senior Levy Funds???
We found an interesting article in the Tribune Chronicle, a Trumbull County newspaper. regarding a last minute proposed change to House Bill 62 dealing with the increase in the Gas Tax, and other transportation issues. The article has comments from… Read More ›
Calling RSVP….your services needed
Hey, would someone contact the RSVP leadership?….They are supposed to be the end all, be all in volunteers. Well, we see that the Council on Aging needs volunteers. We call on the Lake County Commissioners to cease funding the RSVP… Read More ›
Lake County Property Tax Rates
Thanks to Ms. Barbara Hogya, a tremendous talent in the Lake County Auditor’s office, for sending us all of the following property tax information. (She gets our vote for the new Auditor’s position, if she wants it) These schedules will… Read More ›
Riverside School Levy…oh no….they are back for more
It seems that all we do is talk about property taxes these days. Simple reason for that, really. The political sub-divisions keep coming back for more, and more, and more. Just as the orange barrels on our roads are the… Read More ›
Lakeland Community College……pulling out of Madison
Thanks to our Lake County lobbyists for this information about the closure of Lakeland East. At least the administration recognizes the need to cut expenses. The only question is will some expensive administrators be given their walking papers, or is… Read More ›
Conservation Easements in Lake County
We were asked the question: How many acres are under a “conservation easement” in Lake County? Answer: As of 2017 – 3,544.7 Here is a page from the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District’s 2017 Annual Report: Conservation… Read More ›
Title XX and the Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Thank you to Ms. Jodi Travers, Community Outreach Director of Lake County Board of DD/Deepwood for their timely response to our questions on their Title XX funding. *********************1776 “Each year the Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities/Deepwood invests Title XX… Read More ›
Federal Funding Title XX and the ADAMHS Board
Thanks to Kim Fraser, Executive Director of the Lake County ADAMHS Board, for a prompt and complete reply to our question on how their Title XX funding is used. “Each year the Lake County ADAMHS Board invests Title XX funds… Read More ›
Thanks to Commissioner Cirino….he is solid on this issue…
Since we call out our elected officials when they, in our opinion, do not follow the Ohio Revised Code, we think that it is very important to compliment them when we believe that they have had a stand-out performance or… Read More ›
Better Flip Project….wonder what the professionals think about it?
As we have said in prior posts, we believe that the Port Authority’s Director and Board “struck out” on the implementation of the Better Flip initiative. They are going to have to learn to “hit the curve ball”, and stop… Read More ›
Title XX….update on our research..part 1
A big “thumbs up” to Lake County’s Job and Family Services Director, Matt Battiato, for taking the time to educate us on the Federal welfare program known as Title XX. (Title 20 for those not into Roman numerals). He said… Read More ›
Better Flip….a contractor’s viewpoint
When we posted this article https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2019/03/05/port-authority-it-appears-budgeting-not-their-strong-suit/ we received the following response from a Lake County taxpayer and contractor. “I was looking at the expenses for the Flop. They are crazy expensive. For example, the going rate for foundation replacement is $225… Read More ›
Visitors’ Bureau & Commissioners ….holding public meeting in private
Here is the email that we just sent to the Lake County Commissioners requesting records of the meeting between the Visitors’ Bureau and the Lake County Commissioners. Good Morning, Lobbyists for Citizens takes the position that the meeting held on… Read More ›
Port Authority…..it appears budgeting not their strong suit
THE BETTER FLIP PROJECT…WAS THERE EVER A BUDGET? As we told you in our article Marketing the Better Flip…was there ever really a plan, the Port Authority FINALLY produced our request for a detailed accounting of the Better Flip Project… Read More ›
Marketing the Better Flip….was there ever really a plan?
MARKETING THE BETTER FLIP…WAS THERE EVER REALLY A PLAN? Lobbyists for Citizens would like Mark Rantala and Commissioner (Blank) to remember that to the average taxpayer nearly $300,000 is a LOT of money. Let’s put it another way…IT IS OVER… Read More ›
Article on State Spending….hold on to your wallets
We thought you might be interested in this article from the Columbus Dispatch. Please take note of the section we highlighted regarding the looming shortfall in public pensions, and the Kaisch rainy day fund. *********************1776 The Columbus Dispatch By Rea… Read More ›
RSVP wasting taxpayers’ money….again
Thanks to our Lobbyist Mac for the “heads up” on this absolute waste of taxpayers’ money. Congressman Dave Joyce expressed his pleasure in announcing the grant of $45,339 from the federal government to RSVP. (Retired Service Volunteer Program). We are… Read More ›
Community Activist Brian Ames in Action
Thanks to our Painesville Lobbyist for this information. We will try to contact Mr. Brian Ames, community activist par excellence, to see if he can give us more details as he goes “toe to toe” with the Portage County Board… Read More ›
New Lake County Auditor to be Selected
Fellow Republican County Central Committee Members, It is with great sadness that our long time County Auditor, Ed Zupancic, and his family have decided that he will not be able to serve his new term of office that is scheduled to commence on March 11,… Read More ›
Another recap of meeting with Callendar
Thanks to our fellow patriots in Geauga county for their fine recap of the meeting held in Representative Jamie Callendar’s Concord office on March 1st. https://www.auburntownship.org/commentary/2019default.html#INCREASING_TAXES_WITH_NO_END_IN_SIGHT:_CRITICAL_ISSUE_PRESENTED_TO_OHIO_LEGISLATOR We agree that concerned citizens need to ban together, because, quite frankly, our State… Read More ›
Meeting with State Representative Jamie Callendar….
We met with our State Representative Jamie Callendar (District 61) last Friday (3/1), to discuss our concerns about the ever-increasing property taxes, and the impact on seniors not only in Lake County, but in the entire State. We also discussed… Read More ›
Port Authority….it’s not over, until we say it’s over
THE BETTER FLIP PROJECT – STOP THE INSANITY……3-3-19 We are trying to ascertain whether we have gone through a wormhole and entered an alternative universe. One where spending nearly $300,000 to date on the Better Flop disaster seems sane somehow…. Read More ›
P.S.A. Two L.C. Political Sub-Divisions working together.
Our goal at Lobbyists for Citizens is to help the community and not to be constantly attacking our institutions. When someone is acting in the best interests of the community, we will do whatever we can to help promote their… Read More ›
LC Port Authority…….to bid or not to bid, that is the flipping question!
While reviewing the Ohio Revised Code (yes, community activists have no life and read the ORC for entertainment), we found this interesting tidbit regarding the need for public bids on construction contracts by a port authority. Oh, by the way,… Read More ›