Ohio Counties

Lots of States Attacking Property Taxes

By Contributing Writer on February 6, 2019 • ( 22 )

Thanks to Tom Niewulis for this article on the State of Texas willing to address their run-a-way increases in property taxes. https://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Governor-top-Texas-state-leaders-settle-on-13577279.php?utm_source=Cannonites&utm_campaign=40e54ff0e3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_13_09_25_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4733177261-40e54ff0e3-229721977&mc_cid=40e54ff0e3&mc_eid=f474314eab *********************1776 Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyist for other links on the schools and property taxes: First up is… Read More ›

Lake County Elected Officials’ Emails……

By Contributing Writer on February 5, 2019 • ( 19 )

We needed the contact information for all of our elected officials for our email blast that we will be sending this week. We asked our Lake County Board of Elections for help and they had the IT department prepare the… Read More ›

Public Pensions…..icebergs ahead…..

By Contributing Writer on February 5, 2019 • ( 10 )

Thanks to Tom Niewulis of Geauga County for this great article on public pensions. It is LFC’s goal to try to determine how Lake County citizens are impacted by the unfunded pension liabilities. PART 5 – SELF-INFLICTED EVICTION: PUBLIC PENSION… Read More ›

Reversal of Property Taxes in Cincinnati…it shows it can be done

By Contributing Writer on February 5, 2019 • ( 15 )

Thanks to a Portage lobbyist for the alert on this recent article regarding property taxes in the Cincinnati Enquirer. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/education/2016/01/07/indian-hill-school-district-has-give-back-tax-money/78370926/ It illustrates that we can make a difference, but the fight can be long and hard. *********************1776 Indian Hill school… Read More ›

Rider’s Inn vs Port Authority….resolved

By Contributing Writer on February 2, 2019 • ( 12 )

**********************1776 We are pleased to announced that thanks to Commissioner John Hamercheck’s involvement in the Rider’s Inn controversy with the Lake County Port Authority, there has been an agreement reached between the parties. Commissioner Hamercheck has ensured that the possibility… Read More ›

Lake County Probation Department…

By Contributing Writer on January 31, 2019 • ( 517 )

We attended a budget meeting with the Lake County Commissioners, the Finance Director, County Administrator and the movers and shakers of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. We must plead guilty to not knowing much about this court so… Read More ›

Loose Canons Abound….

By Contributing Writer on January 31, 2019 • ( 36 )

*********************1776 I have been informed that according to some Concord Township residents I can now add “loose cannon” to my headstone. I will have to order a bigger headstone because we are running out of room considering my previous title… Read More ›

Heating Assistance…..PSA for Lake County

By Contributing Writer on January 29, 2019 • ( 33 )

Thanks to our Perry Lobbyist for this article: Heating assistance is available: The PUCO’s winter reconnect order is available for those that have been disconnected or are threatened with disconnection from their heating source. The Winter Reconnect Order allows residential… Read More ›

Lake County Auditors….so very helpful

By Contributing Writer on January 28, 2019 • ( 1,961 )

After reviewing our latest property tax bill, we thought we knew what every number meant and how to calculate each one. Alas, there were two items still on the bill that stumped us. You will see on your bill a… Read More ›

Property Tax Time……open your wallets

By Contributing Writer on January 28, 2019 • ( 261 )

Here is an interesting article from Cleveland.com dated 1/26/17: CLEVELAND, Ohio – Property tax rates in Ohio range from $850 per $100,000 of home value on Kelleys Island to $4,355 a year in one area outside of Dayton. Homeowners are… Read More ›

Vrooman Road Bridge Project

By Contributing Writer on January 28, 2019 • ( 359 )

We had some discussion with the County Engineer about the current status of the Vrooman Road project. He did say that he will be giving an update to the Lake County Commissioners soon. In the meantime, we can take a… Read More ›

Riders Inn vs the Port…..reneging on a deal – not good for business [updated 1/30/19]

By Contributing Writer on January 27, 2019 • ( 28 )

VERSUS ********Rider’s Inn******** ********Lake County Port Authority******** RIDERS INN ARTICLE UPDATE At the latest Port Authority Board Meeting held on January 23, there was… Read More ›

Illegal Immigration…..so it’s manufactured, eh?

By Contributing Writer on January 26, 2019 • ( 22 )

We are posting Jim Simpson’s, author of the book Red-Green Axis, call to action on illegal immigration since it has valuable statistics on the crimes perpetrated by illegal aliens. Liberals can continue to keep their heads in the sand, but… Read More ›

Perry Nuclear Plant….essential for Lake County

By Contributing Writer on January 26, 2019 • ( 253 )

SUPPORT FOR THE PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ARTICLE UPDATE Here is the Lake County Commissioners’ resolution dated January 3, 2019 in support of clean energy nuclear power in Ohio. resolution supporting nuclear power 1-3-19 At the latest Port Authority Board… Read More ›

Flipping and Flopping with Taxpayers’ money

By Contributing Writer on January 26, 2019 • ( 73 )

THE BETTER FLIP…OR THE BETTER FLOP? In December 2017, Andrew Cass from the News Herald wrote an article announcing that Mark Rantala, Executive Director for the Lake County Ohio Port & Economic Development Authority, would be “doing his best Bob… Read More ›

Lake County’s Investments…..nothing serious – it’s only money

By Contributing Writer on January 26, 2019 • ( 67 )

We attended a Commissioners’ meeting this week, and before the meeting they held a another meeting to discuss Lake County’s financial performance with their cash investments. Here is the presentation provided to the financial committee (3 Commissioners and Treasurer Lorraine… Read More ›

Lakeland and W-E Schools…..we have a problem..we want some answers! [update 1/28/19]

By Contributing Writer on January 24, 2019 • ( 96 )

Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyist for the heads up on this article….. Superintendent Stephan Thompson of Willoughby-Eastlake school proudly announces what is in store for Willoughby residents. LFC wants you to take note of who Mr. Thompson has hitched his… Read More ›

Who’s minding the Boards?……answer – no one!

By Contributing Writer on January 24, 2019 • ( 37 )

Here is an article written by another Geauga friend and patriot Tom Niewulis. Although, he lives in Geauga, this article contains important information that pertains to all counties. SELF-INFLICTED EVICTION – WHO’S MINDING THE BOARDS? By Tom Niewulis (SamAdamsReturns.net) Published… Read More ›

County Employees’ Campaign Contributions…….one more look

By Contributing Writer on January 24, 2019 • ( 31 )

From our friend Marian McMahon, the very fine writer with the Gazette Newspapers……here is her article on the Commissioners’ resolution on accepting campaign contributions from the employees under their direction. gazette article on campaign contributions 1-18-19 Since we are mentioned… Read More ›

Follow-up From Board of Elections

By Contributing Writer on January 22, 2019 • ( 42 )

We had previously posted about the questions we sent to the Board of Elections concerning the Lake County Auditor’s position, and how unexpected vacancies are handled. Here are Mr. Ross McDonald’s, and Ms. Jan Clair’s responses to those questions. *********************1776… Read More ›

Drugs in Ohio…..we need the non-profits to help stop the supply

By Contributing Writer on January 22, 2019 • ( 560 )

(LFC Comment: Thanks to our Portage lobbyists for these articles reported in their newspapers…. It definitely reinforces our point about the need to shut off the supply coming across our borders; we need the local agencies that are making money… Read More ›

ADAMHS Board…….looking for their support

By Contributing Writer on January 22, 2019 • ( 367 )

We sent the following email to Ms. Kim Fraser, Executive Director of the Lake County ADAMHS Board, requesting their support in stopping the flow of drugs into our community. We will let you know their response. *********************1776 Ms. Fraser, You… Read More ›

Fairport Harbor Schools…..should they stay open?

By Contributing Writer on January 20, 2019 • ( 265 )

When reviewing the State of Ohio report card website, we noticed an interesting statistic about Fairport Harbor schools. Here is the link to the website: https://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/district/detail/045369 This has to do with the school’s enrollment. It appears that there are ~697… Read More ›

Drug Addiction…….how are property taxes impacted?

By Contributing Writer on January 20, 2019 • ( 285 )

In our ongoing effort to review any and all issues that are impacting our local property taxes, we thought that we would look at the issue of increasing drug use in our community. Our property taxes are used by the… Read More ›

AFFH……did you know we have one in Lake County?

By Contributing Writer on January 18, 2019 • ( 24 )

We attend a lot of meetings throughout the county to observe, learn, and educate others about what is happening in Lake County. On 10/23/17, we attended a meeting at Lakeland Community College’s Holden Center to learn about the role of… Read More ›

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