Thanks to one of our many Kirtland lobbyists for a ‘heads up’ on this. Here is a update from the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Lakeland Community College. We have highlighted in red the paragraph dealing with the proposed… Read More ›
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Community Activist speaks out….here, here Brian Ames
LFC thanks Brian Ames of Portage County for this well crafted letter to the Ohio Attorney General dealing with the Popular Vote Amendment meant to circumvent the Electoral College. Well done, my friend…. *********************1776 April 3, 2019 Ohio Attorney General… Read More ›
Lake County Port Authority’s New Legal Counsel…good grief, another outsider…
The Gazette Newspaper announced that the Lake County Port Authority has hired a new law firm…..Thrasher, Dinsmore, & Dolan…. Can you guess where they are located? If you said that they had an office in Lake County, you would be… Read More ›
Auditor’s Appointment….more inside baseball
You are probably aware of the appointment of Mr. Chris Galloway to the Auditor’s position. Here is the News-Herald’s article on the Republican event. https://www.news-herald.com/news/lake-county/christopher-galloway-appointed-auditor-by-lake-county-republican-central-committee/article_8a80866a-50ff-11e9-8936-a77ca36e2183.html The News-Herald article did not really tell the full story behind the vote. Under the… Read More ›
Property Taxes by County….RV anyone?…updated 4/7/19
We had a request to get property tax information for each Ohio County. After some research and manipulating of the data, here is what we found: County Rankings Median Property Taxes Lake County made the top ten by coming in… Read More ›
Lake County Visitors Bureau and the Commissioners…Let’s Make a Deal
Let’s “pull back the curtain”….wonder what we will find??? As we told you in our article, Port Authority and Visitors Bureau…Joined by a Coastal Manager and the ORC, there is a particular circumstance that bothers us a bit since we… Read More ›
Taxation…how does Ohio measure up?
Thanks to AuburnTownship.org for this article on State Taxes…..be sure to read the last couple of paragraphs …. *********************1776 Analysis: Ohio has 12th highest tax burden in country • By Tyler Arnold | Watchdog.org • Ohioans have the 12th highest… Read More ›
LFC Rep Appears on Radio Broadcast to Discuss Property Tax Research
On March 28, 2019, Lobbyists for Citizens President, Brian Massie, was interviewed on the Radio Broadcast “Live and Local 4 Lunch,” on WINT (Integrity Radio) on 105.1 FM and 1330 AM on your radio dial! Brian was one of three… Read More ›
AuburnTownship.org…takes no prisoners
Our friends and fellow patriots at the AuburnTownship.org speak out (huge understatement there) against the Republicans…. https://www.auburntownship.org/commentary/2019default.html#PORTAGE_COUNTY_COMMON_PLEAS_CASE_2017 CV00380:_THE_FIASCO_SURROUNDING_ATTORNEY_NANCY_SCHUSTER PORTAGE COUNTY COMMON PLEAS CASE 2017-CV00380: THE FIASCO SURROUNDING ATTORNEY NANCY SCHUSTER by Diane Jones Published Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Brian Ames… Read More ›
Taxuration? ….sounds like a medical condition
Thanks to our California Lobbyist for this article on, no doubt, a very painful condition being felt by Californians. Heck, come to think about it, Ohioans have had this malady for quite some time now. Time for another tax revolt?… Read More ›
Voting Records….a little inside baseball
Have you ever wondered who your elected officials are – all the way from President of the United States to your County Committee person. [Truth be told – if you have problems naming the POTUS, then you need to get… Read More ›
Better Flop…a contractor’s opinion
Thanks to our Lobbyist Contractor for this article on the Better Flop project: “I just keep getting more and more dumbfounded by this better flip project. Especially as someone who has done work in Willowick in the past. If this… Read More ›
Vacancy in Office…who fills the void?
POSITIONS AVAILABLE – NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY We have been asked how vacancies in several elected offices are filled. Here are the Ohio Revised Code sections that deal with an auditor, township trustee, and judge. For those pressed for time here… Read More ›
Lakeland Community College…it’s student housing or bust…
Now what could go wrong here???? Looks like the Lakeland Community College trustees are moving forward on the student housing on campus. If you were wondering what a local community college needs with student housing? —– we were also scratching… Read More ›
Shake-up in Portage County….citizens in action
Wow, thanks to the patriots in Auburn Township for this article…Brian Ames, community activist, par excellence, in action….. https://www.auburntownship.org/news/2019default.html#PORTAGE_COUNTY_REPUBLICAN_CENTRAL_CHAIRMAN_IS_REMOVED_ PORTAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL CHAIRMAN IS REMOVED Published Sunday, March 31, 2019 At 12: 05 PM the Facebook page for the… Read More ›
Lake Tran…..financial difficulties – updated 4/3/19
We had a source tell us that Lake Tran is in financial difficulty again, and are thinking about placing another property tax levy on the November ballot. We wanted to be proactive on this issue and have sent the following… Read More ›
LCC…active shooter hoax…more debt..
Some scary times at Lakeland Community College…. https://fox8.com/2019/02/28/kirtland-police-active-shooter-threat-at-lakeland-community-college-not-credible/ Wonder what the new security measures will cost? Could be significant if the trustees are contemplating more debt to pay for the measures. Here is the Mr. Beverage’s note to the staff… Read More ›
Recap of Meeting with Senator Eklund…on abortion and gas tax
Thanks to one of our Painesville Township lobbyists for this article memorializing a recent meeting with Ohio Senator John Eklund. LFC believes that it is important that taxpayers know the reasons behind the decisions that our elected representatives make on… Read More ›
The Better Flip…A Timeline…Time for some Answers!
As Lobbyists for Citizens has done a deep dive into The Better Flip Project, we have determined that it might be helpful to us and to our readers for us to put together a bit of a timeline. November 20,… Read More ›
“Unplanned”….a movie review
Thanks to our Lobbyist for this review of the movie “Unplanned”. We agree with the position taken on this subject. *********************1776 Dear friends, family and supporters, As many of you know, I am passionately pro-life, believing… Read More ›
New State Funding Formula….will there ever be enough money spent?
We have taken the time to read the Fair School Funding Plan. Here is a link to all 27 pages of the plan. Fair School Funding Plan (2) Here is an article on the subject: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/03/more-money-would-go-to-schools-in-fair-funding-plan-just-with-some-surprising-gains-and-freezes.html *********************1776 Here is an… Read More ›
Painesville and Euclid schools….about to be taken over by the State
Thanks to Lobbyist Jim for this information….Painesville and Euclid schools are about to be taken over by the State for poor performance…..As we have said many times, it is not about how much money is thrown at the problem. It… Read More ›
Kirtland Tax Levy….Fact Sheet from Superintendent….updated 4/1/19
[We previously had the information for the May, 2018 ballot issue. Since our goal is always 100% accuracy, we have revised this post.] LFC will give a presentation on property taxes on April 16th from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm… Read More ›
Proposed Legislation….look out Visitors’ Bureau
Well this interesting news. Thanks to the research by our Kirtland lobbyist we found proposed legislation that mandates that all Visitors’ Bureaus are required to follow the Ohio’s Open Meeting laws and must comply with all records request. Proposed legislation… Read More ›
L.C. Prosecutor’s Office….fighting crime is expensive
This is a follow-up to our previous article on the Lake County Crime Lab levy: https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2019/03/27/crime-lab-levy-was-it-needed/ To get a better understanding of County finances, we attended several of the budget meetings held by the three County Commissioners and the Finance/Budget… Read More ›