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 ›
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Flipping and Flopping with Taxpayers’ money
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
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]
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!
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 ›
School Levy Limitations…..thanks to GOATS
We met some Geauga patriots that have similiar viewpoints on the sustainability of using property taxes to fund public schools. They have provided some information on school levy limitations that we thought all concerned citizens may be interested in reading…. Read More ›
County Employees’ Campaign Contributions…….one more look
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
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
(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
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 ›
Never Forget 1986…..will history repeat?
Thanks to our friends at the Grassroots Rally Team for this article….For those interested, it cost Lake County taxpayers $15.7 million to educate limited English speaking students in 2017, and $6.97 million in 2018 in our nine school districts. *********************1776… Read More ›
Fairport Harbor Schools…..should they stay open?
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?
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 ›
Volunteer Fair in Eastlake
Want to help your community???? Here is your chance to make a difference. volunteer fair flyer january 19th, 2019- list of organizations attending (Saturday, January 19th, 2019 from 10 to 1pm) Attention: Kind, Caring, Good-Hearted Volunteers… Looking for an… Read More ›
Statewide Ballot Issue Signature Requirements…….a mountain to climb
Secretary of State John Husted has published updated signature requirements needed to place a statewide issue on the ballot. From now until the 2022 election for governor, all statewide ballot issue committees collecting signatures for their issues to be placed… Read More ›
Vaccines…….more media ‘lack of candor’
Thanks to our local Lobbyist that tracks the latest news on vaccines for this article on the misleading reporting of a measles outbreak. All we want is the truth, and not anyone’s agenda to mislead the citizens so that may… Read More ›
American Cancer Society……PSA for worthy cause
We attended the recent Heritage Club meeting and heard a presentation by representatives of the American Cancer Society. In our effort to help worthy causes, we present the information given to us at the meeting as a public service announcement…. Read More ›
Gerrymandering….both parties are guilty
The Commissioners’ meeting held Thursday, January 10th was worth the price of admission. It was educational, verbally combative at times, and had a moment that brought shock and then laughter to the entire audience. Commissioner Cirino wanted to make the… Read More ›
John Husted’s new role….nice hefty raise
Thanks to our Perry Lobbyist for this article…..it is a follow-up to our recent post on State legislators giving them a pay raise after “tacking it” onto a bill to increase benefits for the widows and children of fallen first… Read More ›
State Legislators…they have no shame..
Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyist for this article on our State legislators giving themselves a pay raise. These pork spending bills that are tacked on to non-relevant legislation truly shows the lack of integrity of our politicians. In addition, declaring… Read More ›
Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration to Ohio
Thanks to our west side lobbyist for this information……note that this report is dated 2010, we can only imagine how much they have increased since then…..and we have not even mentioned the pain and suffering at the loss of loved… Read More ›
No Borders = No Sovereignty = No Country…..
(LFC Comments: This, ladies and gentlemen, is for “all the marbles”…….Liberals on both sides of the aisle are intent on destroying our country for their own self-interests and power……Also, beware of false prophets from the religious community, you will know… Read More ›
Forbes House versus Womensafe…updated 1/9/19
We have received the following questions (rephrased by LFC) via email to our website from a Lake County citizen. (1) Why is our ADAMHS board giving over $80,000 per year to Womensafe, the Geauga County domestic abuse organization? Womensafe refers… Read More ›
Colleges and State / Federal Funding…another expensive deception
We received permission to post this email from a Lorain Lobbyist. Here is one citizen’s opinion about the quality a the value of a college education. We will keep you posted if a response is provided to this email. *********************1776… Read More ›
Homelessness on the rise….
Thanks to our Concord lobbyist for this article. Here is an article dealing with the growing problem in our senior community nationwide. https://amac.us/homelessness-is-on-the-rise-among-the-elderly-says-amac/?campaign=newsletter Homelessness Is On The Rise Among The Elderly, says AMAC But, despite the “gloomy outlook” the issue… Read More ›