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• Community Activists….you should attend this one…

  By Contributing Writer on April 11, 2019 • ( 13 )

  

  We are pleased to announce that community activist Brian Ames and Attorney Warner Mendenhall, specializing in Ohio’s Open Meeting Act, will be speaking at the Auburn Career Center on April 24, 2019 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. (Building across from… Read More ›

• Kirtland Schools…..they have a capable leader

  By Contributing Writer on April 11, 2019 • ( 16 )

  

  We met with Kirtland School Superintendent Mr. Bill Wade yesterday. We found Mr. Wade to be kind, personable, and gracious with his time; he is very well informed about the property tax issues and their impact on Kirtland schools and the… Read More ›

• New Concord Trustee….we wish him well…

  By Contributing Writer on April 11, 2019 • ( 6 )

  

  Concord Trustees appointed Concord resident Carl H. Dondorfer to replace Chris Galloway as the new trustee. We will have to take the time to meet Mr. Dondorfer and wish him well in his new position.

• RSVP…Music and Memories & $50,000

  By Contributing Writer on April 10, 2019 • ( 19 )

  

  We have reported on the volunteer program called RSVP several times.  They receive funding from the Senior Tax Levy.  Here is a summary of their funding for the years 2013 – 2019.  Senior levy funds Please note that they have… Read More ›

• The Better Flip…The Port Authority’s Perfect Audit Streak May Be Over

  By Contributing Writer on April 8, 2019 • ( 174 )

  

  As we mentioned in our article, Port Authority…It Appears Budgeting Not Their Strong Suit, we submitted formal complaints to the Ohio Attorney General and the Ohio Ethics Commission. We heard back from the Ohio Ethics Commission, and they suggested that… Read More ›

• Bailout for Perry Nuclear Plant…increasing your HAT%

  By Contributing Writer on April 8, 2019 • ( 11 )

  

  Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyist for this article. https://www.cleveland.com/politics/2019/04/ohio-lawmakers-prepare-bill-that-would-raise-electric-bills-to-rescue-nuclear-plants.html Here is an excerpt from the article: “A draft version of the bill, acquired by Energy News Network’sJohn Funk, would add monthly surcharges of $2.50 for every residential electricity customer, $20 for… Read More ›

• Career Fair at LCC….a good thing for the community

  By Contributing Writer on April 8, 2019 • ( 8 )

  

  We believe in reporting the good with the bad.  Here is a worthwhile event for the community sponsored by Lakeland Community College.  It is a Business and IT career fair being held on April 10th at the college. Bus IT… Read More ›

• LakeTran…..financial statistics..’CliffNote version’

  By Contributing Writer on April 7, 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  In anticipation of LakeTran asking for additional revenue, be it either a sales tax increase or a property tax increase, we thought we would do a cursory review of their financial statements. LakeTran, as with other political sub-divisions, is a… Read More ›

• Lakeland Community College…dorm costs too much

  By Contributing Writer on April 7, 2019 • ( 28 )

  

  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 ›

• Community Activist speaks out….here, here Brian Ames

  By Contributing Writer on April 5, 2019 • ( 18 )

  

  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…

  By Contributing Writer on April 5, 2019 • ( 28 )

  

  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

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

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 5, 2019 • ( 11 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 5, 2019 • ( 34 )

  

  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?

  By Contributing Writer on April 4, 2019 • ( 18 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 4, 2019 • ( 19 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 4, 2019 • ( 19 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 3, 2019 • ( 334 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 3, 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 3, 2019 • ( 11 )

  

  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?

  By Contributing Writer on April 3, 2019 • ( 267 )

  

  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…

  By Contributing Writer on April 2, 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  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 ›

• Lake Tran…..bringing Cleveland workers to Mentor

  By Contributing Writer on April 2, 2019 • ( 592 )

  

  Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyist for this article on Lake Tran services…..bringing the workers to their jobs.  We would hope that it is more than just the two workers shown in the article.  It the ridership is not greater, perhaps… Read More ›

• Shake-up in Portage County….citizens in action

  By Contributing Writer on April 2, 2019 • ( 11 )

  

  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

  By Contributing Writer on April 2, 2019 • ( 1,641 )

  

  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 ›

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