A Lake County lobbyist has asked us to publish the following links to a story regarding vaccinations. From the Toledo Blade……”the sky is falling”…what are we to believe?? https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/02/22/Lucas-County-vaccine-rates-lowest-in-state.html *********************1776 From the website “Vaccine Impact”…… According to CDC Stats Measles… Read More ›
Join State Board of Education Member Sarah Fowler for an Informational Meeting on: COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION IN OHIO’S CLASSROOMS THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM MEETING FROM 6:30 – 8:30 PM AUSTINBURG TOWNHALL 2794 STATE ROUTE 307,… Read More ›
[WARNING – TRIGGER ALERT – DANGER AHEAD……. this article is loaded with opinions – mine] Thanks to a Lorain lobbyist for this great article on marijuana. https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/marijuana-mental-illness-violence/ *********************1776 Full disclosure from me; Although I do not have the gift of prophecy,… Read More ›
THE BETTER FLOP – A MODEL FOR THE COUNTY…ARE YOU SERIOUS???? We could not help but notice the obvious coordinated effort, by the News Herald and officials of our local government, to rally the troops behind the unmitigated disaster that… Read More ›
Good grief, just when we thought things could not get any worse at LCC, we get word of layoffs due to declining enrollment. Look at who gets their pink slip…….not the “big hitters” Here is the… Read More ›
We will post the responses that we get from all of the individuals that received our email asking for their support of our proposed resolution addressing the “supply” side of the drug problem impacting all of the residents of Lake… Read More ›
We attended the budget meeting between the Lake County Prosecutor’s office and the Commissioners. We heard the same issues with their office that we heard from the Probation department. Their problems: 1. Their starting salaries are far too low, and,… Read More ›
We sent the following email to all Lake County elected officials and a few of the non-profits dealing with drug treatment. We will continue to send this to any and all Lake County leaders. To all Community Leaders: My name… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
**********************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 ›
This is the first time we have written about this subject. We plan to address it more in the future as it relates to Lake County. For those those that fail to realize that evil rules this… Read More ›
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 ›
*********************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 ›
Thanks to our Willoughby lobbyists for informing us about the Cleveland.com article on school rankings. We compiled the following information from the Ohio Department of Education website. PERFORMANCE INDEX RANKING The Performance Index is a calculation that measures student performance… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›