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 ›
(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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Thanks to our far east lobbyist for this information. If anyone wants to help their community, they can complete an application to be considered for a position on one of the various boards in Lake County. Here is the application: … Read More ›
There is has quite a debate on the local Nextdoor.com app regarding the performance of the Lake County public schools. We decided to put some effort into providing the information published on the State of Ohio’s Report Card website. If… Read More ›
From Cleveland.com Lower state report card grades open door for massive expansion of vouchers, charter schools Updated Jan 13, 7:29 AM; Posted Jan 13, 4:33 AM Parma High School is one of the new schools where students can now use tax-funded EdChoice vouchers… Read More ›
We have been trying to understand the finances of the Lake County Ohio Port & Economic Development Authority and the Lake County Visitors Bureau. The Visitors Bureau is a Non-Profit 501(c)6, and the Port Authority is a governmental body and a… Read More ›