We received the following Lakeland Community College’s 2018 “pre-general” Campaign Finance Reports. 2018 PreGen LAKELANDCC They spent $216,387.00 so far on their failed attempt……. “es mucho dinero mis amigos”….it’s a lot of money my friends… We will ask for prior… Read More ›
We saw this memorial on our recent Washington trip. Simply AWESOME! Thanks to Tom Z for this chart on living veterans…..
We attended a meeting last week where the featured speakers were well meaning patriots with a group known as Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom. Their literature states that they are a “non-partisan group advocating for your right to freely accept… Read More ›
We found this article on Ohio’s public pension systems. It will cause us to do some additional research to determine the costs to Ohio and Lake County taxpayers. ********************* Updated Feb 27, 2018 By Laura A. Bischoff, Columbus Bureau Big… Read More ›
With the mainstream media focusing on Florida’s Broward County and the debacle their election officials have created, it reminds LFC how fortunate Lake County citizens are to have such honest, competent, and extremely helpful officials at our Lake County Board… Read More ›
We are very pleased to promote a new radio venture by our friend George Csatary. We are so glad that patriots everywhere are starting to speak out. No longer we will remain in the background accepting the lies and deceptions… Read More ›
Here is a video that we obtained of Lakeland Community College President Morris Beverage’s Town Hall meeting with their employees. In the video, Mr. Beverage tries to justify why their levy did not pass. He made comments that 20,000 more… Read More ›
While we attended the Commissioners’ meeting today, we heard a review of the County investment portfolio. We thought the citizens might be interested in the statistics. Here is the report submitted by Meeder Investment Management: Lake County 3rd Qtr Investment… Read More ›
We are sure that people on both sides of the aisle are experiencing a bit of election fatigue. The continual onslaught of television, and direct mail advertising may help the economy, but it can wear down even the most ardent… Read More ›
Thanks to our Lobbyist Bob for providing us with a copy of his letter to the Ohio Department of Taxation. It is our intention to contact our State officials after the November 6th elections. ******************** October 19, 2018 TO WHOM… Read More ›
Thanks to Lobbyist Kim for following the “Whisper” issue in Willoughby Hills. Here is a 12 page report that details the “Whisper” program. 1WHISPERreport The Lake County Prosecutor, Charles Coulson, referred the issue to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal… Read More ›
It appears that I have been given the dubious title of “most hated person” in Lake County. At our last ‘Lobbyists For Citizens’ meeting, I was told that both the Democrats and Republicans hate me. My light-hearted response was: “What… Read More ›
Commissioner Dan Troy responded to a question asked by a Lobbyist member in the audience regarding holding a meeting where campaign signage is displayed. Please note Troy’s sarcasm regarding recall petitions for Commissioner Cirino. The first commissioner to speak is… Read More ›
Updated 11/1/18 – with response from Lake Metropark Director. Based on the troubles in Geauga County between their Park Commission and their Budget Commission, we decided to review the Ohio Revised Code section 1545 to see what is written about… Read More ›
Thanks to Lobbyist Jim for sending us these articles from the News-Herald…..Taxpayers are not very happy with the ever increasing property taxes.
We have been asked who we are, what motivates us, and why do we exist? We thought it might be appropriate to document, for those that do not know us, why we freely spend countless hours attending meetings, speaking to… Read More ›
We met with a very affable Mr. Mark Rantala of the Lake County Port Authority today. We requested the meeting to try to understand the focus of the Port Authority. We explained our concern for seniors being priced out of… Read More ›
We take no joy in reporting this. We always try to be kind, tolerant and patient, but we will never be silent. We have been posting at various times about our misgivings with Commissioner Troy’s current conduct as Lake County… Read More ›
For anyone interested in what it takes to “pull back the curtain” on the conduct of our elected officials, join us on our journey to find the answers on who got the $42,618.91 from the ‘Citizens for Troy’ campaign committee … Read More ›
We were asked for our opinion on the Lakeland Community College proposed levy. For an entity that is supposed operate in the best interests of the community, they have not impressed us with their decision making, nor are the trustees… Read More ›
Upon reviewing the Commissioners’ finance reports, we noticed an “anomaly” in Commissioner Troy’s 2012 reporting so we just had to go down that “rabbit hole” to see where it leads us. We have been curious about a Non-Profit created by… Read More ›
Today’s post is a bit of a departure…..it is our opinion, based on our latest research….it is a forewarning message I remember watching the great Willie Mays (ok, I admit that I am old) on television when he played one… Read More ›
We discussed the County Budget Commission with the Commissioners at the 10/2/18 meeting. Here is the CCAO Handbook that outlines the duties of the County Budget Commission: CCAO Handbook Chapter 14 Local Property Taxes We sent the following email to… Read More ›
We thank one of our Lobbyists for permission to publish the response received from Commissioner John Hamercheck on the question of Commissioner Troy’s appointment to the Board of Revisions. Here is his response: ********************* Thank you for reaching out to… Read More ›
Updated: 9/30/18 1:16 pm We were made aware of another issue dealing with Commissioner Dan Troy that interested us enough to spend our time doing some research so that we could inform Lake County taxpayers. Rather than being judgmental, we… Read More ›