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Subject: Letter to the Editor
>
> 05/28/11
>
> The Underhanded Tactics of the Income
Taxers
> >
> After the recent defeat
of the 43% increase in the city income TAX , the
>
Income Taxers are plotting to place it on the November ballot again.
It’s
> easy to place more taxes on wage earners when in fact
some council members
> pay no city tax. In case you had to
work on election
day you may have missed
> the chance to vote.
I’ll tell you about some of their tactics to take more
> out
of workers checks which many of you were not aware of.
>
First, they called the tax increase a Safety Levy! Perhaps as a
scare
tactic
> putting fear in the elderly, and never
publicizing the election so workers
> would miss the chance to
vote no.
> Second, they focused on the retirement homes within
the city, on the elderly
> that just had to go down the hall
within their building to vote on a stormy
> cold rainy
day. Never leaving the safety of their buildings.
>
Third they paid to have robo-calls to voters stating if you don’t
have a job
> this tax will not affect you! What a low tactic
that was.
> Fourth they went to certain area homes driving red
trucks and wearing what
> appeared to be fireman uniforms
telling of all the terrible things that
> would happen if they
didn’t vote for the .6% income tax increase.
> Maybe the smart
people knew this tax would give council over eight million
>
dollars to waste for other purposes, such as the Martings building.
These
> very words came out of councilman Albrecht’s mouth,
that we need to revisit
> the city building issue. If these
tax promoters would work as hard on
> locating jobs in the
area we wouldn’t even need a city tax. I have mentioned
> a
way to cut taxes and fees as one Ohio county has already done, and
that is
> to combine city and county governments and go to a
one county wide
> government. Just think, we wouldn’t need a
new city building or police
> station, we would have one in
place. But the city council would rather put
> the tax
back on the November ballot and hope the workers are too busy
trying
> to make a living and unable to go vote. Please
send them a message, that
> enough is enough and quit wasting
our money some have to work for
> it.
>
> Harald
Daub
>>
> 353-7147
> 1221 22nd street > Portsmouth, Ohio >
45662
Supreme
Court RULED 7-0 FOR CITIZENS IN
contested
election -
SOLICITOR MIKE JONES
DOESN'T
AGREE, JONES CONTINUES FIGHT
AGAINST CITIZENS RIGHTS
–
http://rivervices.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-to-malicious-minority.html
ATTEMPT
TO DENY DEMOCRACY! WHY
ARE
CITIZENS
ELECTION RIGHTS BEING
CHALLENGED
BY PATRICIA
SMITH,
311
OFFNERE ST., AND
MICHAEL
W. EVANS, 2223 SUMMIT ST.
Who
are these people?
By
Austin Leedom Monday 23 February 2010
http://rivervices.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-to-malicious-minority.html
Freedom
does
not
exist in Portsmouth.
Democracy
was set aside as the
court overruled
majority
of voters in special election of
FEBRUARY
03, 2009.
ELECTION
NEWS November 2009 - Citizens win
in Supreme
Court
after Scioto County Common Pleas Judge Wlliam T. Marshall
overturned
election of 3 Feb 09.
The
Judge made a decision ruling the losing voters won the election
and
the winners of the election lost.
There
is precedent for such a ruling as our Judge issued in
2009.
An election was
overturned in November
1917 when in a national
Russian election the Social
Revolutionaries Party
received 21 million votes
and the Bolsheviks Party (later named Communist Party)
received
only 9 million
votes;
in a ruling issued by Lenin
that ballots cast for the Social
Revolutionaries did not count, on the grounds that the latter no longer
formed a single organized party.
(Reference: A HISTORY OF THE WESTERN
WORLD, Second Edition, an University
accredited
textbook published by Raytheon Education Company,Lexington,
Massachusetts
in
1969, see page 1226.
DOESN'T AGREE, JONES CONTINUES FIGHT for SCANDALOUS SPECIAL INTERESTSAGAINST CITIZENS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS--Mike Jones' wealthy criminal associate Clay Johnson/SOGP/Martings Foundationwho has for many years plundered our cityfunds will be hindered if citizens can vote on the spending of large amounts of public money on such grand thefts as the Martings Purchase.
A City Council
meeting was held at 6:00 pm, 23 May
11
"Most expensive show in town"
Councilmen John Haas and Nicholas
Basham
are
still confused;
Basham
is beginning to understand the City is broke. During
the
meeting
Council President
Haas
moaned about the new tax burden being defeated at
the
polls
by the voters. Passage of the new tax would give the council
another
1.5
million a
year
to spend,
but,
according to Basham this would only keep us
even
and would not be
enough
to make up past
deficits.
With
the report of a break-in, Monday, May 23, 2011, at the
Scioto County
Clerk
of Courts Office,
the
security of the other Offices located in our
County
Court House is now
questionable.
***************************
HOW SAFE
ARE OUR COUNTY OFFICES?
A City Council
meeting was held at 6:00 pm, 23 May
11
"Most expensive show in town"
Councilmen John Haas and Nicholas
Basham
are
still confused;
Basham
is beginning to understand the City is broke. During
the
meeting
Council President
Haas
moaned about the new tax burden being defeated at
the
polls
by the voters. Passage of the new tax would give the council
another
1.5
million a
year
to spend,
but,
according to Basham this would only keep us
even
and would not be
enough
to make up past
deficits.
With
the report of a break-in, Monday, May 23, 2011, at the
Scioto County
Clerk
of Courts Office,
the
security of the other Offices located in our
County
Court House is now
questionable.
A
RECOUNT OF INCOME TAX PROPOSAL TO BE DONE AT one
o'CLOCK
in
the Courthouse at the Board of
Elections.
How safe are our ballots at the Board of
Elections??
At the Courthouse breaking and entering Monday, did the
invaders of the Clerk of Courts Office go to other offices?
Did the burglars enter the Board of Elections Office?
The BIG PRIZE is
at the Board of Elections in the proposed
Income Tax Raise.
This increase is
planned to bring in an additional 1.5 Million
Dollars a year to
the City for the next 5.5 years. This totals up
to 8.25 Million
Dollars . ($8,250,000).
$8,250,000
Dollars and the vultures at City Hall and their
controllers are
licking their lips. Yes, ballots can be fixed,
elections can be
rigged, and there are, in my opinion,
politicians in City
Hall that would rob the church treasury
at gunpoint and then
steal Christ off the Cross for that
amount of money.
So, this entry
into the Courthouse may have had other
purposes than only
stolen titles from the Clerk of Courts Office.
There is to be
a recount tomorrow at one o’clock at the
Board of Elections
on the income tax raise the voters have
turned down. The
people were ahead by nine votes to
beat this tax on May
3rd.
After the Board counted 17 provisional
ballots on the 17th of May
the lead had shrunk
from nine votes down to two votes. The city tax
promoters got 12 of
the 17 votes while the people received only 5
votes against the
tax.
This was
suspicious as these provisional ballots were special and
were not counted
with the regular ballots on the 3rd of May. Plus,
we had heard a
rumor, only a rumor, that one of the city councilmen
had said the City
Tax Promoters would win the election as votes
can be and would be
altered so the new income tax would become law.
At the City
Council Meeting Monday night, the recently appointed
ODOT employee,
Second Ward Councilman James Rich Saddler II ,
said he was
confident that when the votes on the Income Tax Raise
are counted again,
the City Tax issue will be a winner. What
does this councilman
know that makes him so confident that
the income tax
increase will pass?
The votes
counted on the tax on May 3 were close to 50% each;
about 50/50.
When the 17 provisional ballots were counted the vote in
that group
of ballots was about
70% to 30% against the people and in favor of
the Tax Raisers.
All 1,701
votes are to be recounted, by hand, today,
May 25, 2011,
according to Election Officials Mr. Barnett
and Mr. Basham.
Come to the meeting
today at the Courthouse, watch
the count, beginning
at 1:00 o”clock.
Austin Leedom
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Appointed
2nd Ward Councilman James Rich Saddler during the Council meeting
remarked
that he believes the big income
tax
increase will still
pass
when the
votes
are
counted again Wednesday.
When
the polls
first
closed on
May
3rd, 2011
the
tax
increase
had failed;
it
was nine votes behind.
832
had voted for the tax,
841
had voted against the tax.
With
nearly 1700 people voting the vote had been
almost
50/50.
On
Tuesday, May 17th, 17 provisional votes were
counted.
The
provisional votes were different.
12
of the 17 votes were cast in favor
of
the tax increase and
only
5 votes were against the tax
increase.
Now
the income tax proposal was only two
votes behind with
844 votes in favor of the tax and 846 votes agaainst
the tax,
instead of nine votes. behind
This was a quick gain for the income
tax
with 70% of the 17 provisional votes in favor of the
tax.
These
ballots apparently had been stored in the OFFICES OF THE
BOARD
OF ELECTIONS in the County Courthouse from the 3rd of May
until
the 17th of May when they were finally
counted.
Before
the counting of the ballots
on
May 17, we had rumors, only
rumors,
of
a city councilman
boasting
that the uncounted provisional ballots
may
have
been altered by
tampering,
and the
income
tax would
pass.
After
the results of the 17 votes showed
that
the 50/50 averages were now
70/30
in
favor of the tax we did seriously wonder
about
the security of the
ballots
between
the
3rd of May and the 17th of
May.
Yesterday
the 23rd of May, 2011 it was reported the Clerk of Courts Office
in
the
Scioto
County Courthouse
had
been illegally entered and new titles
stolen
from the
Office.
On
Wednesday the 25th of May 2011 The County Board of Elections has a
recounting
of all 1,701 ballots
scheduled.
Question?
If the Clerk of Courts Office is not secure from illegal
entry,
can
the Board of Elections Offices also be violated?
If
any evidence,
appearance
of
mis-handling
and/or alteration
of
any ballots
is
noted with
the
present
1,701 ballots to be counted
Wednesday,
May 25, 2011
this
should promptly
be
made public
and
proper inquiry
and
examination
made.
Written by Austin Leedom on Tuesday, May
24,
2011
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EVIL KENIEVEL KALBSKI
People be prepared for the greatest RIVER DAZE show of
the century 2005. Our appointed dirt-bike-riding City Mayor
will do anything for a vote; wait until you hear this. RIVER
DAZE 2005 WILL FEATURE OUR MAYOR AS EVIL KENIVAL KALBSKi WHO PLANS
THE ULTIMATE JUMP OF ALL TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD! IN
PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.
No, he’s not planning on jumping the Marting’s
building or Clay Johnson’s billfold. But he will attempt to
jump across the new Grant Bridge. He has been traveling all
over the country in preparation for this death defying jump.
He went as far to have the city pave his alley behind his house so
he could practice his speed jumping. All I can say is I'm glad the
RIVER DAZE celebration is before the November election. I'm sure for
his great efforts people will surely declare him a hometown hero and
elect him as Mayor. After all most people in Portsmouth don't
care about one’s ability to manage or be responsible for millions of
our tax dollars. But surely jumping from the Second Street
ramp to the first pier would surely guarantee him the election!
Better yet, if he could set his sights to a higher standard and make
it to the second pier I'm sure this would win the taxpayers over to
his way of thinking. After all he did have them in mind when he made
the statement “YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET A NEW MARTING’S CITY
BUILDING, LIKE IT OR NOT! AND YOU WILL PAY FOR IT WITH HIGH TAXES
FOR THE NEXT TWENTY FIVE YEARS.” For someone to make this
statement you know he has the MENTALITY to make the jump.
But, better yet a jump like this could also draw
citizens from Sciotoville, if he were to invite Sixth Ward
Councilmen Marty Mohr to join him on the back of the bike! What a
crowd pleaser of a show this would make, and just think of all the
booths full of “Auto Mania” souvenirs that could be sold at River
DAZE depicting this great event. Mohr
would surely donate all proceeds to the city? After all, Mohr did
donate to his fellow Councilman Malone’s campaign. Could this be
considered buying a vote
I know this writer can't wait to see THE GREATEST JUMP
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD right here in River City. RIVER DAZE
2005!!!
NO ADMISSION TO BE CHARGED TO SEE THIS GREAT FEAT, BUT
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED. Written Sunday, August 28, 2005 by Jay Olsen
Election
News
DEADLINE 4:00 P.M.
TODAY.-SEVEN FILED PETITIONS IN PORTSMOUTH MAYOR RACE, according to
the Scioto County Board of Elections at 4:15 p.m. today,Thursday,
February 17, 2005: Emily Gulker of 627 Front Street, Jim Kalb of
2234 Vinton Avenue, David Malone of 1517 Waller Street, Will Mault
of 5545 Farney Avenue, Chris Neff of 2412 Mabert Road, James R.
Stout of 1908 Valley Street,and Trent Williams of 2520 Kalyn Drive.
Total of seven candidates, two to be nominated. (POSTED 5:00 P.M. 17
FEB 05)
In Portsmouth 1st Ward Councilman Tim Loper, Sr. of 114
Madison Street, and 3rd Ward Councilman Bob Mollette of 1705
Franklin Avenue filed petitions for re-election. There were no other
filings for council; there is no candidate for the 5th Ward Council
position that Howard Baughman now holds.
In the New Boston
Democratic primary race Todd Grant of 1217 Pennsylvania, Steve
Hamilton of 4222 Cedar Street, Joe Keeney of 545 Glenwood Avenue,
Stephen L. Nix of 3628 Gallia Street and Gary L. Stone of 4212
Brookside Drive filed petitions for Village Council offices. Two are
to nominated.
Municipal Court Judge Russell D. Kegley of 2825
Ridgeway filed a petition for re-election. He is the only candidate
to file for this office. (by Austin Leedom at 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 17, 2005)
"BANISH THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THIS
DAMN CAN
RECALL BAUER!"
By Austin Leedom Saturday, June
19, 2004
At 8:30 p.m.today, Saturday, June 19,
2004 I took numerous photos of bright blue Glockner Garbage can that
was placed at the corner of Kinney’s Lane and Timlin.
The lid on the Glockner can was
opened; inside the lid of the can in professional lettering were
painted the following words,
"BANI$H THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THI$
DAMN CAN RECALL BAUER!
We are not certain who placed this
sign on the Glockner Garbage Can nor are we sure who has possession
of the can. However, we have good reason to believe that the writing
on this can was done by a well-known member of the Scioto County
Democratic Party.
Was this sign produced and displayed
as a measure of retaliation against the Scioto County Repulican
Party Central Committee who resolved at their meeting on May 11,
2004 to support Greg Bauer’s battle to retain his office as Mayor of
Portsmouth.
The resolution to support Mayor Bauer,
who is presently enduring a continued investigation into many of his
illegal acts, was in response to a motion by Insurance Agent C. B.
Hermann, who is also under investigation. Sheriff Marty Donini (who
was under trial in February of this year by the Board of Elections
for numerous violations, including theft charges and improper
expungement of his criminal acts)
made a second to the motion
The minutes of the Scioto County
Republican Central Committee meeting show that there was complete
agreement by all members present. It was further resolved by the
Republicans that they would support Mayor Bauer with
advertisements.
An angry, outraged, disgusted
citizenry of Portsmouth petitioned for a recall of Mayor Bauer
because of his arrogant acts of awarding unbid, over-priced
contracts to friends who had generously contributed to the Mayor by
various means and the Mayor’s illegal $2 million purchase of the old
Martings Building in May 2002 from his friend Clayton Johnson, who
is also known as the Richard D. Marting Foundation.
Citizens have also been angered by
generous tax abatements to Mayor Bauer’s friends while "the rest of
us" have suffered from outrageous real estate tax increases and a
70% increase in water-sewage fees. The citizens simply cannot afford
to have Greg Bauer in office any longer.
The citizens’ petition to recall Mayor
Bauer had nothing to do with politics, race, lodge, or church
affiliation. The signers of the petitions against the continued
tyranny of Bauer’s administration were angered by his criminal
actions, not by Bauer’s membership in the Scioto County Republican
Party.
However, the Scioto County Republican
Party Central Committee, at the behest of two of its most
disreputable citizens, on May 11, 2004, decided to make this
recall petition by the damaged citizens of Portsmouth a political
issue that the Republican Party Central Committee is going to
support against the citizens.
The wounded citizens of Portsmouth
that the Republican Party Central Committee has decided to kick
around (like a stray dog) may retaliate against the Republicans in
coming elections.
The ‘crippled dog’ the Republicans
mistreat today may bite them in the next elections.
Is the sign, "BANI$H THE MAN WHO
BOUGHT THI$ DAMN $IGN RECALL BAUER," the first of many retaliatory
acts against the Republicans who have resolved to make the
non-partisan office of Mayor a political battleground?
Or is the sign simply the reasonable
response of another injured citizen who is outraged by the crookery
and deception of our present Mayor?
Written by Austin Leedom on Saturday, June
19, 2004
ELECTION NEWS PAGE
Wednesday,
February 18, 2004
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE
Lynn Alan Grimshaw, now serving overseas as a U. S. Army Major in
the Iraqi War is seeking re-election as Prosecuting Attorney.
Democratic newcomer Eric Wrage is contesting Major Grimshaw for the
nomination; Republican Mark Kuhn is running also. Prediction: Major
Grimshaw crushes Wrage in primary race…... then Grimshaw beats Kuhn
in the fall in close contest.........
COUNTY COMMISSION
RACES
Her past support for the now-exposed
deceptive Sheriff Marty Donini may damage Incumbent Commissioner
Opal Spears in race against veteran state legislator Bill
Ogg; Incumbent Tom Rieser may also be tarnished by close
association with Sheriff Donini; Republican Tim Knauff is running
against Democratic Incumbent Tom Reiser.
SHERIFF’S RACE
The race between Sheriff Marty
Donini and Democratic challenger Jim Lintz may be the muddiest of
all contests; both candidates have closets full of skeletons..
Although acknowledged by many as a more courageous and competent
enforcement officer Jim Lintz has dubious experiences in his past,
and only last week Sheriff Marty Donini confessed, under oath, that
he was a thief, and lacked proper state qualifications to run for
the office of Sheriff. Donini also has repeatedly refused to make an
accounting of public funds expended. This will be the most
interesting race of all. By Austin Leedom, Wednesday, February 18,
2004.
SCIOTO COUNTY DEMOCRATS
MEET
IN NEW BOSTON THURSDAY
NIGHT
By Austin Leedom, posted at 3:00 a.m. Friday,
January 16, 2004
An atmosphere of excitement
filled the New Boston Village Meeting Hall last night as seventy-one
Democrats listened to their candidates speak of the excellent
possibilities of winning county offices in the fall elections.
All incumbent office holders were invited to
speak.
County Treasurer Margaret Gordley and County
Recorder Irene Ashley have no opposition in the coming election;
both ladies gave short talks.
Commissioner Tom Reiser spoke of obtaining
the Sun Coke plant for Scioto County; he gave credit to all the
other persons who had worked so hard and ably to bring this new
industry to Scioto County. He noted that he had received a letter of
appreciation from Sun Coke for the tremendous team work of local
public officials who were able to put together an agreement with Sun
Coke in only sixty days; it was noted in the letter from Sun Coke
that such negotiations normally have taken eight months or longer at
other locations.
Bev Grimshaw then spoke for her husband Lynn
Grimshaw, the County Prosecuting Attorney. She expressed hope that
Lynn's tour of duty in the Iraqi war area will soon be ended. Lynn
Grimshaw has been serving on active duty as an U. S. Army Major in
the Judge Advocate General's Corps since he was called to active
duty in February 2003. Although he is overseas at this time Mr.
Grimshaw is running for re-election for his eighth term as County
Prosecuting Attorney.
County Auditor David Green and County
Commissioner Skip Riffe both spoke briefly and enthusiastically.
There is no election this year for the offices they now
hold.
Teresa Knittel, candidate for County Clerk of
Courts, Jim Lintz, candidate for Sheriff, Todd Book, candidate for
re-election to the Ohio General Assembly, and Bill Ogg, candidate
for County Commissioner all spoke briefly. Mr. Ogg previously served
several terms as County Commissioner before serving eight years in
the Ohio General Assembly.
Attorney Eric Wrage who is challenging Lynn
Grimshaw for the Democratic nomination for the Prosecuting
Attorney's Office talked of reasons he should win the nomination,
and urged everyone to support the winner of the primary campaign. He
promised that he would give complete support to the winner of the
primary race.
Saundra Reiser, President of the Democratic
Women's Club spoke of upcoming meetings of their club.
Randy Basham, Chairman of the County
Democratic Party, conducted the meeting. Mr. Basham urged all
candidates to begin campaigning now for election. "Don't wait until
October to begin work, begin now," he said.
Mr. Basham is an unusually good speaker; his
deep voice carries well, and radiates
confidence.
Chairman Basham conducted a very orderly and
open meeting; following the talks by the office holders and
candidates he invited anyone present to speak. Richard Noel, of
Dunlop Road, a loyal, long-time party worker accepted the invitation
to speak; he stood up to testify that the meeting was the best and
most inspiring meeting he had seen in the fifty years he has been in
attendance. APL
By Austin Leedom, posted at 3:00 a.m. Friday,
January 16, 2004 |
