'"BROTHER LOVES TRAVELING SAL.. neil diamond

Now comes the deception? Monday night, June 13, 2011, council will hold an open-to-the-public work session with the likes of the AMP-OHIO Brother Marc S. Gerkens traveling salvation show. Pack up the babies and grab the the old ladies...let everyone go....
Painesville will again learn the only way you can cook those turkeys on Thanksgiving... or not have to do homework by candle light... is to listen to this new sales pitch. How much did the old pitch cost... 2.7 million... 2 million? Hey, it's only dead presidents burning a hole in your pocket.
I remember at a previous meeting attended by Mr. Gerkens that councilman Flock asked "what if we never get power from Meigs County?" Mr. Gerkens treated that question as if Andy had asked what if the world was flat? Hindsight? I don't even believe that question was addressed seriously. It should have been.
We need props? Like a crystal ball so we can see 25, 35 years in the future as to our electric needs, and the people who can't even predict five years ahead about a Mega-Watt coal plant will bring us answers to these questions Monday night. Lest we forget all this is still going through litagation yet AMP-OHIO still knows Painesvilles "stranded" costs?

This blog. is read in places that I didn't think even cared. Some resident in Oberlin, Ohio sent me an ordinance from their May 16, 2011 council meeting about something called 'The Northern Power Pool Participation Schedule' with AMP-OHIO.
Seems 9 members are elected and one spot was appointed, want to guess who?
When will we in Painesville be informed of all this? Are any council people aware of this? What is it? Is someone getting paid by this?
Painesville has operated too long in the shadows... it's time we be transparent on ALL city business. Painesville's administration is like an onion... you must keep peeling away layer after layer to get to the facts.
During the last council meeting it was brought up that over $200,000.00 was taken out of the water fund for legal expenses. The next question should have been was any money taken out of the electric fund or the waste water treatment fund for legal purposes as well? Someone has to ask.

Council-President Hada mentioned that council had no intention of moving the venue to the Harvey media center along with changing the format back to the old way where citizens spoke first. I would like to see a show of hands by council on a vote on this issue.