"PAINT IT BLACK " rolling stones
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
Above the fold in Thursdays News-Herald
Judge orders payment
Court rules Color Dash to repay City for cancelled event
It seems the City of Painesville received a judgment of $3000.00 plus 3 percent statutory interest from a company called Color Dash for not honoring a contract and attempting to reschedule an event for a different day then the one agreed on by the city. I guess if both parties don't agree to the new date the party doing the reschedule broke the contract?
Now it gets interesting according to the paper then Recreation Director Lee Homyock had the city pay Color Dash $3000 non-refundable deposit for the event?
City Manager Tony Carson stated Mr. Homyock did not even have the authority by city code to sign the contract?
Could this be another reason for the Recreation director leaving the city to take care of the horses, cattle and sheep at Lake Farmparks? Wonder why he might think he was authorized to sign this contract?
Something tells me we will go through Hell to get that money as far as Color Dash is located in Minnesota. I only hope we don't spend $4,000 to get the $3,000 back? This reminds me of decades ago when Painesville lost 5 / 6 million on a derivatives investment Council President Joe Hada always claimed we got our money back. _Problem was we spent how many millions in legal costs? So we did lose.
$3,000 the city goes to court for failure to honor a contract? Yet million's spent on false estimates from AMP-OHIO for power promised at $48.06 that grew to over $103.00 and the latest Hydro power promised at $74.00 with now a cost of $148.00? It sometimes appears the city steps over $20.00 bills to pick up pennies.
All this complaining about gun laws. The NRA is not even allowing better background checks. Here's an idea the NRA has between 3 and 4 million members. How about a hostile takeover? NRA membership only costs $25.00 what if all of a sudden there were 6 million new members? Just a thought
posted by terminator1 @ 8:26 AM
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9 Comments:
You put up the first $25 Term....
The NRA is not the enemy.
The NRA can't make background checks better or worse. It's a function of the Federal Government.
Background checks CAN be better if the problem people are in the "no sale" database. We all want that, including the NRA.
Hmmmm I wonder who else was writing checks we don't know about…….
Welcome to the Merry Go Round. The only one making money from this city are the attorneys.
4:48 Be glad to! The NRA is the enemy they fund the prostitute's in D.C. and threaten them to vote on any gun restriction measures.
After Sandy Hook I lost any respect I had for that organization.
To be truthful in my eyes they are aiding the terrorists.
7:44 I don't have you, nor a city letterhead.
FYI when a person such as the rec department head writes a check (purchase order, etc.) it isn't just sent out in the mail to the recipient. No, it goes through a finance department for their approval also. Therefore someone else had to approve that check also. Meaning 2 approvals - that's why there are checks and balances so ONE shady individual cant bankrupt a city.
This is a sad situation. The Color Run was great and mad a nice chunk of change for the city. You can thank the snake oil salesman for a city manager council hired and continues to endorse for this one too. No one person has the authority to pay and sign a check. If it was ok in the past, why not this year? Someone under the dome dropped the ball? Perhaps Ms.LaPuma wanted to free herself from the successful event of the past to make a name for herself? Really too bad for the city coffers, but we are so wealthy we are rollin-in the-dough here right?
7:06 It seems your problem is more with the city manager than the color dash people? As I understand it they did not honor the contract on the date first agreed on? So if you hire a photographer for your wedding on May 20 he accepts takes the deposit and then tells you must reschedule your wedding to a date he will be free. I wonder what your reaction would be? The CM should change some of the policies that have been the norm for the past 20 years. Exactly how much change did the city really make?
It was disappointing to read the article on the Color Dash illustrating how the City of Painesville functions. It is my understanding it is a common practice that promoters such as the Color Dash will reserve the right to timely reschedule if it appears appropriate or unsuccessful. It seems the City refused to reschedule. Further, the statement that the former Rec Director didn't have the "authority" to be responsible for the purchase order is lame. Are we to believe the city manager reviews all the purchases made by the City? Why isn't something like this delegated by the CM? I believe there is more to this than we will ever see in print. This sort of action can turn legitimate busness leaders away from looking at Painesville.
Yep - another black eye to the community thanks to Mr Carson and to council for allowing his actions to continue. When will this be over?
7:50
Please explain to us, what did Mr Carson have to do with this?
As far as I have read, he didn't schedule it and he didn't try to reschedule it.
Maybe a personal problem for you?
BTW, how is this a black eye for the City? Most people had no idea the event was even scheduled.
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