"ASK ME NO QUESTIONS I'LL TELL YOU NO LIES" lynyrd skynyrd

So, don't ask me about my business
And I won't tell you goodbye


That's Right!

Well as I have mentioned in past posts Monday night was do or die time for the extra $6,000 for the DPO. I noticed a couple of people in the audience who were associated with the organization.
I got up and told council they knew my position, let's hear from them? Sorry not impressed , talk of  and I was interested in what the two members of the DPO board had to say? Talk about Chocolate Friday what next Grilled Cheese Tuesday?
One person mentioned getting a certain buzz? Well starting in January that buzz will cost us an extra $6,000?
To Katie Jenkins credit she asked and got an amendment to not make the $6,000 retroactive but to start in January 2017. So in roundabout way the city saved that money this year. 

In refection the $6,000 isn't the issue it's how our council  hands out money? Not one council member asked these board members what they need the $6,000 for. For that matter what are you doing with the $20,000 we already are giving you? One board member offered the flowers placed around the downtown area. No transparency no how about your organization joining Checkbook Ohio nothing. I'm willing to bet if I asked anyone on that council for $60.00 the first question would be what do you need it for. But it's not council's  member's money it's yours and they have little concern about your needs but the DPO that's another story. This should be remembered at election time! Shameful is the only word I can add to last nights gifting! Oh, and after the money was promised the board member's skedaddled, in true DPO style. Maybe the time has come that resident's see how council is so giving with city funds, maybe the next time a levy comes up maybe we will remember? DPO is a total waste of needed funds.

Electricity came up again and being a Municipal Power Plant certain consumer right are not the same as say to a First Energy customer. For instance the city has no policy where a customer can sell excess power from their  solar panels to the city.. Presently it's not allowed. This person also mentioned Avery-Dennison is looking into solar power for their Painesville facility.
Another resident explained that although Painesville is not regulated by the PUCO there are still laws regulating utility shutoff's that Painesville seems to ignore. He wanted to play a tape with a city finance employees, (Gurley said he couldn't play the tape)where the employee who supposable knew the conversation was taped telling the resident "We are not regulated by the PUCO we do what we want here."
Tony Torre's not happy with cemetery policy. Also Steele Mansion is booked solid for the Republican Convention this week.
I asked who was overseeing the parking garage demolition. I was told Doug Lewis goes there once in the morning and again at quitting time.

And it goes on, Mrs. DiNallo was excused but in here absence we still talked about sidewalks for over ten minutes. Talk of hiring part-timers to go through our neighborhood marking sidewalks?
Don't we already have employee's walking in our neighborhood reading meters? Walking down the sidewalks while meter reading mark addresses where a sidewalk problem exists.

Ordinances about Design Review Repealing, and Enacting were left on first reading. Maybe by September they can explain what this was all about?

69 High St. was tabled?

Now for some good news!

The first tenant  for High Point Centre was announced  World Wines and Brews a retail store with a present location in Mentor.

 Better News!


It's still in it's early stage with no official announcement yet , but a company named Mar-bal Pultrusion Inc. is in the process of moving into the old CORE facility in the future. A job fair has already happened and this has a possibility of bringing 250 jobs to Painesville. To Doug Lewis and Cathy Bieterman this is what we all are looking for in Economic Development!


So how's that convention going?
Don't see much party unity? The only thing it seems they hate more than Trump is Clinton?
oh, and wait till Philadelphia talk about herding cats!

In other news Monday it was Happy Days we heard from Chachi and Antonio Sabato Jr.?

Don't worry Republicans by the end of the week Michelle Obama will be accused of plagiarizing
Melania Trump's speech in 2008.?

Since someone called me Carnac the Magnificent.. Here's one for you Mike Pence will not be running for Vice-President on election day. He has way to much class to be associated with this.