"HERE WE GO AGAIN" ray charles

The phone will ring again
I'll be her fool again
One more time


Well AMP-OHIO called again and we presently have a whole new cast of characters from a 'new' city manager and six new council people.

This time with AMP called with a scheme called AMI? The only thing you need to be aware of it will cost ratepayer's 4.5 million dollars  for smart meters, installation and monitoring.

These funds to pay for this will come out of one of our numerous electric funds that you have paid into through your electric purchases over time.

I have sent all council people my opposition to this deal along with our city manager. With a promise to even having NO AMP signs printed and located throughout the city.

The city manager offered to have a conversation about AMI, well I've heard it all before and the city is 5 million dollars poorer over AMP-OHIO deals. You wonder what they have to do for this administration to say "No Thank-You".

It's almost as if that 4.5 M is burning a hole in someone's pocket? Look here's an idea use that 4.5 million to cut our electric cost rates? A reverse Power Factor.

I(n the coming months the city must present reasons this investment will benefit the stockholder's of the Painesville Electric Co. (US) not them or AMP-OHIO.

Do you think this issue is enough to propose they not get involved?  Please let me know.

Ever wonder why they had no public showing of the new City Works Facility?


Wonder if Napoleon, Ohio has smart meters?


AMP's Board of Trustees explore four scenarios that members might follow;

1. Independent action with individual technology deployment at each utility.
2. Independent action and selection of a vendor-provided hosting solution.
3. Joint action and selection of a single vendor-provided hosting solution.
4. Joint action and deployment of a single shared set of technologies

* AMP-OHIO picked #4 for us.

Another question to ask your council person what does Blueridge Infrastructure Services, have to do with this. As well as the Silver Spring Network?

"MONEY FOR NOTHING" dire straits

We got to install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators we got to move these color TV's


Yes another Holiday Season (Christmas Time) is upon us here is quaint Painesville, Ohio. Time for our fabled Downtown Organization to get the News-Herald to take pictures and do a story about caroler's and carriage rides in our busy downtown.

Look I want to participate!

Can someone who belongs to this organization tell me what and for whom a Christmas present purchase was made in our Downtown?

We have no clothing stores, shoe stores, toy stores, bookstore or even a hobby store. (please no tires) I want to buy at least ONE persons gift in Downtown Painesville this year, and I request your help.

Council keeps 'gifting' DPO funds year after year please show me the results.

A couple of years ago I was doing some banking in town and an older lady stopped me and asked  "where the stores were." I told her what you see is it, we haven't hid them they don't exist. She said she expected so much more, well so do I.

So again feel free to help me be Santa this year DPO, looking more and more like Scrooge?

We need a lot more than 'Smart Meters' around here.

Hey, Anywhere to buy a  Slack Jaw Christmas Album in town?

" I KNOW YOU WON'T" carrie underwood

I know you don't mean to be, mean to me
'Cause when you want to you can make me feel like we belong
We belong


Well it's that time again Painesville officials getting ready to take another bit from the AMP-
OHIO apple!

Yeah we belong? To what I have no idea!

City has put in the draft 2018 budget $4.5 million for a AMI Meter System (electronic metering) project (hardware; software and administration). The project if approved by Council, will require that the city change the electro-mechanical meters on customer premises and replace them with new digital meters that can be read and shut off/on remotely.

The premise is that the cost of the new systems, which contains a monitoring site contract by AMP_OHIO over a 10 year contract period would be more cost effective than retaining the old meters; meter readers;  great more people playing cards!) reduce office administration time, and  Increasing Utility Revenues?  Wonder how that works? The only way to increase revenue is how? And don't forget we still have water meters to read?

Forget the benefit to the administration how does it benefit US, the people footing the bill?

No this is something they want to slip under the radar without input from users I guess?

Myself I won't trust AMP-OHIO for refuse pick-up. And after the 10 years who will we beholden too?



Terrible house fire on Bank Street yesterday, dog that saved man died.
Sometimes I think this city can't buy a break.

Special thanks Painesville Fire Department

"SURPRISE, SURPRISE brue springsteen

So let's blow out the candles on your cake
And will raise a glass or two
It'll be the start of a brand new day and all...

Well election day is Tuesday and to be honest I don't see many surprises.

DiNallo, Fodor and Fitzgerald

All levies passing even without the school system or city promoting them. Hey it's an off off year election.

Surprises?

Could be some, just not feeling it. Ana Padilla and Dora Acosta have offered a strong challenge I just don't believe it's enough. Who should worry is Christine Shoop in Ward I. She will face a stronger challenger in her next election. Hal Werner? Well if the comment's this blog. receives is an indication he should be a shoe-in. Someone pointed out to me that the negative comments about the Hispanic community comes in batches. Could that indicate maybe two or three people sending all them in? That's what I'm looking forward to seeing Tuesday. Most Painesville voter's are unaware of Tom Fitzgerald's absentee problem and let's face it Tom's a very likable guy without issues with Jackie's.
Fodor knows how to charm an audience and is well versed on issues facing Painesville. Have no clue why Marsita Ferguson and Traci Montgomery took him on yet no one opposed DiNallo? To all candidates running their is a future for you in Painesville. If not council maybe the school board?

Lack of signs promoting Fire and Road Levies, out of site out of mind. Same goes for the school levy. Just make sure your supporters vote. The school levy was tough for me over what transpired at Harvey over the weight equipment. Silly stuff as well as where's the improvement? Changes will have to be made to get me to touch that YES button in the future.

Strong school  board member Kathleen Powers-Dolney running for her second term.

Please if you haven't voted yet make time for it Tuesday and then when thing go haywire you can complain!