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Friday, November 30, 2007

Disgraceful Legal Fees

The exhibit below represents legal fees paid by the City of South Euclid for the first 10 months only of the year 2007. The information was provided by the city in response to a public information request. Please note that South Euclid Oversight interprets the information provided. Indecipherable or unverifiable expenditures have been EXCLUDED to err in favor of the city. The calculated totals shown are most likely TOO LOW.
  • According to the calculations, the total amount spent on legal fees for the Law Director (including the base salary) and "outside" or contractual legal counsel for this administration's first term in office, January 2004-October 2007 = $728,107.53

  • Of that total, the amount paid to the Law Director for the same period of time was at least $474,365.30 including his "PART-TIME" base salary as noted in the exhibit, but excluding benefits.

Please click on the link below to view the summary of legal fees for 2004, 2005 and 2006:

http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/2007/03/south-euclid-legal-fees_13.html

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

CONTACT ROBERT SCHOENEWALD TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO REPEAL ORDINANCE 65-05 AT: rschoenewald@roadrunner.com or call 216-381-9933.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Band-Aids vs Reconstructive Surgery

After acknowledging that this problem has existed for at least 4 years- this is the best our local government could come up with - allocating $ 25,000 regarding this issue?

Flooding problems appear to be a much more serious issue than say, what window treatments residents might choose or be able to afford.

Without the help of any scientific research, we will hazard a guess that there are more residents whose houses are inundated with water and/or sewage than those worrying about their neighbor’s window coverings.

The council recently touted their window treatment legislation calling this a “strong law.” We are unaware of a rampant predicament in this city regarding inappropriate window coverings. We must question the effectiveness of the Administration and City Council to work together, when more time is spent on such trivial matters, when other issues require more attention, and in a quicker fashion.

If a substantial amount of South Euclid’s infrastructure is in need of repair or replacement, our local government should give us the straight story once and for all, and stop delaying the inevitable.

Perhaps some of the TAX INCREASE from 2005 could have been used for this instead of raises across the board.

As usual, these people who we look to as leaders have come up woefully short; and once again choose to use the word LEGAL to justify their questionable maneuvers.

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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Tax Increase Bell Rings AGAIN

The South Euclid Lyndhurst School District is preparing to ask voters again to dig a little deeper into their seemingly bottomless pockets for more money. Details regarding the specific staffing and program cuts that will be necessary have not been released. Does this put the SEL School District’s potential involvement in a Recreation Center to rest once and for all? Please click on image to view full size.

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