Cuyahoga County commissioners vow to “keep us on top”
… of Ohio’s failing tax skyscraper.
For the last three years, the worst kept secret in Northeast Ohio is that politicians and the financially-interested people (insert Forest City, or Wolstein, or Schneider or Jacobs or well, do you see a trend here?) that fund them want a new convention center in Cleveland. It’s also not a secret that the place that the folks from Forest City would like to locate it is on their property along the river behind their failing Tower City mall.
Never mind that numerous recent studies have shown that the convention business as a whole is changing and the need for those centers is waning. Never mind that our community is imploding upon itself because the local leadership can’t come up with a new idea (building stuff to generate economic development is not a new, nor good, idea) that might stabilize the region and plan for reinvention as a successful small city. Never mind that the commissioners just paid a boatload of money for a new building site and failed to include the city in which they intend to build the building in the planning process and thus have run into a costly and STUPID roadblock (BTW, never mind also that there was no need to do this since the building which currently houses the majority of county operations was designed to be expanded by at least another 10-15 floors upward - this little discussed gem of information goes to show that in the old days, some elected officials actually planned based on future need). Never mind that to pay for this unnecessary new Convention Center a sales tax increase is slated to provide the means required. Never mind that in one of this country’s most taxed states, the people of Cuyahoga County alreadys sit upon the pinnacle of tax burden for all of Ohio’s residents.
How is it possible that these people tasked with the responsibility of representing us and doing what’s best, do no such thing?
This page (and the page that preceded it during the County Commissioner’s race) sounds like a broken record when it comes to the stupidity of the local intelligensia when it comes to the issue of economic development. Building a new convention center (just so we might be able to get a “Medical Mart” here is a moronic and desperate attempt to appease the city’s monied interests. That’s all.
Don’t be misled by the idea that such a project will create jobs. The only good paying job that it will create for the long-term (sure there will be construction jobs for a couple of years, but certainly not forever… although in this town whoever heard of a public construction project coming in on time?) is that of the new convention center manager (likely to be another politcal hack that has little or no qualifications).
Don’t be fooled. The commissioners’ tax and spend approach is a loser. The people of Cuyahoga County are already the highest taxed in the state and things continue to deteriorate. Throwing more money at the problem will not help, and it’s likely to make things even worse.
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Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Eileen T. Gallagher has failed to uphold the mission of county Prosecutor William Mason, “to protect victims.” Even worse, she has failed to protect me and my minor child.
During election time, despite her primary success, Gallagher got four bar associations’ “not recommended” ratings.
The matter of Anthony Thornton, Cuyahoga County’s Economic Development Manager and his girlfriend Cheryl Scullark dealing with the ongoing stalking and harassment, which continues, was presented to her on Feb 27, 2006. She refused to stop it.
Gallagher was presented with this matter during an ex-parte hearing. She signed the TPO. Later, a motion to not entitle defense counsel Fernando Mack to appear was filed based upon the fact that he failed to make himself Attorney of Record. She denied the motion and allowed him to proceed as counsel. On record, Gallagher told me that there were rules and procedures to follow, yet she didn’t follow them. Pursuant to Rule 10 (A) of the Rules of Court, 4.6 (E) and 5 (A) of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure state:
Rule 10 (A): All entries of appearance of counsel in any action shall be in writing. In civil cases, entry of appearance by counsel may be effected by signature of counsel on a pleading, motion or letter to the court. Until an entry of appearance properly made and signed by counsel has been filed, counsel shall not be entitled to appear at any proceeding in this action.
Rule 5 (A): Except as otherwise provided in these rules, every order required by its terms to be served, every pleading subsequent to the original complaint unless the court otherwise orders because of numerous defendants, every paper relating to discovery required to be served upon a party unless the court otherwise orders, every written motion other than one which may be heard ex-parte, and every written notice, appearance, demand, offer of judgment, and similar paper shall be served upon each of the parties. Service is not required on parties in default for failure to appear except that pleadings asserting new or additional claims for relief or for additional damages against them shall be served upon them in the manner provided for service of summons in Civ.R.4-4.6.
Rule 4.6 (E): The attorney of record or the serving party shall be responsible for determining if service has been made and shall timely file written instructions with the clerk regarding completion of service notwithstanding the provisions in Civ.R. 4.1-4.6 which instruct a clerk to notify the attorney of record or the serving party of failure of service of process.
During a hearing, Attorney Mack orally moved for “An in-camera view of the evidence”. I reminded Gallagher that she denied my motion to not entitle counsel to appear, and if Mack wants to see evidence he needed to file discovery, he had enough time. Mack closed his mouth. He did not want to be associated with his own clients on record.
Gallagher signed a TPO, which was clear “RESPONDANT SHALL NOT ABUSE the protected persons named in this Order by harming, attempting to harm, threatening, molesting, following, stalking, bothering, harassing, annoying, or forcing sexual relations on them.” “RESPONTDANT SHALL NOT CAUSE OR ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER PERSON to do any act prohibited by this order.” The defendants did so. Thornton had Scullark to call Probation Officer Alice Cox-Wynn; Wynn took the stand and threatened me. When this was revealed during the hearing, she failed to order contempt and sign the full order.
After hearing Probation Officer Alice Cox-Wynn, lie, recant, and make herself third party to the harassment, Gallagher should have ordered contempt, signed the order or disqualify herself as judge, since she was able to identify that the problem was extensive; not excluding obstruction, corruption, conspiracy and decided that it was best to consolidate Thornton and Scullark’s hearings.
Gallagher listened to the testimony from seven people, saw evidence that was substantiated, even heard Thronton and Scullark’s attorney, Fernando Mack question me, “… didn’t the police tell you to stop filing police reports?”
Gallagher reviewed evidence and heard testimony corroborating to these events:
A total of 13 police reports/complaints with South Euclid between 2/18/05-2/27/06 with all of these dates and harassing calls, dated and timed. (2/18/05) @ 11:30p; (2/20/05) @ 3:39a; (3/17/05) @ 9:05 a; (3/18/05) @ 8:14p; (3/20/05) @ 11:29a; (3/19/05) @ 6:10p; (3/26/05) @ 2:18p; (3/30/05) @ 8:13 and 8:14p; (4/4/05) @ 7:36p; (4/5/05) @ 6:51p; (4/16/05) @ 6:14p; (4/17/05) @ 7:43p; (4/19/05) @ 11:02a; (4/20/05) @ 4:34p; (4/23/05) @ 1:34p; (4/24/05) @ 8:20p; (4/28/05) @ 10:31, 10:32, 10:33p; (4/30/05)@ 2:10p; (11/12/05) @6:01 and 6:02p; (11/23/05) @ 10:25p; (11/24/05) @ 12:06p; (1/6/06) @ 8:30p; 25 calls on (2/18/06) between 12-4a. (There was more).
Anthony had been in my garage in 1/05 around 9a, driven through my parking lot on 3/11/05 before 8a, he was seen by my neighbor. He was seen driving around on 5/27/05 at 8:30 pm. My neighbor told me on 6/2/05 that he saw Anthony driving a red truck (it belongs to his sister Donna Ladd) two weeks prior between 2 and 3 am, circling around my car. I saw Anthony drive through my parking lot on 6/17/05 @ 1:15 a. 10/05 I saw him driving through my parking lot in a brown SUV, 1/04/06 @ 10:45p, I saw him with two Caucasian men driving through my parking lot, circling by my car. It appeared to be him driving by my apartment on 2/13 and 2/14/06 @ 9:30p in his own 2004 Buick Rendezvous.
There was no evidence admitted into record by the defendants. Just hearsay. Still her judgment was “No pattern of conduct.”
Gallagher took an additional seven days to make her absurd, irrational and illogical decision, which has resulted in the continuation of the abuse, torment, stalking, harassment, stress, mental and emotional distress that these two are causing.
Nonetheless, the stalking and phone calls continued on: (4/14/06) from a blocked # @ 2:15p; (4/28/06) @ 2:40p; (5/16/06) @ 11:37a, 1:50 p, 6:52 p; (5/22/06) @ 10:04a; 7/06 from (216) 761-4949; (7/5/06) from (216) 397-2251 @ 1:47p; (8/18/06) from (440) 439-0655 @ 1:12p; (8/28/06) from (216) 326-9241 @10:41a; (9/8/06) from (773) 281-1816 @ 7:50p; (9/12/06) from (216) 571-0271 @ 5:09p; (9/18/06) from (440) 356-1293 @ 3:20p; (10/27/06) from (702) 818-2456 @ 2:00p; (11/06/06) from (614) 348-9759 @ 11:46a; (11/9/06) from (216) 797-1021 @12:41p; (11/20/06) from (567) 219-1716 @ 8:07, 8:08a; (11/26/06) from blocked # @ 1:22a, 1:47p; (12/2/06) from (216) 254-7594 @ 12:07a; (12/4/06) from blocked # @ 12:08p; (12/6/06) from blocked # @ 5:49p; (12/14/06) from blocked # @ 12:32a.
I have Scullark on video in front of my house in a dark gray/silver van, Ohio License plate DES7736. She is pointing out exactly where I live to another person. Thornton has shown this woman exactly where I live and they have intentions on hurting me.
Thornton was stalking on 6/17/06 @ 5p. Someone alerted the South Euclid police about this. He was also seen 7/13/06 @ 7p. I saw him driving in a beige Lincoln Towncar on 8/30/06 @ 2:30p. It had specialized Ohio plates “..JAMES”.
I received a forwarded threatening text message from him the day before his birthday @ 12:21a. from (216) 6245568 It said, “Love begins with a smile, develops with a kiss and ends with a tear. Send this to 9 ppl or youll lose da one you love.”
The Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct says a judge “shall disqualify himself in a proceeding in which a judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned”.
Gallagher’s impartiality is more than questionable, it’s flawed. She has allowed the stalking and harassment to continue and would not uphold the law that she signed to be ordered.