MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY IS BROKE, WANTS MORE "FREE" TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM MEDINA COUNTY COFFERS !!!!

INFORMED SOURCES REPORT THAT THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY IS BROKE AS A RESULT OF MISMANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC MONIES, AT A MINIMUM! THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS OBVIOUSLY PISSED AWAY, AND CONTINUES TO PISS AWAY,  TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

A SERIOUS QUESTION ARISES AS TO WHOSE POCKETS WERE LINED WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS

ALL THESE MEDINA POLITICIANS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MISS CONDUCT.

YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

LET'S FIRSTLY EXAMINE THE "ORGANIZATIONAL" STRUCTURE OF THE MEDINA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, SUCH AS IT IS.  THESE TWO "ORGANIZATIONS" ARE REPORTEDLY CONSTITUTED BY MEDIA COUNTY BUSINESS AND CIVIC "LEADERS."  ACCEPTING THAT PREMISE, CONSIDER THE FACT THAT BETHANY DENTLER, THE DE FACTO "MAYOR" OF MEDINA COUNTY IS EMPLOYED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOTH THE MEDINA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY!

SETTING ASIDE THE APPEARANCE THAT DENTLER IS "DOUBLE DIPPING," WHAT ABOUT THE ETHICAL ISSUES (AS IF ETHICS HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN THE SLIGHTEST CONSIDERATION IN MEDINA SO-CALLED "GOVERNMENT").

THE ESTEEMED MEDINA COUNTY BUSINESS "LEADERS" ARE APPARENTLY UNFAMILIAR WITH ONE OF THE MOST BASIC OF BUSINESS PRACTICES: SEPARATION OF CONTROLS, WHICH HOLDS THAT ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS SHOULD BE HELD BY SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS TO MINIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT AND MISALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

WITH DENTLER AT THE HELM OF BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, IT IS NOT PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO COMINGLE FUNDS, PARTICULARLY PUBLIC MONIES.

THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHERE PUBLIC MONIES ARE FUNNELED TO BOTH OF THESE "ORGANIZATIONS" THAT ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO MEDINA COUNTY VOTERS.

A RETRACTION APPEARS TO BE IN ORDER

THE BLOGGER'S GOAL THROUGHOUT THIS ENDEAVOR HAS BEEN TO BRING HONEST AND ACCURATE INFORMATION TO READERS, WITH A HEAPING HELPING OF HUMOR ON THE SIDE.  WITH THAT THOUGHT IN MIND, IT APPEARS THAT A RETRACTION MAY VERY WELL BE IN ORDER.

IN THE PRIOR POST AT THIS BLOG, THE BLOGGER PUBLISHED AN EMAIL MESSAGE FROM "SNAKE OIL" JERRY FIUME TO A POTENTIAL BUYER OF INNOVATION PARK, SHOWN BELOW:

INITIALLY, THE BLOGGER WAS OF THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CONTENT OF "SNAKE OIL" JERRY'S EMAIL MESSAGE WAS DISHONEST AND WROTE:

"THE BLOGGER HAS SINCE LEARNED THAT THE CONTENT OF "INSIDER" JERRY'S CLAIMS IN THAT EMAIL THAT BETHANY DENTLER AND LINDA BOWERS INTENDED TO OBSTRUCT THE SALE OF INNOVATION PARK BY REFUSING TO RE-ZONE THE PROPERTY TURNS OUT TO BE A FALSE AND FRAUDULENT REPRESENTATION BY "INSIDER" JERRY, IN OTHER WORDS, COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLSHIT FROM A  BULLSHIT ARTIST AND SNAKE OIL SALESMAN!!!"

RECENT EVENTS, HOWEVER, SUGGEST THAT "SNAKE OIL" JERRY WAS BEING FORTHRIGHT AND THAT BETHANY DENTLER AND LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE LINDA (LYNDA) BOWERS MAY VERY WELL BE OBSTRUCTING THE SALE OF INNOVATION PARK FOR A NUMBER OF SELF-SERVING REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS A LOVE AFFAIR WITH MISS CONDUCT!

WHILE ABORTION IS LEGAL, IT SHOULD NOT APPLY TO TAXPAYER FUNDED "PUBLIC" PROJECTS

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE LINDA BOWERS, THEN PRESIDENT OF THE MEDINA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, APPARENTLY SIGNED OFF ON THE PLANS TO INSTALL A SEWER LINE ON ROUTE 162 IN LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP.

HERE'S THE RUB!  OVER AND ABOVE THE OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST (A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE BUT IN MEDINA COUNTY), BOWERS SIGNED OFF TO INSTALL A SUB-STANDARD SEWER LINE AT NO SMALL EXPENSE TO TAXPAYERS.  TYPICAL INCOMPETENCE, AT ITS BEST!

THAT, HOWEVER, IS NOT THE WORST OF IT.  A PROPERTY OWNER WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG ROUTE 162, ONLY TO FIND AFTER EXPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL, THAT THE SUB-STANDARD SEWER LINE INSTALLED UNDER BOWERS' "LEADERSHIP" OF THE MEDINA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION LACKS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE EFFLUENT DISCHARGED BY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS IN THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE AGGRIEVED PROPERTY OWNER, AFTER EXPENDING A LOT OF MONEY (LIKELY BASED UPON DEFECTIVE MEDINA COUNTY RECORDS-WHAT ELSE IS NEW?), THREATENED TO BRING A $1 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST MEDINA COUNTY.

MY. OH MY! WHAT ARE THESE "PUBLIC" OFFICIALS GOING TO DO TO CONCEAL THEIR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND GENERAL SCREW-UP FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN DEFENSE OF A LAWSUIT?

THEY FIGURED THEIR WAY OUT OF THE DILEMMA QUICKLY ENOUGH!

RATHER THAN TO OPENLY COMMIT TO THE DIRECT EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT DENTLER AND BOWERS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO INSTALL ADEQUATE SEWER LINES, A PUBLIC UTILITY, AT "HIS" EXPENSE WITH A $300,000.00 LOAN INDEMNIFIED BY MEDINA COUNTY GOVERNMENT!!!

IMMEDIATE PROBLEM SOLVED FOR THESE "PUBLIC SERVANTS," OR SO IT SEEMED.  HOWEVER, IT IS NOT UNLIKELY THAT THERE EXISTS AN UNDERSTANDING (WINK! WINK!) THAT SHOULD THE DEVELOPER DEFAULT ON THE "LOAN," MEDINA COUNTY TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO EAT THE LOSS, JUST LIKE INNOVATION PARK.

THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY APPEARS TO HAVE PISSED AWAY $1.5 MILLION ON THE "NON-DEVELOPMENT" OF INNOVATION PARK

PERHAPS A REVIEW OF INNOVATION PARK, THE APPARENT BRAIN-CHILD OF FORMER DO-NOTHING COUNTY COMMISSIONER STEVE HAMBLEY ( NOW DO-NOTHING STATE REP STEVE HAMBLEY) REVEALS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY FAILED TO PROPERLY AND RESPONSIBLY "DEVELOP" THIS MODEL OF MODERN HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY.

ADMITTEDLY, THE BLOGGER HAS NO EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES AND THEREFORE RELIES ON THE EXPERTISE AND OPINIONS OF OTHERS WHO DO.

LET'S REVIEW THE MYRIAD OF SCREW-UPS BY THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, SPECIFICALLY THE INSTALLATION OF DEFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE  UNLIKELY TO HAVE DRAWN BUSINESS TO THIS PIE-IN-THE-SKY ABORTION IN THE PAST 15 YEARS!

ACCORDING TO AN INFORMED SOURCE, THE GENIUS WHO AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED THE "PLANS" FOR THIS "COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT" ALLOWED THE INSTALLATION OF A WOEFULLY INADEQUATE 8" SEWER PIPELINE TO NOWHERE!  THE EXITING SEWER LINE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SERVICE MORE THAN 2 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, MUCH LESS THAN A COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED CONSTITUENCY.  

MOREOVER, THE SINGLE 8" SEWER LINE IS NOT HOOKED UP TO ANY REASONABLY SIZED MAIN SEWER LINE THAT WOULD CARRY ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EFFLUENT ANYWHERE.  TWO TOILET FLUSHES AND THE "SEWER" IS FULL AND NON-FUNCTIONAL!

EVEN MORE, THE 8" SINGLE SEWER LINE WAS LAID IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO PREVENT ANY DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING ON THE SO-CALLED "IMPROVED" LOTS, ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE.

THESE DEFICIENCIES, ALONE, SMACK OF GRAFT AND KICKBACKS! THE DEVIATION FROM STANDARD AND ACCEPTABLE BUILDING PRACTISES IS NOTHING SHORT OF "PISS-POOR"(PARDON THE PUN)!

ELECTRICAL POWER ROUTED TO INNOVATION PARK IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE!

ACCORDING TO THE SAME INFORMED SOURCE, THE PORT AUTHORITY PROVIDED FOR 1 KILOWATT ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE WHOLE OF INNOVATION PARK WHEN, ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE NO LESS THAN 5 KILOWATT ELECTRIC SERVICE, AT A MINIMUM.

WHERE DID ALL THE TAXPAYER MONEY GO?  WAS IT ALL EXPENDED, ACTUALLY WASTED ON SUB-PAR "UTILITIES?"

HOW MUCH TAXPAYER MONEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL PROPER UTILITY SERVICE TO THE PROPOSED LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP FIRE STATION?

DID THE LATE LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE BRYON MACRON DISCOVER THESE AND OTHER IRREGULARITIES AND WAS  HE PREPARED TO BLOW THE WHISTLE?

WAS BRYON MACRON MURDERED ON THAT ACCOUNT?

LET'S LOOK AT THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY'S FAILED FIBER OPTIC NETWORK, ONE MORE MONEY PIT DRAINING THE RESOURCES OF MEDINA COUNTY TAXPAYERS

IN A PRIOR POST AT THIS BLOG, CAPTIONED MEDINA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP., ANOTHER MEDINA REPUBLICRAT SCAM ?  FOUND AT http://medinacorruption.blogspot.com/2015/06/medina-county-development-corp-another.html , THE BLOGGER WROTE THE FOLLOWING:

In attempt to clarify some of these issues, the blogger placed a telephone call to Mr. David Corrado, who was friendly enough.  Mr. Corrado had some interesting things to say: 

1) The Medina County Port Authority, a governmental entity. is "administered" by the MEDINA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a private corporation.  That makes BETHANY DENTLER the de facto Administrator of the Port Authority.

2) That current revenues from the Medina County Fiber Optic Network, allegedly owned by the Port Authority,  amount to "about $30,000 per month."  The website of the Medina County Port Authority expressly states that the Network will be financed by "$14,435,000 in Recovery Zone Bonds issued by Medina County Port Authority in December 2010, to be repaid within 20 years by user fees."

 By the blogger's reckoning, assuming the $30,000 monthly revenues remain static, it will take FORTY YEARS to recoup the estimated  $14.4 million cost of the Network.  That is some dandy long-term fiscal planning !!!

3) That the monthly revenues from the Network are directed to bank accounts to meet the obligations of future bond payments, essentially escrow accounts.  That is all well and good, but if the Network defaults on its bond payments, who do you think will end up paying for this boondoggle?  The taxpayers of Medina County, maybe?

4) There are no publicly available records to document the revenues received by the Port Authority derived from the Network.  Mr. Corado referred the blogger to the MEDINA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS with the understanding that the "notes of the meetings" should provide information as to the revenues derived from the Network.  That is odd, since one would think that the Port Authority would have that information readily available if it were held accountable by the Medina County Commissioners.

THIS ENTIRE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, ADMINISTERED BY THE MEDINA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS APPARENTLY NOT REGISTERED AS A CORPORATION WITH THE OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, SURELY GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF NOTHING MORE THAN A DAISY CHAIN CALCULATED TO ABSOLVE ANYONE AND EVERYONE FROM ASSUMING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ABJECT FAILURES AND ANY ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE CITIZENRY OF MEDINA COUNTY.

THE BLOGGER'S OPINION REMAINS UNCHANGED.  THE MEDINA COUNTY FIBER OPTIC NETWORK IS ONE MORE MONEY PIT AT WHICH MEDINA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE TO THROW TAXPAYER DOLLARS EVERY SIX MONTHS!

LOOK AT A PREVIOUS ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE MEDINA GASSETTE ON JULY 3, 2014, ENTITLED "Medina County, cities, villages to loan fiber network $524K" FOUND AT http://wp2.medina-gazette.com/Government/2014/07/03/Medina-County-cities-villages-to-loan-fiber-network-524K.html

EXCERPTING FROM THE ONLINE ARTICLE:

Medina County and some municipalities are going to have to loan a combined $524,000 come Nov. 1 to boost the Medina County Fiber Network’s cash reserve so it can meet its debt obligations.

The county . . . agreed to help support the network if funds ran low, and network officials said sluggish sales have negatively impacted reserves. 

The network opened in 2012 . . . . The project was financed with $14.4 million in bonds issued by the Medina County Port Authority in 2010 over 20 years and more than $45 million in federal grants.

The network is required to maintain at least $1.2 million in reserves — enough to cover two bond payments — but after its most recent payment on June 1, the reserve fund fell to nearly half of what it’s required to be. 

THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY RECEIVED  $60 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS AND BOND REVENUES, YET THEY ARE BROKE?

IS IT ANY WONDER THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY REFUSES TO RELEASE ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE FIBER NETWORK REVENUES, OR LACK THEREOF?

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT REMAIN UNACCOUNTED?

GUESS WHAT?  THE MEDINA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY IS BROKE AND COMING BACK, ONCE AGAIN, FOR MORE "FREE" TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO MEET THEIR CURRENT SHORTFALL!

WHO ARE THESE MORONS AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PUBLIC FUNDS, WHEN THEY WANT EVEN MORE OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS?

UP NEXT: THE MORONS AT THE MEDINA COUNTY COMMISSION PERSIST IN STANDING BY THEIR MAN, "SNAKE OIL" JERRY FIUME WHO, BY THEIR CONSENSUS, DESERVES A COMMISSION OF $10 MILLION DERIVED FROM THE "SALE" OF PUBLIC LAND PURCHASED WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS.