Do Not Change The Words

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''By the Ohio revised Code, The salary cannot be changed except by Ordinance passed at least 5 days before filing to run for that position in the upcoming election. That is the LAW.''

That is true

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''By stating council raised their salary, he is saying council broke the law.''

Again you are adding or twisting words that I never spoke or wrote. I stated Council double the amount of money available to pay their salaries. While not illegal, it was unethical in my opinion to make sure that money was available to pay yourselves while you took the police protection away from the residents.

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''The same also applies to the Ordinance passed on September 11, 1995, doubling the mayor and clerk's salary starting in January 1996. The Ordinance would have to have been passed the FIRST week of August 1995 to be legal.

Since when can the Attorney General change the Ohio Revised Code 'on his opinion' without the authority of the Ohio legislators? What does Parrish means, it was passed one term to early? Ask Parrish to also provide a copy of the Ordinance.''

A copy of the Ordinance is on the front page of the website under community pages as Ordinance 466. Again, Ms. White wants to change my words. I never stated that it was ''passed'' one term to early, I wrote it was ''implemented'' one term to early. The Ordinance is legal, but would not apply to the term beginning January 1, 1996 because it was not passed before the August filing deadline to run for office. Those terms of office beginning January 1, 2000 would be legal and implemented correctly. The Ordinance is not illegal, but was ''implemented'' incorrectly. The Attorney General does not make the law, they interpret the law for the State and County Offcials. They look at the law and provide their opinion on the gray areas of the law that may not be spelled out directly. They provide guidance to the State and County Officials. Again, Ms. White was to place her own spin on the black and white words.

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''Parrish has the gall to say that I broke the law because I nominated my son for council at $50.00''

The amount of money that a person receives has no bearing on whether you broke the law or not. Under the Ohio Ethics Law you cannot give a job to your son, period. You voted to give your son a seat on council which came with a salary, therefore you broke the law. A Councilwoman in the Cleveland Area was convicted of voting to place her husband on the city Council where she lived. As I have said Ms. White you should be thankful that the Ohio Ethics Commission decided not to pursue the matter. Below is the link to the press release from the Ohio Ethics Commission if you would like to read it for yourself.

http://www.ethics.ohio.gov/PressReleases/04292003.html

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''Parrish said I never provided information on the fraud on public works planning. He is a liar.''

No, Ms. White I am not a liar you have not provided any written proof. You claim to have all of these papers but I have never seen them or when I asked you to provide them you refused. That is the truth.

Follow-up

I will finish my rebuttal.

Parrish ''forgot'' to say that the illegal raise for the mayor and clerk from January 1996 WAS NOT 4 years. It has been 10 and still going. It does include Pussolillo, Hunt, Cain, Cosgrove, Graves and Stoner. It was NEVER voided.

It Russolillo and Brad Smith, of Pomeroy, did not steal from the residents of the State, why was I threatened to keep my mouth shut?

When Parrish ''moved'' the mayor's correspondence for safe keeping, why did he ''move'' it to his personal belongings instead of putting it in the mayor's mail slot, under the door or toss it through the little window onto the clerk's desk? Why did he not return it until he was caught? If someone had not seen only him in the Village Hall during the cleaning, it would never have been returned. These are the facts as known by all.

The facts of the missing money is that NO ONE, not even the auditor has done an audit to see where the money went. It was said that it was spent on other things. What things??? Until it is known where the money went, how can anyone ot the the court make a just decision?

The mayor gave the clerk what he wanted to be paid. This was a FACT, as stated at a council meeting. It was also stated that there were bills not given to the clerk for MONTHS. Threats were paid to the Village of discontinued service for unpaid bills. I know this because I called vendors and kept track of what was due and when. I was told to stop doing this and the clerk was told not to give me any information. This is a FACT.

Parrish says that he would put the facts on line, but I refuse to share them. I have put the facts on myself as gotten from agencys and Village records. Mr. Parrish just chooses to cover up for these people. No matter who posts it, the facts are the facts. I have the records supporting what I say, what does he have? He has the support of agencys who refuse to admit they dropped the ball. That would be bad politics for re-elections.

Mr. Parrish has the self-importance that what he says is fact and what others say is not to be believed.

Marysmom1 ask what I had done for the Village residence. I ran on a platform to do just what I did. Weed out the corrupt. You know from reading posting what happened. One person cannot do it all, but I was heard and will still obey the law.

If I did nothing, how do I know how it works? Did the contractors and agencys ''slip'' me the information? Why did Russolillo and Brad Smith go to Ohio Public Works and ask what they had told and given me?

In the first posting I spoke of alternates. When Russolillo and Pomeroy sent plans to M.O.R.P.C for projects they put several alternates, that to M.O.R.P.C meant if there was enough money the project would add more improvement to that particular project. Russolillo never put that it was to repair work on previous projects that were already paid for. I found this out when I went to a contractor and asked the locations of the alternates. I notified O.P.W.C. what Russolillo was doing. They sent a letter to the Village dated August 10, 2000 stating that they would not pay. So, Russolillo submitted invoices to council and the Village paid again, only this time the residents paid 100% not 10%. These are the facts whether Parrish likes it or not.

Parrish can't even tell the truth about Watkins being on line or his taking the mayor's correspondence. As he stated, ''draw your own conclusions.''

You think his is believable? Do you think all the politicians in state government are honest? If I was libiling them, why don't they sue instead of threatenng me? They have all the resources. Does this make since?

Ask Ms. Irene White

Ms. White,

maybe you could answer the following questions:

As much as you and the other members of the Council and former Mayor complained about the salary of the Mayor being too high, Why when an ordinance was introduced to lower the Mayor's salary did you not support it?

If the salary was too high, why would you not support lowering it so that money could be used for other purposes in the Village such as support of the Park or the Police Department?

Was this also the time that you were running for Mayor?

Hopefully you can explain you decision why you would not be looking out for the best interests of the Village.

What is Gray?


The law says YOU CANNOT increase the salary. What is gray about it?

As I told Parrish before, I WELCOME ANY LAW SUIT ANYONE BRINGS AGAINST ME !

I can justify anything I have done. Can the Village, Waktins, Pomeroy, or anyone else justify threatening me or them stealing from the taxpayers of Ohio? I think not.

I would like to know your motives for fighting me so hard if you aren't involved?

Parrish is a liar. I offered information, he refused. He said because I smoked. We could have done it somewhere else. Get over yourself.