Village Of Valleyview

It is marysmom1's mistake not caring about who The Voice and the Watchdog are. They run the Village. There are also the ''in crowd.''

It is not being vindictive for wanting to obey the law and make sure others do.

On July 8, 2005 Paul Parrish wrote,''You and the others voted to get rid of the police and incresae the funding for your salaries.'' In case he forgot, THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. And it did not happen.

He didn't seem to mind that on September 15, 1995, the salary for the mayor and clerk were doubled in violation of the Ohio Revised Code. This has cost the tax payers of Valleyview $100,000 or more. It includes officers, Russolillo, Hunt, Cain, Cosgrove, Graves, Stoner and Watkins. Larry Blake who was clerk at the time was the ONLY one who objected!

Who threatened Steve Wasim to drop out of the mayoral race in 1995 so that Russollio was running un-opposed and got the double salary?

Was it Russolillo and Brad Smith of Pomeroy who got double payment on some invoices for construction of storm sewers? Why was I threatened to keep my mouth shut?


Was it Paul Parrish who stole the mayor's correspondence?


The State Auditor's office and myself said, ''It is money due back,'' to the people of Valleyview.

If this is being vindictive, so be it.
Criminals belong in jail, not in authority.

But If It Was Only True

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''On July 8, 2005 Paul Parrish wrote,'You and the others voted to get rid of the police and incresae the funding for your salaries.' In case he forgot, THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. And it did not happen.''

How quickly Ms. White seems to forget and if anyone would like to see the minutes from the meetings where Ms. White and the others voted to disband a police department while claiming the Village had no money than turned around and made sure that money was available to make sure that they got paid I can provide them. Everyone else tightened thier belts except for Four Members of Council and the Mayor. I never said that they doubled their salary, what I said was that they doubled the money available to make sure that they got paid while taking the police protection away from the residents. I never claimed you broke the law that is something that you have fabricated.

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''He didn't seem to mind that on September 15, 1995, the salary for the mayor and clerk were doubled in violation of the Ohio Revised Code. This has cost the tax payers of Valleyview $100,000 or more. It includes officers, Russolillo, Hunt, Cain, Cosgrove, Graves, Stoner and Watkins. Larry Blake who was clerk at the time was the ONLY one who objected!''

I did mind but based on Opinions from the State Attorney General the hands of the Village would be tied. If anyone would like a copy of that opinion I can provide that as well. The Ordinance is a legal Ordinance but was implemented one term too early. It has not cost the village $100,000. The total was $44,000 that the Village overpaid to the Mayor and Clerk/Treasurer during the first four year term. Again, Ms. White is the only one claiming that it is an ILLEGAL Ordinance which it is not.

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''Who threatened Steve Wasim to drop out of the mayoral race in 1995 so that Russollio was running un-opposed and got the double salary?''

Ask Steve Wasim

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''Was it Russolillo and Brad Smith of Pomeroy who got double payment on some invoices for construction of storm sewers? Why was I threatened to keep my mouth shut?''

You have never provided any written proof backing this claim.

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''Was it Paul Parrish who stole the mayor's correspondence?''

Answering for Paul Parrish, no it was not. Mr, Parrish moved a letter for safekeeping while cleaning the Village Hall. Again another fabrication by Ms. White that while the facts are the same her conclusion could not be further from the truth.

Ms. Irene White wrote:
''The State Auditor's office and myself said, 'It is money due back,' to the people of Valleyview.

This quote is from a Columbus Dispatch story and the Village is currently involved in court cases to recover those funds for the Village. It is unforunate that Ms. White does not allow the court system to work. It has taken some time to work through the Court System but it is hoped that a conclusion will come soon.

I will never debate the facts that Ms. White provides. What I disagree with is the conclusions that only she seems to come too. State Agency after state agency looks at ''her facts'' and come to the opposite conclusion than her. View the facts for yourself and make your own conclusion. I have in the past offered to help Ms. White provide her facts online so that everyone and anyone could have access to them and she has refused. Take that for what you want but she refuses to share ''her facts''.

Attorney General Opinion 67-016

I have added a pdf of the opinion 67-016 from the State Attorney General. It is under the Community Pages section on the front page of the website. You will need the latest version of Adobe Reader to be able to read the file. Adobe Reader is a free program that you can download from www.adobe.com

Please read the opinion for yourself and make your own conclusion.

It was unfortunate that the Council and Solicitor did not do their jobs properly when Ordinance 466 was passed. If it had been discovered sooner while the former mayor and former clerk/treasurer was still in office their salaries could have been returned to the correct level and the Village could have recovered some of the money. But, because it was not found until after the clerk/treasurer and mayor had left office the Village would have had to taken them to court with no guarantee that the Village would win and could potentially cost the Village more money. All of those factors have to be taken into consideration for any decision made by the Village. The best interests of the Village always have to be considered.

Same Oh, Same Oh.


Mr. Parrish is double talking. The Ordinance for council pay states $50.00 a meeting. It has been that way for YEARS. 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. If you do it, it is illegal. Parrish knows this. Without doing this and budgeting for salaries you have no Village. By stating council raised their salary, he is saying council broke the law.

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. The reason it was not, was that they didn't know until that time that Russolillo would run un-opposed.

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. It clearly states, the salary increase was to go in effect January 1, 1996. Laura Hunt, who happens to be Russolillo's sister-in-law, was appointed to take Larry Blakes place as clerk and Russolillo would be mayor because he was running un-opposed in November 1995. He didn't even have to campaign. Parrish has the gall to say that I broke the law because I nominated my son for council at $50.00. He has an distorted since of what is legal or ethical.

Parrish said to ask Steve who threatened him. Who benefitted? Who do you think threatened Steve Wasam? Who do you think threatened my son?

Parrish said I never provided information on the fraud on public works planning. He is a liar. I got my informatiom from O.P.W.C. known as Ohio Public Works, M.O.R.P.C.known as Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Bale Contracting and Village records. It clearing states, invoices were presented for payment of work already done in previous jobs. They were disguised by using them as ''alternates'' on new projects. Some of the invoices were not sent to O.P.W.C. because they might be caught so Russolillo presented to council that they were, but in reality the Village paid the 100% of the invoice that they had already paid their legal share of 10% when the project was done. To those of you who do not know how funding is gotten from the State, this is as simple as I can make it. The Village pays 10% and the State pays 90%. The contractor sends invoices to the engineer, who was Pomeroy, they give to the mayor,who was Russolillo,he gave to the clerk, who was his sister-in-law, is supposed to make sure the money is held for the Village 10%. The invoices are presented to council for approval of the 10%. Unbeknown to council, they really approve 100% on some invoices. Some invoices were sent for the State 90% share before council approval.
I will have to finish in follow-up.