Letters to the Editor
Stop the Nonsense
During the last Geauga Park District commissioners meeting, one of the park commissioners complimented Judge Grendell for his “Donuts and Coffee with the Judge,” whose purpose supposedly was to find out citizens’ views on the direction our park district should be heading.
Strange, as the park district had spent many thousands of dollars on a survey last year and have not publicized the results. Did they not like what the public told them? Apparently not, yet the two people most responsible for the survey have been promoted. One is now the director of another park system and the other took his place as head of park planning.
After last year’s park district great expenditure of public funds for the survey, Judge Grendell has spent many more thousands of dollars in public funds for his survey. One prominent citizen estimated the cost in public funds by the judge at around $40,000, if one takes into account security costs, postcard mailing, etc.
What confuses me most is that many tea party-inclined citizens still seem to think that his honor is God’s gift to the county in spite of his bloated court budget and other extravagant expenditures. Has the tea party morphed into “The More Government The Better Party?” “No Expenditure by the Judge is Too Much?”
If you citizens feel it’s time to stop this nonsense and remove the judge as probate judge you can sign a petition at www.protectgeaugaparks.us. Petitions will be presented to the Ohio General Assembly this year. They have the power of removal. Time for them to do their job!
John G. Augustine
Parkman Township
