FOURTH WARD COUNCIL PRIMARY TUESDAY, May 8, 2007
By Austin Leedom, writer for the Shawnee Sentinel Website, at 9:01 p.m. May 6, 2007
Wayne Lee Nichols, and Michael Blankenship-Hamilton are candidates attempting to replace the incumbent appointed councilman.
WAYNE LEE NICHOLS
Nichols, 59, has been in Portsmouth for 48 years, lives in his home that he owns on Eighth Street; he served 4 years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, was a member of the Portsmouth Jaycees for 14 years where he served as local president and as state president. He understands proper legislative procedures using Robert’s Rules of Order.
Nichols worked in outside industrial sales and as an over-the-road truck driver until injuries forced him into early retirement.
Nichols served his country in wartime; he is patriotic, loves America, understands the Bill of Rights, believes all persons have the right of free speech and decries the repeated attempts of the incumbent to still the voices of the people and limit their freedom to speak in City Council meetings.
Nichols is in favor of more real jobs in the area, less increases in water rates and garbage rates, and accountability of city funds. He also believes in maintaining the swimming pool, making use of the vacated school playgrounds for recreation for the kids of this city and providing better public safety, particularly for children, the elderly and disabled.
(Nichols has served America honorably in wartime and asks you to allow him to serve the City of Portsmouth honorably as your councilman.)
Vote for Wayne Lee Nichols. He is NOT a member of the group that has sold us out to the Martings Machine. In council Mr. Nichols will NOT act to rule the people, but Nichols will dutifully hear you, answer you, and work for your interests as your loyal servant.********************
MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP-HAMILTON
Mike is an unusually intelligent 23-year-old homeowner who lives in the house he grew up in, on Mound Street. He speaks and writes with unusual ability, works full-time as a representative of Mills-Pride Company and is finishing his third year (with honors) at Shawnee State University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in American History and Political Science. He presents a pleasing appearance, is mannerly, and acts and talks with a wisdom that belies his relative youthfulness.
Mike is married to a very attractive, pleasant lady who has already earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Linguistics at Shawnee State University. They have three children.
In the Sunday, May 06, 2007 issue of the Portsmouth Daily Times, an article by JEFF BARRON the following words concerning this candidate were written:
“Blankenship-Hamilton said voters are telling him that City Council is taking too much control over its meetings.He said people also are concerned about the loss of recreation areas in the city. Earlier this year, the city considered selling McKinley Pool and some city parks.“If there is no place for the youth to play, they will find trouble,” Blankenship-Hamilton said.Fourth Ward residents want officials to do what they were elected to do, he said.“They want to feel like they are represented,” Blankenship-Hamilton said. “If people don't respect it, the government loses its legitimacy.” - End of PDT article-
Vote for a needed change in City Council. VOTE FOR BLANKENSHIP-HAMILTON FOR HONEST, INTELLIGENT REPRESENTATION FOR THE FOURTH WARD.
JERROLD ALBRECHT
The incumbent appointed Fourth Ward Councilman
Sixty-nine year old Jerrold Albrecht of Summit Street first appeared in City Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 9, 2004 when he, and Councilmen Marty Mohr and Howard Baughman came out of the back room.
(His appointment was illegal, no public vote had been made. His appointment had been made in secrecy in the backroom.)
Marty Mohr showed Albrecht where he was to sit and then before taking his seat at the Council table Mohr announced to those present, “This is your new 4th ward councilman.
City Council President, Carol Caudill called the meeting to order. The pledge of allegiance to the Flag and a silent prayer followed.
Then Carol Caudill administered the oath of office to Jerrold Albrecht and Marty Mohr announced, “This is Jerrold Albrecht, my own ‘bestus’ buddy.”
Albrecht appear confused when he was first brought into council chambers by Marty Mohr and seated in a council chair. He questioned his appointment, wondering if it were legal. Marty Mohr and Howard Baughman assured him it was “okay.”
Four months later Albrecht had proven to be Mohr’s “bestus” buddy by blindly following Mohr’s lead and voting as Marty directed him. But Albrecht still appeared to be as confused as ever.
At the Council meeting on December 13, 2004 Albrecht again brought up the question of his illegal appointment. Marty Mohr asked Solicitor David Kuhn’s opinion. Kuhn said it was “legal.” Kuhn is the man who has said, “I am the law in Portsmouth.”
Albrecht didn’t show for the meeting of January 24, 2005 and missed seeing and hearing, at the close of the meeting, his “bestus’ buddy Marty Mohr’s infamous loud-mouth, wild ranting about critical remarks concerning Mohr’s conduct. He said, in part, “I said I would not say anything about this but I’m going to say it because these gentlemen and the majority of this front row is crap.” As the meeting was being adjourned following this outburst the husband of one of verbally assaulted ladies sitting on the front row approached Marty Mohr and asked him to stand up. Instead of standing to face the aggrieved gentleman Mohr slunk down in his seat. The Police Chief rescued Marty Mohr and he was escorted to the safety of his vehicle in the parking lot. Albrecht didn’t see and hear his ‘bestus’ buddy commit this shameful act. He has continued to follow the direction of Marty Mohr and has worked with Mohr to deny citizens the right to speak on items not on the agenda. In early 2005 Jerrold Albrecht was caught on video by citizens in the back room of the council before a meeting with three other councilmen plotting to take away the citizens right to speak by slipping an ordinance into the meeting after the agenda was published and meeting started. Albrecht, David Malone, Howard Baughman and Marty Mohr can be seen and heard plotting this unlawful act. The video was done by Joe Ferguson with assistance of James K. Wilson, Sr. The members did the ordinance before the council as they illegally planned but it failed to pass.
On the 23rd of April, 2007, at a conference meeting Marty Mohr proposed another ordinance to restrict the citizens right to speak. Mohr can be heard on the video.
saying, “The people don’t have the right to speak in council.”
On the video Albrecht can be heard saying, “I agree with Mr. Mohr.”
Vote Tuesday, May 8, 2007. A vote for Albrecht is a vote for continued denial of your God-given rights.
VOTE FOR WAYNE NICHOLS OR
MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP-HAMILTON
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Real “Domestic Terrorists,” Attack Honest Man
Citizens Of Portsmouth - Please support your honest councilman.
Attend the next City Council meeting, 6:00 p.m. Monday, April 23, 2007 at City Hall.
The more citizens present to witness their acts, the less chance that the
evil ones will dare try to throw 3rd Ward Councilman Bob Mollette
out of office.
Writers are “Domestic Terrorists,” according to Police Chief Horner
The Shawnee Sentinel website takes a look at Portsmouth Police Chief Charles Horner’s long record of terrorizing citizens. http://www.portsmouthohio.info/
By Austin Leedom, Thursday, April 18, 2007 aleedom@verizon.net
Police Chief Charles (Chuck) Horner recently publicly declared persons who write on local websites are “domestic terrorists.” Even a casual study of Horner’s career-long record of misdeeds, and wrongful acts will indicate that Chief Horner is himself a dangerous and abusive terrorist, who, under color of law, has for many years arrogantly attacked and abused innocent victims.
Horner is fearful of truthful publications concerning his illegal activities, and has declared war on website journalists for personal reasons while acting under color of law, as a police officer. Apparently in Horner’s mind, truthful publication of real facts is terrifying and damaging to the public, and anyone operating or writing on a website, forum or blog is a criminal “domestic terrorist.” This includes honest 3rd Ward Councilman Bob Mollette who has owned and operated a website that has furnished vital, factual public information to interested citizens of Portsmouth for the past two years.
Chief Horner recently asked, during a council meeting, that the honest Councilman be investigated by City Council because the Councilman dared publish a public document on his informational website. This public document was a letter written by Horner to all City Council members asking for $5,000 to pay for a liability settlement. Horner created this liability because he had, under color of law, and as an employee of the City, wrongfully and willfully committed violations of the United States Constitutional Rights of a young lady citizen of Portsmouth. Horner created this debt; he should have personally paid it, but by a vote of 5-1 the council used your money to pay for Horner's unlawful acts.
Council President Howard Baughman has said that the honest 3rd Ward Councilman (who did not agree with the other five to pay Horner's debt) Bob Mollette, may be removed from his elected office for publishing this public information. Council President Baughman has asked City Solicitor David Kuhn to investigate Councilman Mollette for publishing a public document?
6th Ward Councilman Marty Mohr supports Baughman and Chief Horner in this action. Is this America?
Will City Solicitor David Kuhn recommend removing Councilman Bob Mollette from his elected office because Mollette provided public information to the citizens? Maybe, if there is no one there to watch him. The more citizens are present to watch, the less chance Kuhn will act against Mollette. Mr. Kuhn is already suffering from a deficiency of electability, and is facing a strong challenger in the election this fall.
Attend the next City Council meeting, 6:00 p.m. Monday, April 23, 2007 at City Hall.
The more citizens present to witness their acts, the less chance that the
evil ones will dare try to throw 3rd Ward Councilman Bob Mollette
out of office.
Writers are “Domestic Terrorists,” according to Police Chief Horner
The Shawnee Sentinel website takes a look at Portsmouth Police Chief Charles Horner’s long record of terrorizing citizens. http://www.portsmouthohio.info/
By Austin Leedom, Thursday, April 18, 2007 aleedom@verizon.net
Police Chief Charles (Chuck) Horner recently publicly declared persons who write on local websites are “domestic terrorists.” Even a casual study of Horner’s career-long record of misdeeds, and wrongful acts will indicate that Chief Horner is himself a dangerous and abusive terrorist, who, under color of law, has for many years arrogantly attacked and abused innocent victims.
Horner is fearful of truthful publications concerning his illegal activities, and has declared war on website journalists for personal reasons while acting under color of law, as a police officer. Apparently in Horner’s mind, truthful publication of real facts is terrifying and damaging to the public, and anyone operating or writing on a website, forum or blog is a criminal “domestic terrorist.” This includes honest 3rd Ward Councilman Bob Mollette who has owned and operated a website that has furnished vital, factual public information to interested citizens of Portsmouth for the past two years.
Chief Horner recently asked, during a council meeting, that the honest Councilman be investigated by City Council because the Councilman dared publish a public document on his informational website. This public document was a letter written by Horner to all City Council members asking for $5,000 to pay for a liability settlement. Horner created this liability because he had, under color of law, and as an employee of the City, wrongfully and willfully committed violations of the United States Constitutional Rights of a young lady citizen of Portsmouth. Horner created this debt; he should have personally paid it, but by a vote of 5-1 the council used your money to pay for Horner's unlawful acts.
Council President Howard Baughman has said that the honest 3rd Ward Councilman (who did not agree with the other five to pay Horner's debt) Bob Mollette, may be removed from his elected office for publishing this public information. Council President Baughman has asked City Solicitor David Kuhn to investigate Councilman Mollette for publishing a public document?
6th Ward Councilman Marty Mohr supports Baughman and Chief Horner in this action. Is this America?
Will City Solicitor David Kuhn recommend removing Councilman Bob Mollette from his elected office because Mollette provided public information to the citizens? Maybe, if there is no one there to watch him. The more citizens are present to watch, the less chance Kuhn will act against Mollette. Mr. Kuhn is already suffering from a deficiency of electability, and is facing a strong challenger in the election this fall.
Please come to the meeting; bring a friend.
Written By Austin Leedom, Thursday, April 18, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Police Chief has new City checking accounts
NEW CHECKING ACCOUNTS FOR POLICE CHIEF HORNER
By Austin Leedom, Thursday April 12, 2007
The DRUG TASK FORCE was disbanded early 2003 by Sheriff Marty Donini and Police Chief Charles Horner when another law officer, a village mayor, an assistant county prosecuting attorney, reporters and website writers began asking the question, “Where’s the money?” They were asking about drug task force raids and the money that had been seized. Neither the Sheriff nor the Chief of Police wanted to answer. Horner and Donini swiftly disbanded the Drug Task Force, rather than to make an accounting of the seized money. This breakup made big news in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The news was aired on radio and television in three states and published in many newspapers.
For over four years Portsmouth Police Chief Charles Horner refused to fully account for expenditures from his “private slush fund” of city money earmarked for drug investigation work. The money from this fund came mostly from money seized in drug raids and no proper reports were made to the City. The Chief had this money in a special checking account, made deposits and wrote checks with no oversight from the City Auditor’s Office. The Chief had his own personal City check book until finally forced by the City Auditor to turn the funds into the City Treasury. When Chief Horner did make an accounting of checks written he reported that $30,000 had been expended on an item identified only as “Other.” No further details were reported on this “Other” expenditure.
In 2004, efforts by Investigative Reporter Doug Deepe uncovered proof that Chief Horner had improperly spent some of the money that was to be expended on drug force work.
HORNER OBTAINED ANOTHER CHECK WRITING ACCOUNT
On Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Reporter Doug Deepe discovered that Chief Horner now had the ability to write checks on City accounts again. Mayor Kalb, and Chief Horner with no authority or permission from the City Auditor, had set up two accounts and permission again had been given to Charles Horner to write checks on a City Account.
Yesterday, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 4:15 p.m. I entered City Hall to speak with the Auditor concerning the bank accounts that had been opened in the City’s name by the Mayor and the Chief of Police.
The Auditor was out of the office temporarily so I went across the hallway and talked with the Honorable Mayor Jim Kalb concerning the bank accounts. When the Mayor comprehended my question about new city bank accounts he reacted much as the now-recalled Mayor Greg Bauer did in 2003 when we asked Bauer about the illegal account that his City Service Director Mike Blackburn had established at DESCO bank.
The Mayor appeared to be embarrassed by the question, but said that recently officials of the DESCO bank came to his office and asked that accounts be set up at their bank to accept donations for restoration work on damages at Greenlawn Cemetery and for rewards to be paid for information about the vandals who had committed the damages.
According to the Mayor, the bank official, a few days later, called his office and asked who should be listed as the person to be in charge of the new City bank accounts. The Mayor said he told the banker that it be okay for Police Chief Charles Horner to be in charge of the accounts as the Chief would be the one writing checks from the accounts.
I asked the Mayor if he had talked with the City Auditor before authorizing the accounts; he replied that had not been necessary. He said, as Mayor he didn’t need to talk with the Auditor, he had given authority for the new accounts without consulting the Auditor.
I left the Mayor and proceeded to leave the building.
MAYOR DOESN’T UNDERSTAND FEDERAL, STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
I left the City building at 4:25 p.m. The nervous Mayor followed me downstairs and out of the building. The Honorable Mayor questioned me about whether I pay city income taxes when working out of state on disasters such as the Katrina Hurricane in New Orleans, and other work on the East Coast? Respectfully, I told the Honorable Mayor that I would not answer his question, as it was not his concern. (Apparently the Honorable Mayor has little knowledge of federal and state laws of citizens’ rights of privacy.)
The Honorable Mayor demanded an answer saying that he was the Chief Executive of the City, the city was short on money and it was his duty as Mayor to make sure that I pay my fair share of taxes. In reply I asked him if it was true that he has been taking money from citizens for use of facilities at Mound Park for many years and had never turned any money into the City Treasury. He admitted that he had not turned any money into the City because he ran a “private corporation” called Proud, Inc., and money he collected went into his account for Proud Inc.
I then left the Mayor and at 4:31 p.m. I drove away, west on Front Street, to the west side of the City building and then north toward Second Street where I saw Chief of Police Horner and City Auditor Trent Williams standing and talking in a misty rain behind the police station.
For more information on what has happened since, please click on… http://dougdeepereturns.blogspot.com/
By Austin Leedom, writer for Shawnee Sentinel Online - at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2007
By Austin Leedom, Thursday April 12, 2007
The DRUG TASK FORCE was disbanded early 2003 by Sheriff Marty Donini and Police Chief Charles Horner when another law officer, a village mayor, an assistant county prosecuting attorney, reporters and website writers began asking the question, “Where’s the money?” They were asking about drug task force raids and the money that had been seized. Neither the Sheriff nor the Chief of Police wanted to answer. Horner and Donini swiftly disbanded the Drug Task Force, rather than to make an accounting of the seized money. This breakup made big news in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The news was aired on radio and television in three states and published in many newspapers.
For over four years Portsmouth Police Chief Charles Horner refused to fully account for expenditures from his “private slush fund” of city money earmarked for drug investigation work. The money from this fund came mostly from money seized in drug raids and no proper reports were made to the City. The Chief had this money in a special checking account, made deposits and wrote checks with no oversight from the City Auditor’s Office. The Chief had his own personal City check book until finally forced by the City Auditor to turn the funds into the City Treasury. When Chief Horner did make an accounting of checks written he reported that $30,000 had been expended on an item identified only as “Other.” No further details were reported on this “Other” expenditure.
In 2004, efforts by Investigative Reporter Doug Deepe uncovered proof that Chief Horner had improperly spent some of the money that was to be expended on drug force work.
HORNER OBTAINED ANOTHER CHECK WRITING ACCOUNT
On Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Reporter Doug Deepe discovered that Chief Horner now had the ability to write checks on City accounts again. Mayor Kalb, and Chief Horner with no authority or permission from the City Auditor, had set up two accounts and permission again had been given to Charles Horner to write checks on a City Account.
Yesterday, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 4:15 p.m. I entered City Hall to speak with the Auditor concerning the bank accounts that had been opened in the City’s name by the Mayor and the Chief of Police.
The Auditor was out of the office temporarily so I went across the hallway and talked with the Honorable Mayor Jim Kalb concerning the bank accounts. When the Mayor comprehended my question about new city bank accounts he reacted much as the now-recalled Mayor Greg Bauer did in 2003 when we asked Bauer about the illegal account that his City Service Director Mike Blackburn had established at DESCO bank.
The Mayor appeared to be embarrassed by the question, but said that recently officials of the DESCO bank came to his office and asked that accounts be set up at their bank to accept donations for restoration work on damages at Greenlawn Cemetery and for rewards to be paid for information about the vandals who had committed the damages.
According to the Mayor, the bank official, a few days later, called his office and asked who should be listed as the person to be in charge of the new City bank accounts. The Mayor said he told the banker that it be okay for Police Chief Charles Horner to be in charge of the accounts as the Chief would be the one writing checks from the accounts.
I asked the Mayor if he had talked with the City Auditor before authorizing the accounts; he replied that had not been necessary. He said, as Mayor he didn’t need to talk with the Auditor, he had given authority for the new accounts without consulting the Auditor.
I left the Mayor and proceeded to leave the building.
MAYOR DOESN’T UNDERSTAND FEDERAL, STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
I left the City building at 4:25 p.m. The nervous Mayor followed me downstairs and out of the building. The Honorable Mayor questioned me about whether I pay city income taxes when working out of state on disasters such as the Katrina Hurricane in New Orleans, and other work on the East Coast? Respectfully, I told the Honorable Mayor that I would not answer his question, as it was not his concern. (Apparently the Honorable Mayor has little knowledge of federal and state laws of citizens’ rights of privacy.)
The Honorable Mayor demanded an answer saying that he was the Chief Executive of the City, the city was short on money and it was his duty as Mayor to make sure that I pay my fair share of taxes. In reply I asked him if it was true that he has been taking money from citizens for use of facilities at Mound Park for many years and had never turned any money into the City Treasury. He admitted that he had not turned any money into the City because he ran a “private corporation” called Proud, Inc., and money he collected went into his account for Proud Inc.
I then left the Mayor and at 4:31 p.m. I drove away, west on Front Street, to the west side of the City building and then north toward Second Street where I saw Chief of Police Horner and City Auditor Trent Williams standing and talking in a misty rain behind the police station.
For more information on what has happened since, please click on… http://dougdeepereturns.blogspot.com/
By Austin Leedom, writer for Shawnee Sentinel Online - at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Shawnee Sentinel
October 2006 - Portsmouth Ohio City Council
According to Scioto County Board of Elections records, Howard Baughman made an 11th hour filling as a write-in candidate, hoping to keep his stranglehold on the taxpayers of Portsmouth as 5th ward councilman and city council president. It is no secret that he is related to the infamous Marting’s Foundation inventor, Clayton Johnson, as Baughman has admitted the relation during a council meeting. On many occasions Baughman stated he was not interested in running for office again; he claimed that he wanted to spend more time sitting on his front porch drinking beer.
We are all well aware of his employment at Coverts Furniture store, having seen the half page ad in the Daily Times promoting a 50th birthday sale on his behalf. The sale was a big flop, since they mentioned the word RECALL several times in the ad.
The question to voters come November will be: Do you want to continue with the only item on his agenda? The Martings Scam. Baughman has done nothing during his term on council but vote on ordinances to help promote his own betterment, such as giving his relative two million dollars, which is still being held hostage by Clayton Johnson.
We may never know the true reason Baughman has decided to run for re-election as a write-in candidate in the 5th Ward, but you can bet it wasn’t of his own choosing. Could it have been pressure applied from Covert’s to continue to try to place the city offices in the old Martings building, hoping to bring business to their store? Or was it the fact the Martings Foundation has been under attack along with the SOGP by other council members who are now questioning the ability of the property owners to pay for this albatross for the next 25 years.
It’s no secret that Baughman’s only mission, along with Mayor Kalb’s, is to tax whatever property owners are left in the city with the Martings tax. Forever. Neither Baughman, nor Kalb, as councilmen, have succeeded in encouraging any type of new employment in the city. Why should they? This would only hurt all the grant monies that the SOGP receives on behalf of the city in the way of grants from the United States Department of Agriculture. The city government never sees a penny of this money. It’s for the SOGP to decide who gets it.
Is it not clear why this city is dying? Placing city offices in the Martings Department Store building will not help a thing. Some of the downtown shop-owners are already complaining about parking problems and the prospect of the criminal element waiting for court appearances on Chillicothe Street, it is feared, would entice shoplifters and potential break-ins. Is this what’s left of downtown needs? Howie Baughman thinks so and that’s why he running as a write-in for the 5th ward council seat.
This is the only reason for Baughman and Kalb to stay in control-- to force the Martings building down the people’s throats, like it or not.
According to Scioto County Board of Elections records, Howard Baughman made an 11th hour filling as a write-in candidate, hoping to keep his stranglehold on the taxpayers of Portsmouth as 5th ward councilman and city council president. It is no secret that he is related to the infamous Marting’s Foundation inventor, Clayton Johnson, as Baughman has admitted the relation during a council meeting. On many occasions Baughman stated he was not interested in running for office again; he claimed that he wanted to spend more time sitting on his front porch drinking beer.
We are all well aware of his employment at Coverts Furniture store, having seen the half page ad in the Daily Times promoting a 50th birthday sale on his behalf. The sale was a big flop, since they mentioned the word RECALL several times in the ad.
The question to voters come November will be: Do you want to continue with the only item on his agenda? The Martings Scam. Baughman has done nothing during his term on council but vote on ordinances to help promote his own betterment, such as giving his relative two million dollars, which is still being held hostage by Clayton Johnson.
We may never know the true reason Baughman has decided to run for re-election as a write-in candidate in the 5th Ward, but you can bet it wasn’t of his own choosing. Could it have been pressure applied from Covert’s to continue to try to place the city offices in the old Martings building, hoping to bring business to their store? Or was it the fact the Martings Foundation has been under attack along with the SOGP by other council members who are now questioning the ability of the property owners to pay for this albatross for the next 25 years.
It’s no secret that Baughman’s only mission, along with Mayor Kalb’s, is to tax whatever property owners are left in the city with the Martings tax. Forever. Neither Baughman, nor Kalb, as councilmen, have succeeded in encouraging any type of new employment in the city. Why should they? This would only hurt all the grant monies that the SOGP receives on behalf of the city in the way of grants from the United States Department of Agriculture. The city government never sees a penny of this money. It’s for the SOGP to decide who gets it.
Is it not clear why this city is dying? Placing city offices in the Martings Department Store building will not help a thing. Some of the downtown shop-owners are already complaining about parking problems and the prospect of the criminal element waiting for court appearances on Chillicothe Street, it is feared, would entice shoplifters and potential break-ins. Is this what’s left of downtown needs? Howie Baughman thinks so and that’s why he running as a write-in for the 5th ward council seat.
This is the only reason for Baughman and Kalb to stay in control-- to force the Martings building down the people’s throats, like it or not.
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