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FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:17 pm
by Jim O'Bryan
Well the factory of deception that cost us out largest employer, medical stability and over $258 million in public assets going to private groups, have offered up the next next pure politician in their lineage.
Sam O'Leary to run for Mayor.
Really? EVERYONE needs to ask him when he comes to your door, why he helped to cover up the hospital debacle. At his recently announced public meetings, everyone needs to ask, why did he make false statements to the courts in the People vs City Hall? At the local coffee house or public functions ask him why most of his $$$$ are coming from outside of Lakewood, and through his mentors, Ed FitzGerald, Mayor Summers, and Armond Budish? Just look him in the eye and say why did you do it?
Sam, you once spoke eloquently about how bothered you were by politicians like Ed FitzGerald, and Tom Bullock. For the past 3 years you have carried water for them, not the residents of Lakewood. You've helped convicted felons hide behind their deeds while not just looking the other way, but refusing to even acknowledge the reports of Lakewood's own police.
Sam, at one time you had vision, then you became the same 21st Century politician that is making America sick.
You could have released the documents. You could have double checked the deal. You could have slowed it down. You could have found out the entire deal was based on lies. You could have believed the reports of your own police department. But you chose the Mayor's seat instead of honesty, accountability and transparency.
Lakewood needs just one thing-- transparency at City Hall. It is our right. For then we can check honesty. Currently every elected official sat on their asses while we fought in court to find the truth, that they all knew but covered up. The hospital deal was a big lie.
I hope you see the errors of your ways, I hope you find the real Sam O'Leary, but until then, you are not fit for elected office.
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Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Buddish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:21 pm
by Michael Deneen
Jim O'Bryan wrote:I hope you see the errors of your ways, I hope you find the real Sam O'Leary, but until then, you are not fit for elected office.
"Sam the Sham" is beyond redemption.
He needs to be soundly defeated, and then permanently retired from public office.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:22 pm
by Bridget Conant
They keep coming back!
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:45 am
by Nadhal Eadeh
1. The bar in Lakewood is very low. O’Leary is responsible for rubber stamping the closure of Lakewood’s largest employer.
2. I’ll reference the Lakewood vs. Lordstown post. When the Lordstown delegation found out about the job loss at GM, they sprung into action. Sam O’Leary sat back and took hospital care away from thousands of Lakewood residents.
3. Why do people in Lakewood fear Fitzgerald? He was literally the worst democrat to run for governor in decades. Every time he opened his mouth, his favorability/likeability ratings dropped.
4. This race will be interesting. Rader has proposed ethics and campaign finance pledges that are sorely lacking in Lakewood. What will O’Leary’s position be given the push for transparency on a national level.
5. Lakewood’s Democratic Party is very weak. All across the United States, the party is pushing for jobs, expansion of healthcare and education benefits. Lakewood’s democratic members of council did nothing to salvage their largest employer. When the party is pushing a “Medicare for All” platform, how will O’Leary respond? People that have been hurt the most in Lakewood are Medicare/Medicaid recipients.
6. The party’s message in 2020 will likely be jobs, jobs and jobs. How does O’Leary respond?
Nadhal
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:55 am
by Michael Deneen
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:3. Why do people in Lakewood fear Fitzgerald?
Among rank and file voters, Fitgerald is a joke. It's only his minions inside City Hall (Summers, Bullock, etc) that love him.
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:What will O’Leary’s position be given the push for transparency on a national level.
I don't expect national issues to play any role in this race.
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:5. Lakewood’s Democratic Party is very weak.
Weakness is to expected. After all, years ago the Lakewood Democratic Club insiders ceded control to a lifelong Republican.
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:People that have been hurt the most in Lakewood are Medicare/Medicaid recipients.
Team Summers doesn't care about Medicare or Medicaid recipients....and neither do many Lakewood voters.
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:6. The party’s message in 2020 will likely be jobs, jobs and jobs. How does O’Leary respond?
On the surface, I expect his well-funded campaign to be a glossy mix of platitudes about home prices, new bars and restaurants, and of course SOLSTICE STEPS.
Beneath the the surface, I expect plenty of ugly attacks. They know they are in trouble, and they are desperate to retain power.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:38 am
by Mark Kindt
Michael Deneen wrote:
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:People that have been hurt the most in Lakewood are Medicare/Medicaid recipients.
Team Summers doesn't care about Medicare or Medicaid recipients....and neither do many Lakewood voters.
Folks,
The medically under-served are a
major constituency in Lakewood.
If you include veterans and the medically uninsured and add those to the Medicare and Medicaid recipient numbers, you are probably near half of the entire population of the city.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:44 am
by Bridget Conant
Mark Kindt wrote:Michael Deneen wrote:
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:People that have been hurt the most in Lakewood are Medicare/Medicaid recipients.
Team Summers doesn't care about Medicare or Medicaid recipients....and neither do many Lakewood voters.
Folks,
The medically under-served are a
major constituency in Lakewood.
If you include veterans and the medically uninsured and add those to the Medicare and Medicaid recipient numbers, you are probably near half of the entire population of the city.
They certainly are.
The problem is, many of the well-to-do, behind the scenes “controllers” here would like to rid Lakewood of these lower income folks so that “their Lakewood” resembles what they wish it would be - more like Westlake/Avon.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:46 am
by Mark Kindt
Voting To Demolish The Hospital Is Career Ending
Let me amplify many of the points made in this Post.
It is this simple.
For those members of Lakewood City Council that voted to demolish Lakewood Hospital, they will eventually recognize that that was what truncated their political aspirations.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:06 am
by Michael Deneen
Mark Kindt wrote:Michael Deneen wrote:
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:People that have been hurt the most in Lakewood are Medicare/Medicaid recipients.
Team Summers doesn't care about Medicare or Medicaid recipients....and neither do many Lakewood voters.
Folks,
The medically under-served are a
major constituency in Lakewood.
If you include veterans and the medically uninsured and add those to the Medicare and Medicaid recipient numbers, you are probably near half of the entire population of the city.
Those facts are all very true.
However, lower income voters do not vote as regularly as other groups. This is especially true in odd-numbered "local" elections.
As Bridget says, this City Hall is geared toward serving only the upper income bracket. That strategy is what got them into power.
The disabled are especially vulnerable.....I'm looking into a story on how Budish and the County are marginalizing the disabled.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:19 am
by Jim O'Bryan
I would love to weigh into this debate, but it seems so ridiculous.
He is for this, or not for that,
What we know, the facts we know. He will not answer to his bosses, the residents of Lakewood.
Not only will he not answer residents asking simple questions. He will not represent their wishes, or requests.
In a government based on representation he offers none to the people of Lakewood, but is more than willing to serve those in business, those in the darkest corners of politics, and those run from office in disgrace. For that is what took the young Democrat, and made him who he is today. Mentor-ship, and supporters from the very people that liquidated $258 million in publicly owned assets into $0.00.
If you cannot count on a elected official to answer to community oversight, they are worthless.
If you cannot count on a elected official to help residents understand facts, they are worthless.
If an elected officials lies to courts and works to cover up facts residents are asking for, they are worthless.
Because of this and other things, Sam O'Leary will never be Mayor of Lakewood. City badly burned already.
Up next Sam's work ethics as we talk to past employers.
Mayor Summers cost the good people of Lakewood over $200 million, we cannot afford Sumers/FitzGerald Lite.
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Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:18 pm
by cmager
To me, the issue of the destruction of Lakewood Hospital, and the politics of Lakewood and NE Ohio have been miscast.
Nationally, the GOP is the party of Capital, money, The Man, the 1% ers, corporatists, CCF.
Nationally, the DEMs historically are the party of labor, of The People. But to stay competitive, the DEMs abandoned labor in the great money chase to the right that was foisted on them by the GOP. Citizens' United is but the latest blow in a decades-long attack on DEMs and labor.
In this discussion, set aside social justice issues - those are often trigger issues carefully cast to divide and exploit the electorate to vote against their best economic interests.
So, the GOP is Capital, the DEMs are The People. Haha, so you think...
In Arizona, and so many other states and localities, it is the GOP feverishly, feverishly attacking public institutions - outsourcing and privatizing and profitizing. Think public education and charters (from which the GOP profits), public unions and outsourcing, and other examples of asset-stripping and public-private "partnerships." This is true at the Ohio Statehouse, which is dominated by the GOP. This is true in Arizona.
The (Summers CCF) DEMs in NE Ohio behave about the SAME as the reactionary/ libertarian GOP in Arizona. Read that again. How can that be?
In NE Ohio, the (Summers CCF) DEMs represent Capital. Why? Because the electorate is conditioned to vote DEM. For Capital to achieve their NE Ohio goals of greed, privatization, and wealth extraction... Capital captured the (Summers CCF) DEM Party. Capital may not have captured the Progressive DEMs, but they've certainly captured that fronted by Fitzgerald, Budish, Summers, and others. All to wield the levers of Capital, to perform the asset-stripping and dysfunction that we witness in Lakewood and in the County.
Meanwhile, the electorate meanders along thinking that they've done the right thing, voted DEM, and so if the DEMs are pushing for the destruction of Lakewood Hospital, it must be the right thing. What the electorate is slow to realize, and makes for this fraud, this exploit, is that these are Summers and CCF DEMs, Corporate DEMS, DINOS, here to extract public assets for the privateers.
Cast the players not as GOP, and DEM.
Cast the players as Capital, and as The People. Then motivations of the parties, and their actions in the public square, align.
Politicians like Fitzgerald, Summers, and O'Leary do what they do to get the backing of CCF - which is THE capital wealth engine of NE Ohio... and the keeper of political careers in NE Ohio.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:27 pm
by Stan Austin
spot on analysis
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:33 pm
by Kate McCarthy
cmager wrote:To me, the issue of the destruction of Lakewood Hospital, and the politics of Lakewood and NE Ohio have been miscast.
Nationally, the GOP is the party of Capital, money, The Man, the 1% ers, corporatists, CCF.
Nationally, the DEMs historically are the party of labor, of The People. But to stay competitive, the DEMs abandoned labor in the great money chase to the right that was foisted on them by the GOP. Citizens' United is but the latest blow in a decades-long attack on DEMs and labor.
In this discussion, set aside social justice issues - those are often trigger issues carefully cast to divide and exploit the electorate to vote against their best economic interests.
So, the GOP is Capital, the DEMs are The People. Haha, so you think...
In Arizona, and so many other states and localities, it is the GOP feverishly, feverishly attacking public institutions - outsourcing and privatizing and profitizing. Think public education and charters (from which the GOP profits), public unions and outsourcing, and other examples of asset-stripping and public-private "partnerships." This is true at the Ohio Statehouse, which is dominated by the GOP. This is true in Arizona.
The (Summers CCF) DEMs in NE Ohio behave about the SAME as the reactionary/ libertarian GOP in Arizona. Read that again. How can that be?
In NE Ohio, the (Summers CCF) DEMs represent Capital. Why? Because the electorate is conditioned to vote DEM, that for Capital to achieve their NE Ohio goals of greed, privatization, and wealth extraction... Capital captured the (Summers CCF) DEM Party. Capital may not have captured the Progressive DEMs, but they've certainly captured that fronted by Fitzgerald, Budish, Summers, and others. All to wield the levers of Capital, to perform the asset-stripping and dysfunction that we witness in Lakewood and in the County.
Meanwhile, the electorate meanders along thinking that they've done the right thing, voted DEM, and so if the DEMs are pushing for the destruction of Lakewood Hospital, it must be the right thing. What the electorate is slow to realize, and makes for this fraud, this exploit, is that these are Summers and CCF DEMs, Corporate DEMS, DINOS, here to extract public assets for the privateers.
Cast the players not as GOP, and DEM.
Cast the players as Capital, and as The People. Then motivations of the parties, and their actions in the public square, align.
Politicians like Fitzgerald, Summers, and O'Leary do what they do to get the backing of CCF - which is THE capital wealth engine of NE Ohio... and the keeper of political careers in NE Ohio.
Very well said but another frame in all of this is ethical government vs corruption. That is why we see lifelong Republicans and progressive Democrats united against what is happening in Lakewood. Which also makes it harder to fight. Cronyism has always crossed party lines and many local politicians simply grab the label that will get them a victory, political philosophy be damned. I do think there are people of all political stripes that can and do unite against corruption and I think that is what this next election will be about.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:08 pm
by Dan Alaimo
Maybe someone should ask the constituents of Ward 2 what he has done for them. I'm in Ward 2 and I haven't seen much.
Re: FitzGerald, Summers, Budish Offer Up O'Leary
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:48 pm
by Mark Kindt
Kate McCarthy wrote:cmager wrote:To me, the issue of the destruction of Lakewood Hospital, and the politics of Lakewood and NE Ohio have been miscast.
Nationally, the GOP is the party of Capital, money, The Man, the 1% ers, corporatists, CCF.
Nationally, the DEMs historically are the party of labor, of The People. But to stay competitive, the DEMs abandoned labor in the great money chase to the right that was foisted on them by the GOP. Citizens' United is but the latest blow in a decades-long attack on DEMs and labor.
In this discussion, set aside social justice issues - those are often trigger issues carefully cast to divide and exploit the electorate to vote against their best economic interests.
So, the GOP is Capital, the DEMs are The People. Haha, so you think...
In Arizona, and so many other states and localities, it is the GOP feverishly, feverishly attacking public institutions - outsourcing and privatizing and profitizing. Think public education and charters (from which the GOP profits), public unions and outsourcing, and other examples of asset-stripping and public-private "partnerships." This is true at the Ohio Statehouse, which is dominated by the GOP. This is true in Arizona.
The (Summers CCF) DEMs in NE Ohio behave about the SAME as the reactionary/ libertarian GOP in Arizona. Read that again. How can that be?
In NE Ohio, the (Summers CCF) DEMs represent Capital. Why? Because the electorate is conditioned to vote DEM, that for Capital to achieve their NE Ohio goals of greed, privatization, and wealth extraction... Capital captured the (Summers CCF) DEM Party. Capital may not have captured the Progressive DEMs, but they've certainly captured that fronted by Fitzgerald, Budish, Summers, and others. All to wield the levers of Capital, to perform the asset-stripping and dysfunction that we witness in Lakewood and in the County.
Meanwhile, the electorate meanders along thinking that they've done the right thing, voted DEM, and so if the DEMs are pushing for the destruction of Lakewood Hospital, it must be the right thing. What the electorate is slow to realize, and makes for this fraud, this exploit, is that these are Summers and CCF DEMs, Corporate DEMS, DINOS, here to extract public assets for the privateers.
Cast the players not as GOP, and DEM.
Cast the players as Capital, and as The People. Then motivations of the parties, and their actions in the public square, align.
Politicians like Fitzgerald, Summers, and O'Leary do what they do to get the backing of CCF - which is THE capital wealth engine of NE Ohio... and the keeper of political careers in NE Ohio.
Very well said but another frame in all of this is ethical government vs corruption. That is why we see lifelong Republicans and progressive Democrats united against what is happening in Lakewood. Which also makes it harder to fight. Cronyism has always crossed party lines and many local politicians simply grab the label that will get them a victory, political philosophy be damned.
I do think there are people of all political stripes that can and do unite against corruption and I think that is what this next election will be about.
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