Manipulation and lies… They manipulated Clinton Township taxpayers out of $247,310 in tax relief. They refused to schedule a Board of Education (BOE) meeting before they ran out the clock at 4:00 pm July 19. All the while, they lied about what they were doing. So this year, Clinton Township taxpayers will pay a quarter-million more [...]
Archive for August, 2011
3 school board members who stood up — and 1 who fought
The recent heist of almost $250,000 in property tax relief by a handful of Clinton Township “school board officials” was hidden from the public. But it didn’t happen unnoticed. While the “board leadership” ran out the clock and prevented the board from meeting to vote on applying the funds for immediate tax relief, three board [...]
Jim Dincuff, Mark Kaplan and the $247,310 tax-relief heist
In a time when citizens clamor, riot and upend their government in the battle for tax relief… how do they let $247,310 worth of tax relief get stolen out from under their noses… without even noticing they had the money to begin with? The Story of the Clinton Township Tax-relief Heist Without consulting the Clinton Township Board of [...]
Where is Harmen Vos?
Clinton Township councilman Harmen Vos campaigned for change in government, promising to represent his constituents with honesty and vigor. Most important, he promised to LOWER TAXES. We’d settle for Vos just showing up. During his recent mayoral campaign, Vos criticized Mayor Kevin Cimei for having a job and claimed that because he himself is “semi-retired,” [...]
School Board Admin Misleads BOE, Clinton Township Council, Taxpayers about $247K of Tax Relief
According to documents obtained via the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), the Clinton Township School District’s Business Adminstrator, Patricia Leonhardt, misled the Board of Education, the municipal administrator and town council, and taxpayers into believing the Board of Education had taken action on $247,310 of tax relief funds. The result? Clinton Township taxpayers will pay [...]
Imbriaco & Marra: “Leaves are YOUR problem now!”
At tonight’s Clinton Township council meeting, Mayor Kevin Cimei once again tried to get the council to approve buying replacement equipment for doing leaf pickup each fall. Only one of the Township’s leaf machines works — the others are worn out, broken, inoperable. Without new equipment, there will be no leaf pickup this fall. Tonight [...]