Donald Trump and some of his supporters are known for the Big Lie - that the presidential election was stolen. Those of us who agree Trump lost the election also tend to agree that elections officials are doing their best at the local level. Widespread voter fraud is a myth.
But a “vote from the grave,” as happened last fall in Summit County, is unacceptable. And a board of elections investigation revealing that 700 deceased Summit County voters were still registered to vote is alarming.
We agree with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s move to reject the reappointment of Bryan Williams to the Summit board and place the board under administrative oversight.
Lorainâs 2021 budget is in the works.
On Dec. 16, Lorain City Council held a Finance & Claims Committee meeting, with all of Council, to begin crunching the numbers on the cityâs 2021 spending plan.
Discussion lasted more than 90 minutes as Council, with city Auditor Karen Shawver and Mayor Jack Bradley, discussed various line items for city expenses and revenue forecasted for next year.
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Overall the budget has general fund revenues estimated to be about $29.47 million next year, down about 5.5 percent from 2020.
Like many aspects of government and business, the novel coronavirus pandemic was a factor on city expenses in 2020 and in the 2021 budget.