
Mike Burkons
- Jan 17
Cleveland.com's podcast features Beachwood's embarrassing lawsuit to unmask critic.
Click on the link below to listen to the 4-minute portion of Cleveland.com's "Today in Ohio" podcast on January 13, 2023 where Plain...

Reprinted from Plain Dealer article from 1-12-23 written by Cory Shaffer
- Jan 12
Beachwood, police chief file defamation lawsuit to find out who has been anonymously criticizing her
Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 8:00 a.m. Updated: Jan. 12, 2023, 8:18 a.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio — The city of Beachwood and its police chief,...

Mike Burkons
- Jan 9
How the $500k pickleball project became $1.5m without additional value
At tomorrow night's Council meeting (January 9, 2023) Council will be asked to vote to place the updated pickleball plan/design out to...


Mike Burkons
- Nov 17, 2022
The Actual "MissMarples" Whistleblower Email
Below is the actual anonymous whistleblower email in question. As anyone can see, it was sent to all of council on Sept 19 as well as...


Mike Burkons
- Oct 26, 2022
If we use common sense, Beachwood can have more nice things...
The school district spent less than $2,500 to build this wonderful shade structure/pavilion at Hilltop. This blog post will explain why...


Mike Burkons
- Oct 17, 2022
What Beachwood is gaining by adding $700k to the cost of the $500k pickleball project?
When GPD first presented their design to build 6 new pickleball courts at the August 8, 2022 committee meeting, they told Council the...


Mike Burkons
- Oct 12, 2022
We just approved spending $700k to move the community gardens 120 feet, and yes, it is moronic.
In 2020, Beachwood built the biggest and nicest Community Garden in the region that our residents rave about. Now the City wants to spend...


Mike Burkons
- Aug 21, 2022
Mayor Berns' Response to the Critical Plain Dealer Article
This morning, Justin Berns put out a scathing response to yesterday's article titled, "Beachwood repeatedly hands lucrative contracts to...


Mike Burkons
- Jul 12, 2022
Part 2 - We are lying to residents about important things...AGAIN
Last night's meeting kicked off with a fiery prepared speech by the Mayor claiming I was using social media to intentionally mislead and...

Mike Burkons
- Jul 10, 2022
Part 1 - We are lying to residents about important things
Here is a short post for those interested and/or concerned about the proposed Richmond/Chagrin/271 project. First, some quick...