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Alec Isaacson's flawed premise for hiring the Minc Law Firm

Mike Burkons

Feb 2, 2023

Alec Isaacson's flawed premise for hiring the Minc Law Firm

Council President Alec Isaacson's entire position to defend this path he has allowed the City to go down, relies on the flawed premise...

Amicus brief filed by www.citizen.org in opposition to lawsuit filed by Beachwood

Mike Burkons

Jan 22, 2023

Amicus brief filed by www.citizen.org in opposition to lawsuit filed by Beachwood

This shouldn’t be a surprise but the first (of what I am assuming will end up will being multiple) First Amendment advocacy groups just...

"This is one of the dumbest...expenditures of local taxpayer money I've ever seen"

Mike Burkons

Jan 21, 2023

"This is one of the dumbest...expenditures of local taxpayer money I've ever seen"

Below is an excellent 15 tweet thread from Subodh Chandra, local civil rights lawyer/leader/advocate, about the moronic and incompetent...

Cleveland.com's podcast features Beachwood's embarrassing lawsuit to unmask critic.

Mike Burkons

Jan 17, 2023

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...

Beachwood, police chief file defamation lawsuit to find out who has been anonymously criticizing her

Reprinted from Plain Dealer article from 1-12-23 written by Cory Shaffer

Jan 12, 2023

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,...

How the $500k pickleball project became $1.5m without additional value

Mike Burkons

Jan 9, 2023

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...

The Actual "MissMarples" Whistleblower Email

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...

If we use common sense, Beachwood can have more nice things...

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...

What Beachwood is gaining by adding $700k to the cost of the $500k pickleball project?

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...

We just approved spending $700k to move the community gardens 120 feet, and yes, it is moronic.

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...

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This is NOT the 1st time. Twinsburg settled previous lawsuit alleging similar illegal conduct by Lt. Donato where the City also refused to provide the video they had of the incident.

Why Beachwood should NOT extend the Eaton 30-year TIF

My partial response to the unsigned postcard Beachwood residents received.

The Beachwood compliance issue the Ohio Auditor's Office has not completed their review of yet.

Is Mike Burkons a Democrat or Republican?

Here is the anonymous letter mailed to residents a month before the November election.

RFP the City of Stow posted for their $600k Skip Playground Project

Paywall free version of Sun Press Letter to the Editor from Beachwood Resident Kate Fishman

Judge rules for MissMarples and against Beachwood

Beachwood Video Blog Episode 1

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