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Mayor Berns' Response to the Critical Plain Dealer Article

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...

Part 2 - We are lying to residents about important things...AGAIN

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...

Part 1 - We are lying to residents about important things

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...

Mike Burkons

Jun 21, 2022

The Bryden-Richmond-Chagrin-271 project. What you need to know...

At tonight's Council Meeting, GPD, the firm hired to act as our City Engineer, will try for the third time since April of 2019, to get...

More about Garbage Trucks, Amphitheaters & Flooding

Mike Burkons

May 17, 2022

More about Garbage Trucks, Amphitheaters & Flooding

In response to my recent blog post, former Council President Mel Jacobs spoke at last night’s Council meeting to defend why Beachwood...

How many garbage trucks does Beachwood need and why it matters.

Mike Burkons

May 9, 2022

How many garbage trucks does Beachwood need and why it matters.

At the last Council meeting, we were asked to approve spending $376k to maintain our fleet of automated garbage trucks at 7. Five days...

We tried to hide the video of a police shooting and are still misleading the public about it.

Mike Burkons

Nov 1, 2021

We tried to hide the video of a police shooting and are still misleading the public about it.

The video above shows a police shooting that occurred on 6/27/19 in the Beachwood Mall parking lot. The day after the shooting, James...

Beachwood Mayor - Who I Am Voting For And Why

Mike Burkons

Oct 20, 2021

Beachwood Mayor - Who I Am Voting For And Why

I expect it will surprise people to read I am voting for Justin. Many people know that I like Marty on a personal level tremendously,...

Tonight's Proposed Economic Incentive Package, it's flaws and simple way to fix them

Mike Burkons

Oct 18, 2021

Tonight's Proposed Economic Incentive Package, it's flaws and simple way to fix them

At tonight’s Council meeting we will be asked to approve a very expensive economic development package. Below explains the flaws I see in...

Recap of Last Night's Council Meeting on Universal Pre-K

Mike Burkons

Oct 15, 2021

Recap of Last Night's Council Meeting on Universal Pre-K

I wanted to give a quick update/ recap to last night's Council Committee Meeting about a City funded plan for universal preschool for...

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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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