CONNEAUT — City administrators have sent a letter to a local Website operator, ordering her to remove information related to municipal offices, City Council members learned at Monday's work session.
The cease-and-desist order was sent last week to Katie Schwartz, who oversees the everythingconneautohio.com Web site. The letter was authorized by City Manager Robert Schaumleffel Jr.
Ward 1 Councilman Dave Campbell, who has promoted the Web site, was outraged by the letter, calling it “garbage. We cannot dictate how she runs her business,” he said.
At the end of the meeting, Campbell made a motion that would order Schaumleffel to rescind the letter and apologize to Schwartz. The motion was defeated by a 3-3 vote. Voting yes were Campbell, Ward 2 Councilman Charles Lewis and Ward 3 Councilman Greg Mooney. Opposed were Council President James Jones, Councilman-at-Large Chris Castrilla and Ward 4 Councilman Tony Julio. Absent was Councilman-at-Large Jacob Chicatelli.
Schaumleffel said he did not want to see Schwartz's for-profit Web site be mistaken as the official city of Conneaut Web site, which is being overhauled by another individual. "We can't turn the city Web page into a commercial site," he said.
The manager said he would gladly create a link on the city page to Schwartz's site. “I’m trying to keep this on a business basis,” Schaumleffel said.
Disclosure of the cease-and-desist letter followed some terse words Schaumleffel directed at Schwartz at the beginning of the meeting. The manager said he understood Schwartz made accusations about him at a town hall-style meeting Thursday night.
Schaumleffel used Schwartz as a springboard to rail against what he said was an organized campaign among some to “dig up dirt” on his administrative staff.
“I am tired of the dirt,” he said. “I don't know what the hell is going on. These personal attacks are going to stop. I'm really tired of the personal attacks.”
The manager also scolded council members who attended the meeting and didn't speak on his behalf, without naming names,
Schaumleffel said the same tactics prompted interim city manager Edward Somppi to abruptly resign last summer. “It didn't start with me and or end with me, but I'm going to try to put a stop to it,” he said.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
If the politicians in Schenectady County see the article they may try to silence the bad reviews that are posted here.
I just emailed the girl, Katie who runs that website in Ohio to see what information she might share with me. As far as this site, we can always make it a private site and not allow any guest viewing. But the only thing is that everyone would have to give their real name before I would validate them. Although they could still log on with another name.
I would really prefer not to do that, but someday we just may have no choice.
Isn't our real name or real E-mail account already on record when we sign up as members.
No. There are no real names on record unless someone chooses to use it as their log in name. The emails are usually generic in nature. People who sign up must have a valid email account eg. yahoo, hotmail, gmail, nycap, whatever. That is too protect us all from spammers.
Katie sent me the letter she received from her city. The 1st link is the first page and the second link is the second page. When you click on the link, the letter will be too small to read. Just place your cursor on it, click on it and it will enlarge:
It is coming, I assure you. These dictators are never satisfied. And when they are done with us here, they will insist on writing the news that is printed in the papers, not being content to let their sycophants in the press to write it.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
It is coming, I assure you. These dictators are never satisfied. And when they are done with us here, they will insist on writing the news that is printed in the papers, not being content to let their sycophants in the press to write it.
Don't they do this with our news now?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
This is the WORLD WIDE WEB......I'm sure one could use the UN constitution as a fight for freedom since here in our country called AMERICA.... our foundation/constition is being ripped apart......
SHAME SHAME SHAME......SHAM SHAM SHAM.......
we are being peeled like and onion......what is in the center of an onion????
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Martin Niemoller wrote these poignant lines..........
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. Then they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, I did not speak out; I was not a Jew.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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