I thought it would be good to have an open thread where you can comment on anything pertaining to this web site, or Barbara Johnson and her work as Erie County Clerk of Courts. After just under 5 months time, there has been A TON of information posted on this site (and more to come!). I think that after 5 months time, I have done more work on this site than Johnson has done in her 20+ years as Clerk! I will respond to comments in 2 weeks...or maybe sooner.
So, what do you think? Do you agree with the information on this site? Do you disagree with it? Why do you agree or disagree? Do you think Johnson is doing a great job, a good job, an ok job, bad job, or not doing her job at all, and why.
Your thoughts please………………………………….
Coming article in next week: “JOHNSON’S QUARTERLY REPORT CARD FOR SPRING 2009,” and it ain’t lookin good for Barbara folks! !
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
COMMENTS ON COMMENTS: 3
I wanted to address this earlier in the week in the comment section, but the comment section would not accept my comments because it was too long. Go figure.
This is response to two anonymous posters in the article “Web Traffic Increase.”
To Anonymous poster on June 13 @ 11:59
You make many assumptions that are incorrect that I would like to clear up.
You said: “I stumbled upon this site while looking for something else. I find it very sad that you have put so much energy into victimizing this woman.”
I say: First of all welcome and I hope you return often. I don’t put all that much time or energy into this site. I write an article once a week (which takes me less than a half hour to do) based on my experience with the COC office. I usually log on the site 3-4 times a week to check any comments that have been left by readers.….hardly much energy or obsession there. I spend more time volunteering for my church than I do with Barb Johnson. Does that make me obsessed with my religion? Barb Johnson is hardly the victim here. The voters and citizens of Erie County are the victims because of all the “MILLIONS” of dollars that she has literally thrown out the window and not doing her job over the past 20 years. If you would read the articles in the side bar, you would see for yourself because I have all the information there. Articles that are probably MOST important are: “Attendance,” “Records on Line: Parts 1-4,” “Records on line: Ohio’s 88 Counties – Parts 1-5” and “Is Johnson Robbing the Tax Payers.” All of those links can be found in the side bar.
You said, “What about YOUR job?! How can you accomplish anything else while being obviously obsessed with Barb Johnson?”
I say: I do my job very well. I do not receive complaints from people about me not doing my job. I continually receive compliments and praises from people for my job performance; but then (unlike Johnson) I’m at my job all day, everyday, doing my job. When was the last time an attorney, title company, elected official or a records research company told Barb what a good job she was doing and how well organized her office is? There are MANY attorneys, title companies, other elected officials, and records researchers who feel the same as I do about the COC office. As far as being “Obsessed with Barb Johnson,” I addressed that above.
You said: “Surely there are other elected officials in your county, why single out this woman? Are all the other officials doing their jobs. If your main concern is making sure the tax payers are being served, why not blog on all the officials?”
I Say: I’m sure that there are other elected officials that are incompetent and / or corrupt. The reason I chose Barb is because I know that office well enough to do this. If I were to have a web site on, say the commissioners, I would have to be “obsessed” (because according to your definition of that word) I would have to spend a lot of time in order to investigate and “dig” out all the information that would be needed. I don’t have to do that with the COC office since I am in there several times a week. It is my hope that others will take up their civic duty to “watch” other government offices (both city and county). Huron2009 and Firelands 411 (both links in the side bar) seem to be doing that with the city right now and I don’t think those individuals are “obsessed” with Huron or Sandusky government officials. Huron2009 and Firelands411, like I, are just getting information out to the public.
You said: “The only things I can think of are:
1. You're still sore that your candidate didn't win 2. You want to run for the office in 2012 and feel the only way to win is to smear Barb for the next 4 years instead of winning on your own merit or 3. Perhaps you're a past/current employee of the COC office or an employee from another county office with an axe to grind or 4. You really just don't have anything better to do with your time/life, which is truly sad.”
I Say: 1) Nah, I’m not sore that Schaefer didn’t win, just disappointed because he had a very well laid out plan to clean up that office that Johnson has turned into a chaotic mess over the past 20 years. Click on this article “How Did Johnson Win?”
2) I have no intention what so ever to run for that office in 2012; that office is too far gone for me to want to go in and try to clean it up. 3) I am not a past or current employee of that office. Nor am I employed by the county in any way, shape, or form. I just use that office several times a week and for that reason it does effect my business (as well as the businesses of attorneys, title companies, other elected officials, and records researchers. 4) I do have a life and have much better things to do. That is why I am not obsessed with nor putting much energy into this site. However, to show how little Johnson has actually done in 20 years, I have put more time, energy, and creativeness into this site in the past 5 months than she has in 20 years into the COC office. It’s obvious the she just doesn’t have the knowledge, or skill to do what she was elected to do.
You said: “It's easy to sling dirt under the cloak of being anonymous. God bless you.”
I say: It shouldn’t make any difference who I am as long as I am putting out nothing but true facts and not slinging dirt. Why did you remain anonymous when you posted? Slinging dirt would be if I had written something that is not true. What have I written that is not true?
God bless you too, and have a great day.
Anonymous on June 14, 4:39
You Said: “I'm afraid I have to agree with some of the points made in the above comment. Why just Barb Johnson? Are the other elected officials doing their jobs?”
I Say: (Julie R?), I addressed that above with my reply to the previous anonymous poster.
You Said: “I also believe that even if Johnson is not re-elected next time around it isn't going to change one dam* thing in Erie County because Barb Johnson is NOT the PROBLEM and never was.”
I Say: If Johnson is not reelected in 2012, it won’t change all of Erie County as you imply; just the Clerk of Courts Office. Barb IS the problem in that office, and we need to start somewhere. Why not start “at the bottom” and work up? After Johnson gets voted out in 2012, wouldn't it be fun to watch other elected officials start to squirm because it could happen to them as well? I agree 100% with you that there are many other problems in Erie County as well. However, each elected official is responsible for their “office” and Johnson’s is a chaotic mess. If you think there are problems in other offices, then start a blog to lay out all the information as I have here; don't leave it up to just a few citizens. EVERYONE needs to get involved! ! Get the voters educated as I am doing here. Perhaps, when Barb gets voted out in 2012, I’ll start a blog on another government elected official. It’s the only way I know of to educate the people so they don’t vote “blindly” in the elections.
Remember citizens of Erie County, we are here to “hold our elected official (Barbara Johnson) accountable for doing NOTHING for the past 20 plus years.” As a result of her “Nothingness,” she has wasted “MILLIONS” of our tax dollars. We, the citizens and tax payers of Erie County are the victims here, NOT Barb Johnson!
Coming article in 2 weeks: “JOHNSON’S QUARTERLY REPORT CARD FOR SPRING 2009,” and it ain’t lookin good for Barbara folks! !
This is response to two anonymous posters in the article “Web Traffic Increase.”
To Anonymous poster on June 13 @ 11:59
You make many assumptions that are incorrect that I would like to clear up.
You said: “I stumbled upon this site while looking for something else. I find it very sad that you have put so much energy into victimizing this woman.”
I say: First of all welcome and I hope you return often. I don’t put all that much time or energy into this site. I write an article once a week (which takes me less than a half hour to do) based on my experience with the COC office. I usually log on the site 3-4 times a week to check any comments that have been left by readers.….hardly much energy or obsession there. I spend more time volunteering for my church than I do with Barb Johnson. Does that make me obsessed with my religion? Barb Johnson is hardly the victim here. The voters and citizens of Erie County are the victims because of all the “MILLIONS” of dollars that she has literally thrown out the window and not doing her job over the past 20 years. If you would read the articles in the side bar, you would see for yourself because I have all the information there. Articles that are probably MOST important are: “Attendance,” “Records on Line: Parts 1-4,” “Records on line: Ohio’s 88 Counties – Parts 1-5” and “Is Johnson Robbing the Tax Payers.” All of those links can be found in the side bar.
You said, “What about YOUR job?! How can you accomplish anything else while being obviously obsessed with Barb Johnson?”
I say: I do my job very well. I do not receive complaints from people about me not doing my job. I continually receive compliments and praises from people for my job performance; but then (unlike Johnson) I’m at my job all day, everyday, doing my job. When was the last time an attorney, title company, elected official or a records research company told Barb what a good job she was doing and how well organized her office is? There are MANY attorneys, title companies, other elected officials, and records researchers who feel the same as I do about the COC office. As far as being “Obsessed with Barb Johnson,” I addressed that above.
You said: “Surely there are other elected officials in your county, why single out this woman? Are all the other officials doing their jobs. If your main concern is making sure the tax payers are being served, why not blog on all the officials?”
I Say: I’m sure that there are other elected officials that are incompetent and / or corrupt. The reason I chose Barb is because I know that office well enough to do this. If I were to have a web site on, say the commissioners, I would have to be “obsessed” (because according to your definition of that word) I would have to spend a lot of time in order to investigate and “dig” out all the information that would be needed. I don’t have to do that with the COC office since I am in there several times a week. It is my hope that others will take up their civic duty to “watch” other government offices (both city and county). Huron2009 and Firelands 411 (both links in the side bar) seem to be doing that with the city right now and I don’t think those individuals are “obsessed” with Huron or Sandusky government officials. Huron2009 and Firelands411, like I, are just getting information out to the public.
You said: “The only things I can think of are:
1. You're still sore that your candidate didn't win 2. You want to run for the office in 2012 and feel the only way to win is to smear Barb for the next 4 years instead of winning on your own merit or 3. Perhaps you're a past/current employee of the COC office or an employee from another county office with an axe to grind or 4. You really just don't have anything better to do with your time/life, which is truly sad.”
I Say: 1) Nah, I’m not sore that Schaefer didn’t win, just disappointed because he had a very well laid out plan to clean up that office that Johnson has turned into a chaotic mess over the past 20 years. Click on this article “How Did Johnson Win?”
2) I have no intention what so ever to run for that office in 2012; that office is too far gone for me to want to go in and try to clean it up. 3) I am not a past or current employee of that office. Nor am I employed by the county in any way, shape, or form. I just use that office several times a week and for that reason it does effect my business (as well as the businesses of attorneys, title companies, other elected officials, and records researchers. 4) I do have a life and have much better things to do. That is why I am not obsessed with nor putting much energy into this site. However, to show how little Johnson has actually done in 20 years, I have put more time, energy, and creativeness into this site in the past 5 months than she has in 20 years into the COC office. It’s obvious the she just doesn’t have the knowledge, or skill to do what she was elected to do.
You said: “It's easy to sling dirt under the cloak of being anonymous. God bless you.”
I say: It shouldn’t make any difference who I am as long as I am putting out nothing but true facts and not slinging dirt. Why did you remain anonymous when you posted? Slinging dirt would be if I had written something that is not true. What have I written that is not true?
God bless you too, and have a great day.
Anonymous on June 14, 4:39
You Said: “I'm afraid I have to agree with some of the points made in the above comment. Why just Barb Johnson? Are the other elected officials doing their jobs?”
I Say: (Julie R?), I addressed that above with my reply to the previous anonymous poster.
You Said: “I also believe that even if Johnson is not re-elected next time around it isn't going to change one dam* thing in Erie County because Barb Johnson is NOT the PROBLEM and never was.”
I Say: If Johnson is not reelected in 2012, it won’t change all of Erie County as you imply; just the Clerk of Courts Office. Barb IS the problem in that office, and we need to start somewhere. Why not start “at the bottom” and work up? After Johnson gets voted out in 2012, wouldn't it be fun to watch other elected officials start to squirm because it could happen to them as well? I agree 100% with you that there are many other problems in Erie County as well. However, each elected official is responsible for their “office” and Johnson’s is a chaotic mess. If you think there are problems in other offices, then start a blog to lay out all the information as I have here; don't leave it up to just a few citizens. EVERYONE needs to get involved! ! Get the voters educated as I am doing here. Perhaps, when Barb gets voted out in 2012, I’ll start a blog on another government elected official. It’s the only way I know of to educate the people so they don’t vote “blindly” in the elections.
Remember citizens of Erie County, we are here to “hold our elected official (Barbara Johnson) accountable for doing NOTHING for the past 20 plus years.” As a result of her “Nothingness,” she has wasted “MILLIONS” of our tax dollars. We, the citizens and tax payers of Erie County are the victims here, NOT Barb Johnson!
Coming article in 2 weeks: “JOHNSON’S QUARTERLY REPORT CARD FOR SPRING 2009,” and it ain’t lookin good for Barbara folks! !
Saturday, June 6, 2009
TITLE OFFICE SUPERVISOR ABRUPTLY QUITS
Unfortunately, this article has more questions than answers.
This is rather old news since it happened about 3-4 weeks ago. A friend of mine that works in the car business was having some title work done in the Title Office. They had noticed that the Clerk of Courts Title supervisor, Sandra Brown, had not been in the office for sometime and asked the person waiting on them if Sandra was on vacation. The COC employee told them that no, Sandra had all of a sudden one day up and quit with no explanation.
WOW! Now I could be completely wrong (but I doubt it) but to quit suddenly with no explanation points to real frustration over something. What put Ms. Brown over the edge? Was it a customer? Health reasons? Family reasons? A fellow co-worker? The County Administration? Or Barb Johnson? Could she no longer take Johnson's lack of leadership and managing skills that she just had had enough? What was the reason that made Sandra Brown quit so suddenly?
We need some help on this one from you the citizens of Erie County! Does anyone out there have any further information on this? If so, please post it in the comment section at the end of this article. Your help to clear this up for me and the citizens / tax payers of Erie County would be greatly appreciated.
This is rather old news since it happened about 3-4 weeks ago. A friend of mine that works in the car business was having some title work done in the Title Office. They had noticed that the Clerk of Courts Title supervisor, Sandra Brown, had not been in the office for sometime and asked the person waiting on them if Sandra was on vacation. The COC employee told them that no, Sandra had all of a sudden one day up and quit with no explanation.
WOW! Now I could be completely wrong (but I doubt it) but to quit suddenly with no explanation points to real frustration over something. What put Ms. Brown over the edge? Was it a customer? Health reasons? Family reasons? A fellow co-worker? The County Administration? Or Barb Johnson? Could she no longer take Johnson's lack of leadership and managing skills that she just had had enough? What was the reason that made Sandra Brown quit so suddenly?
We need some help on this one from you the citizens of Erie County! Does anyone out there have any further information on this? If so, please post it in the comment section at the end of this article. Your help to clear this up for me and the citizens / tax payers of Erie County would be greatly appreciated.
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