While I’m wrapping up my vacation down here in the Caribbean, 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 3 months time, there has been A TON of information posted on this site (and more to come!). I think that after 3 months time, I have done more work on this site than Johnson has done in her 20+ years as Clerk! (I’m EXHAUSTED – that’s why I had to take this Caribbean vacation). I will respond to comments when I get back.
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, and ok job, bad job, or not doing her job at all, and why.
Your thoughts please………………………………….
Next week’s article: “Johnson’s achievements in the COC office over the past 20 years.”
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
NEXT WEEKEND'S ARTICLE
This week I will be leaving on vacation. I will be going somewhere very “HOT” with my spouse……oh, come on,…….it’s the weather….the weather will be hot….get your minds out of the gutter! ! ! I will be down in the Caribbean for a little rest and relaxation. Actually, we should have done this in February, but circumstances did not permit us to go at that time.
So I will put an “Open Thread” up next weekend since I won’t have time to write an article while I'm basking in the sunny beaches and 80 degree weather. However, while the “professor” is gone, that doesn’t mean that you can act up and go wild! I have PLENTY of substitute “instructors” looking on and noting activity on this site AND in the COC office! So, Mrs. Johnson’s attendance will still be noted!
Article in TWO weeks: “Johnson’s achievements in the COC office over the past 20 years.”
So I will put an “Open Thread” up next weekend since I won’t have time to write an article while I'm basking in the sunny beaches and 80 degree weather. However, while the “professor” is gone, that doesn’t mean that you can act up and go wild! I have PLENTY of substitute “instructors” looking on and noting activity on this site AND in the COC office! So, Mrs. Johnson’s attendance will still be noted!
Article in TWO weeks: “Johnson’s achievements in the COC office over the past 20 years.”
RECORDS ON LINE: OHIO'S 88 COUNTIES: PART 5: SUMMARY OF THE STATS
Originally, I was going to use the following population scales: Small counties 12,000 – 64,999; Medium counties 65,000 – 97,999 and Large counties 98,000 and up. Then I realized that it wouldn’t be all that fair to have the Medium county population with such a narrow scale. So I changed it to what you see below. If I had kept it the way I was going to originally have it, Erie County would have been the only medium sized county that does not have records on line. So now with the change in the scale, 3 medium size counties doe not have records on line.
Here are the stats:
Largest County in Population: Cuyahoga (1,393,978)
Records on Line: Y
Smallest County in Population: Vinton (12,806)
Records on Line: N
Smallest County in population with records on line: Fayette (28,433)
29 Counties with small populations that do NOT have records on line (population 12,000-59,999): Vinton (12,806), Noble (14,058), Morgan (14,897), Monroe (15, 180), Harrison (15,856), Wyandot (22,908), Meigs (23,072), Adams (27,330), Pike (27,695), Carroll (28,836), Van Wert (29,659), Morrow (31,628), Hardin (31,945), Jackson (32,641), Perry (34,078), Putnam (34,726), Coshocton (36,655), Champaign (38,890), Holmes (38,943), Defiance (39,500), Madison (40,213), Clinton (40,543), Highland (40,875), Brown (42,285), Logan (46,005), Auglaize (46,611),
Shelby (47, 910), Darke (53,309),
3 Counties with medium population that do NOT have records on line (population 60,000-99,999): Washington (63,251), Erie (79,551), Miami (98,868)
1 County with large populations that do NOT have records on line (population 100,000 and up): Clark (144,742)
20 Counties with small populations that do have Records online (population 12,000-59,999): Paulding (20,293), Hocking (28,241), Fayette (28,433), Henry (29,210), Gallia (31,069), Lawrence (32,319), Williams (39,188), Guernsey (40,792), Union (40,909), Mercer (40,924), Ottawa (40,985), Fulton (42,084), Preble (42,337), Crawford (46,966), Ashland (52,523), Pickaway (52,727), Knox (54,500), Seneca (58,683), Huron (59,847)
11 Counties with medium populations that do have records online (population 60,000-99,999): Marion (66,217), Belmont (70,226), Hancock (71,295), Ross (73,345), Jefferson (73,894), Scioto (79,795), Muskingum (84,585), Geauga (90,895),
Tuscarawas (90,914), Sandusky (61,792), Athens (62,223)
26 Counties with large populations that do have Records online (population 100,000 and up): Ashtabula (102,728), Allen (108,473), Delaware (110,106), Wayne (111,564), Columbiana (112,075), Wood (121,065), Fairfield (122,759), Richland (128,852), Licking (145, 491), Greene (147,886), Medina (151,095), Portage (152,061), Warren (158,383), Clermont (177,977), Trumbull (225,116), Lake (227,511), Mahoning (257,555), Lorain (285,664), Butler (332,807), Stark (378,098), Lucas (455,054),
Summit (542,899), Montgomery (559,062), Hamilton (845,303), Franklin (1,068,978), Cuyahoga (1,393,978)
Total Number of Counties with records on line: 57 or 64 %
Total Number of Counties without records on line: 32 or 36 %
I have talked to a county employee who thinks the number of counties with on line records is higher than what I have posted. However, this is what I have found in my research and hopefully I will update it 2 or 3 times a year. If any of our readers find updates, please let us know so we can make the appropriate changes and corrections.
In an earlier article we took 20 Northern Ohio counties and out of the 20, 19 had records on line.
As you can see, Erie County is in the minority with not having records on line. So Mrs. Johnson, what’s the hold up? Oh, it’s the money, that’s right. Well, we already addressed that issue here and here.
It has become apparent over and over and over again, that she is not doing her job. Her recent report card is evidence of that. She is not doing what we elected her to do and that is to run and manage that office. How can she in good conscious, and in good faith (being the good, nice, Christian woman that she is) keep that position for over 20 years without doing any work, and yet excepting payment for work that she hasn’t done?
To you the voters and tax payers of Erie County, I ask you: Would you pay someone (say for instance an electrician, plumber, auto mechanic, etc.) for work that they never did but were suppose to have done? What makes this situation any different?
It is time that we the citizens of Erie County hold Barbra Johnson accountable for her actions (or lack there of)! ! It is time to hold her feet to the fire and DEMAND that she either start doing her job NOW or retire! ! Enough is enough! ! This tax payer for one is sick and tired of paying people in elected positions to do a job and once they get elected they just sit back and do NOTHING for an entire term. In this case, it has been SIX terms! ! Barbara either do your job, or get the hell out of the way and let someone else do it! I encourage you to contact Johnson and let her know your concerns about this matter. Her contact information is in the sidebar.
Again, voters and tax payers of Erie County I ask you: Does this look like she is doing the job that she was elected by YOU THE VOTERS AND TAX PAYERS of Erie County to do?
Here are the stats:
Largest County in Population: Cuyahoga (1,393,978)
Records on Line: Y
Smallest County in Population: Vinton (12,806)
Records on Line: N
Smallest County in population with records on line: Fayette (28,433)
29 Counties with small populations that do NOT have records on line (population 12,000-59,999): Vinton (12,806), Noble (14,058), Morgan (14,897), Monroe (15, 180), Harrison (15,856), Wyandot (22,908), Meigs (23,072), Adams (27,330), Pike (27,695), Carroll (28,836), Van Wert (29,659), Morrow (31,628), Hardin (31,945), Jackson (32,641), Perry (34,078), Putnam (34,726), Coshocton (36,655), Champaign (38,890), Holmes (38,943), Defiance (39,500), Madison (40,213), Clinton (40,543), Highland (40,875), Brown (42,285), Logan (46,005), Auglaize (46,611),
Shelby (47, 910), Darke (53,309),
3 Counties with medium population that do NOT have records on line (population 60,000-99,999): Washington (63,251), Erie (79,551), Miami (98,868)
1 County with large populations that do NOT have records on line (population 100,000 and up): Clark (144,742)
20 Counties with small populations that do have Records online (population 12,000-59,999): Paulding (20,293), Hocking (28,241), Fayette (28,433), Henry (29,210), Gallia (31,069), Lawrence (32,319), Williams (39,188), Guernsey (40,792), Union (40,909), Mercer (40,924), Ottawa (40,985), Fulton (42,084), Preble (42,337), Crawford (46,966), Ashland (52,523), Pickaway (52,727), Knox (54,500), Seneca (58,683), Huron (59,847)
11 Counties with medium populations that do have records online (population 60,000-99,999): Marion (66,217), Belmont (70,226), Hancock (71,295), Ross (73,345), Jefferson (73,894), Scioto (79,795), Muskingum (84,585), Geauga (90,895),
Tuscarawas (90,914), Sandusky (61,792), Athens (62,223)
26 Counties with large populations that do have Records online (population 100,000 and up): Ashtabula (102,728), Allen (108,473), Delaware (110,106), Wayne (111,564), Columbiana (112,075), Wood (121,065), Fairfield (122,759), Richland (128,852), Licking (145, 491), Greene (147,886), Medina (151,095), Portage (152,061), Warren (158,383), Clermont (177,977), Trumbull (225,116), Lake (227,511), Mahoning (257,555), Lorain (285,664), Butler (332,807), Stark (378,098), Lucas (455,054),
Summit (542,899), Montgomery (559,062), Hamilton (845,303), Franklin (1,068,978), Cuyahoga (1,393,978)
Total Number of Counties with records on line: 57 or 64 %
Total Number of Counties without records on line: 32 or 36 %
I have talked to a county employee who thinks the number of counties with on line records is higher than what I have posted. However, this is what I have found in my research and hopefully I will update it 2 or 3 times a year. If any of our readers find updates, please let us know so we can make the appropriate changes and corrections.
In an earlier article we took 20 Northern Ohio counties and out of the 20, 19 had records on line.
As you can see, Erie County is in the minority with not having records on line. So Mrs. Johnson, what’s the hold up? Oh, it’s the money, that’s right. Well, we already addressed that issue here and here.
It has become apparent over and over and over again, that she is not doing her job. Her recent report card is evidence of that. She is not doing what we elected her to do and that is to run and manage that office. How can she in good conscious, and in good faith (being the good, nice, Christian woman that she is) keep that position for over 20 years without doing any work, and yet excepting payment for work that she hasn’t done?
To you the voters and tax payers of Erie County, I ask you: Would you pay someone (say for instance an electrician, plumber, auto mechanic, etc.) for work that they never did but were suppose to have done? What makes this situation any different?
It is time that we the citizens of Erie County hold Barbra Johnson accountable for her actions (or lack there of)! ! It is time to hold her feet to the fire and DEMAND that she either start doing her job NOW or retire! ! Enough is enough! ! This tax payer for one is sick and tired of paying people in elected positions to do a job and once they get elected they just sit back and do NOTHING for an entire term. In this case, it has been SIX terms! ! Barbara either do your job, or get the hell out of the way and let someone else do it! I encourage you to contact Johnson and let her know your concerns about this matter. Her contact information is in the sidebar.
Again, voters and tax payers of Erie County I ask you: Does this look like she is doing the job that she was elected by YOU THE VOTERS AND TAX PAYERS of Erie County to do?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
AREAS OF CONCERN 1: ATTENDANCE
Here it is ladies and gentlemen, the EASTER WEEKEND SPECIAL! ! Two articles for the price of one! !
Even though this was listed as number 1 in the “Areas of Concern,” we wanted to wait and see how the attendance would be over a several month period before we wrote an article about it.
Before the November 2008 election, Barbara Johnson was RARELY in the office. In my 20 years of being in that office several times a week (and while she was clerk), I rarely saw her in the office. Whenever I would ask her staff where Johnson was or when she would be in, and most of the time they would shrug their shoulders and say, “I don’t know.” She was like former Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul that I talked about in these two articles.
So, not only was she not in the office, she didn’t bother telling anyone where she was or when she would be in. Wow! That’s good communication. But that is what she is known for….NOT communicating.
So here we are as Erie County tax payers, paying her for a job and she isn’t even in the office! DOUBLE WOW! ! ! ! What a waste of our money! ! ! !
Well, since the election her attendance has gone up substantially! ! ! ! ! GREAT! ! I have a couple ways of knowing when she is and is not in the office; even on days when I do not go into the COC office. Since the election, she was sporadic at first, but is more and more on a consistent basis in the office. One would think, “YEAH! ! This is good! !”
Well, think again ladies and gentlemen. If you look at her recent Quarterly Report Card, NOTHING is getting done in that office……well…..ok……..She now has a dollar amount on getting court records on line AND she did go to a meeting to try to get more staff hired (but she came to the meeting completely unprepared…but she did actual show up to it)……so we’ll change it from nothing to…….VERY, VERY LITTLE. I have noticed (by being in the office several times a week and other ways) that she is in the office almost everyday! This should be a good thing. However, as I said, NOTHING……um….I mean…VERY, VERY LITTLE is getting done.
After 5 months (since the November 2008 election) the records STILL are not on line. And I am willing to bet my first born male child that they will not get on line while she is the clerk (even though she now has a dollar figure to get the job done – see the article here).
Also, NOTHING (and here I really do mean NOTHING) has been done in any of the other 4 “Areas of Concern” that we have covered so far: 1) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS & FINANCIAL ACCOUNT NUMBERS REMOVED FROM CASE FILES; 2) COLLECTION ON ESTIMATED $700,000 IN OUTSTANDING COURT COSTS & FINES: 3) ADDRESSING OFFICE UNDERSTAFFING; 4) MICROFILIMG CLOSED CASES
And you will soon see that nothing is being done in the other “Areas of Concerns” that we will be covering here in the future:
1) IMPROVE CUSTOMER RELATION SKILLS OF THE STAFF: 2) AUTOMATED PHONE SYSTEM; 3) MONITORING PROGRAM TO KEEP CASES FROM BEING ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE OFFICE: 4) HAVE CASE FILES PROPERLY FILED AWAY: 5) SEND STAFF (OR INFORM STAFF) TO CONTINUING ED WORKSHOPS TO KEEP THEM ON TOP OF OHIO REVISED CODE CHANGES.
So really, what has changed? NOTHING…..oops….I mean….VERY, VERY LITTLE! She is in the office everyday – BIG DEAL, but VERY, VERY LITTLE is getting done. So, as a blogger on the SR web site put it during the campaign, she still continues to steal from the tax payers because she is getting paid for a job that she is not doing! Who among us could hold down a job like that?
As I said in this article, we the citizens and tax payers of this county would like to see some actual work and achievements come from her during this term because there hasn't been ANY achievements in her prior 5 terms (more on this in a future article). For all the money we are paying her to do this job that is not too much of us to expect from her. Otherwise she should retire and let someone else put that office into the 21st century.
To you the voter I ask: Does this look like she is doing the job that she was elected by YOU THE VOTERS AND TAX PAYERS of Erie County to do?
Even though this was listed as number 1 in the “Areas of Concern,” we wanted to wait and see how the attendance would be over a several month period before we wrote an article about it.
Before the November 2008 election, Barbara Johnson was RARELY in the office. In my 20 years of being in that office several times a week (and while she was clerk), I rarely saw her in the office. Whenever I would ask her staff where Johnson was or when she would be in, and most of the time they would shrug their shoulders and say, “I don’t know.” She was like former Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul that I talked about in these two articles.
So, not only was she not in the office, she didn’t bother telling anyone where she was or when she would be in. Wow! That’s good communication. But that is what she is known for….NOT communicating.
So here we are as Erie County tax payers, paying her for a job and she isn’t even in the office! DOUBLE WOW! ! ! ! What a waste of our money! ! ! !
Well, since the election her attendance has gone up substantially! ! ! ! ! GREAT! ! I have a couple ways of knowing when she is and is not in the office; even on days when I do not go into the COC office. Since the election, she was sporadic at first, but is more and more on a consistent basis in the office. One would think, “YEAH! ! This is good! !”
Well, think again ladies and gentlemen. If you look at her recent Quarterly Report Card, NOTHING is getting done in that office……well…..ok……..She now has a dollar amount on getting court records on line AND she did go to a meeting to try to get more staff hired (but she came to the meeting completely unprepared…but she did actual show up to it)……so we’ll change it from nothing to…….VERY, VERY LITTLE. I have noticed (by being in the office several times a week and other ways) that she is in the office almost everyday! This should be a good thing. However, as I said, NOTHING……um….I mean…VERY, VERY LITTLE is getting done.
After 5 months (since the November 2008 election) the records STILL are not on line. And I am willing to bet my first born male child that they will not get on line while she is the clerk (even though she now has a dollar figure to get the job done – see the article here).
Also, NOTHING (and here I really do mean NOTHING) has been done in any of the other 4 “Areas of Concern” that we have covered so far: 1) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS & FINANCIAL ACCOUNT NUMBERS REMOVED FROM CASE FILES; 2) COLLECTION ON ESTIMATED $700,000 IN OUTSTANDING COURT COSTS & FINES: 3) ADDRESSING OFFICE UNDERSTAFFING; 4) MICROFILIMG CLOSED CASES
And you will soon see that nothing is being done in the other “Areas of Concerns” that we will be covering here in the future:
1) IMPROVE CUSTOMER RELATION SKILLS OF THE STAFF: 2) AUTOMATED PHONE SYSTEM; 3) MONITORING PROGRAM TO KEEP CASES FROM BEING ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE OFFICE: 4) HAVE CASE FILES PROPERLY FILED AWAY: 5) SEND STAFF (OR INFORM STAFF) TO CONTINUING ED WORKSHOPS TO KEEP THEM ON TOP OF OHIO REVISED CODE CHANGES.
So really, what has changed? NOTHING…..oops….I mean….VERY, VERY LITTLE! She is in the office everyday – BIG DEAL, but VERY, VERY LITTLE is getting done. So, as a blogger on the SR web site put it during the campaign, she still continues to steal from the tax payers because she is getting paid for a job that she is not doing! Who among us could hold down a job like that?
As I said in this article, we the citizens and tax payers of this county would like to see some actual work and achievements come from her during this term because there hasn't been ANY achievements in her prior 5 terms (more on this in a future article). For all the money we are paying her to do this job that is not too much of us to expect from her. Otherwise she should retire and let someone else put that office into the 21st century.
To you the voter I ask: Does this look like she is doing the job that she was elected by YOU THE VOTERS AND TAX PAYERS of Erie County to do?
RECORDS ON LINE: OHIO'S 88 COUNTIES: PART 4
As I mentioned in the previous 3 parts in this series, over the next several weeks, we will take a look at all 88 Ohio counties in alphabetical order to see which counties have records on line and which do not. We will do this in a 5 part series. The first 4 parts will be a listing of the counties (see the sidebar for the link to the previous articles), 22 at a time, and the last part will be an analysis of all this information.
Also, there are three websites that provide some good information on Ohio County Clerk of Courts:
Ohio Clerk of Courts Assoc.
Government Court Records.com
Ohio Clerk of Courts on line records
I have put these sites links in the sidebar.
Some of the information on the counties was obtained here.
Here is the fourth and final set of 22 counties: Portage County – Wyandot County:
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Portage (in Ravenna, OH)
http://www.co.portage.oh.us/
POPULATION: 152,061
AREA: 492.39 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.co.portage.oh.us/clerkofcourts.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Preble (in Eaton, OH)
http://www.preblecounty.com/
POPULATION: 42,337
AREA: 424.80 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.preblecountyohio.net/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Putnam (in Ottawa, OH)
http://www.putnamcountyohio.com/
POPULATION: 34.726
AREA: 483.87 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS: No web site found
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Richland (in Mansfield, OH)
http://www.richlandcountyoh.us/index.htm
POPULATION: 128,852
AREA: 496.88 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.richlandcountyoh.us/coc.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Ross (in Chillicothe, OH)
No web site found
POPULATION: 73,345
AREA: 688.41 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://co.ross.oh.us/ClerkOfCourts/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Sandusky (in Fremont, OH)
http://www.sandusky-county.org/
POPULATION: 61,792
AREA: 409.18 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.sandusky-county.org/Clerk/Clerk_of_Courts/default.asp
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Scioto (in Portsmouth, OH)
http://www.sciotocountyohio.com/
POPULATION: 79,195
AREA: 612.27 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://www.sciotocountyohio.com/clerk.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Seneca (in Tiffin, OH)
http://www.senecaco.org/
POPULATION: 58,683
AREA: 550.59 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.senecaco.org/clerk/default.html
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Shelby (in Sidney, OH)
http://www.co.shelby.oh.us/
POPULATION: 47,910
AREA: 409.27 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS: http://www.co.shelby.oh.us/ClerkofCourts/index.asp
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Stark (in Canton, OH)
http://www.co.stark.oh.us/internet/HOME.DisplayPage?v_page=scMain
POPULATION: 378,098
AREA: 576.14 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://www.starkclerk.org/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Summit (in Akron, OH)
http://www.co.summit.oh.us/
POPULATION: 542,899
AREA: 412.72 Sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.cpclerk.co.summit.oh.us/welcome.asp
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Trumbull (in Warren, OH)
http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us/
POPULATION: 225,116
AREA: 616.48 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://clerk.co.trumbull.oh.us/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Tuscarawas (in New Philadelphia, OH)
http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/
POPULATION: 90,914
AREA: 567.58 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/ClerkofCourts/index.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Union (in Marysville, OH)
http://www.co.union.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/UC/UCPageDefault.aspx?page=1
POPULATION: 40,909
AREA: 436.65 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.union.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/UC/UCDetail.aspx?page=359
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Van Wert (in Van Wert, OH)
http://www.vanwertcounty.org/
POPULATION: 29,659
AREA: 410.09 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS: No web site found
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Vinton (in McArthur, OH)
http://www.vintoncounty.com/
POPULATION: 12,806
AREA: 414.08 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.vintoncounty.com/Clerk_of_Courts.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Warren (in Lebanon, OH)
http://www.co.warren.oh.us/
POPULATION: 158,383
AREA: 399.63 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.warren.oh.us/clerkofcourt/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Washington (in Marietta, OH)
http://www.co.washington.oh.us/index-1.htm
POPULATION: 63,251
AREA: 635.15 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.washington.oh.us/cl-clerkofcourts.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Wayne (in Wooster, OH)
http://www.wayneohio.org/
POPULATION: 111,564
AREA: 555.36 Sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.wayneohio.org/clerkofcourts/index.php
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Williams (in Bryan, OH)
http://www.co.williams.oh.us/
POPULATION: 39,188
AREA: 421.74 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.williams.oh.us/Clerk_Courts/default1.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Wood (in Bowling Green, OH)
http://www.co.wood.oh.us/
POPULATION: 121,065
AREA: 617.32 Sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://clerkofcourt.co.wood.oh.us/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Wyandot (in Upper Sandusky, OH)
http://www.co.wyandot.oh.us/
POPULATION: 22,908
AREA: 405.61 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.wyandot.oh.us/clerk/index.html
The final article in this series will be an indepth list of statistics so that you can easily see how all this stacks up compared to Erie County. Stay tuned for this article next weekend.
Also, there are three websites that provide some good information on Ohio County Clerk of Courts:
Ohio Clerk of Courts Assoc.
Government Court Records.com
Ohio Clerk of Courts on line records
I have put these sites links in the sidebar.
Some of the information on the counties was obtained here.
Here is the fourth and final set of 22 counties: Portage County – Wyandot County:
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Portage (in Ravenna, OH)
http://www.co.portage.oh.us/
POPULATION: 152,061
AREA: 492.39 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.co.portage.oh.us/clerkofcourts.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Preble (in Eaton, OH)
http://www.preblecounty.com/
POPULATION: 42,337
AREA: 424.80 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.preblecountyohio.net/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Putnam (in Ottawa, OH)
http://www.putnamcountyohio.com/
POPULATION: 34.726
AREA: 483.87 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS: No web site found
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Richland (in Mansfield, OH)
http://www.richlandcountyoh.us/index.htm
POPULATION: 128,852
AREA: 496.88 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.richlandcountyoh.us/coc.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Ross (in Chillicothe, OH)
No web site found
POPULATION: 73,345
AREA: 688.41 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://co.ross.oh.us/ClerkOfCourts/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Sandusky (in Fremont, OH)
http://www.sandusky-county.org/
POPULATION: 61,792
AREA: 409.18 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.sandusky-county.org/Clerk/Clerk_of_Courts/default.asp
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Scioto (in Portsmouth, OH)
http://www.sciotocountyohio.com/
POPULATION: 79,195
AREA: 612.27 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://www.sciotocountyohio.com/clerk.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Seneca (in Tiffin, OH)
http://www.senecaco.org/
POPULATION: 58,683
AREA: 550.59 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.senecaco.org/clerk/default.html
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Shelby (in Sidney, OH)
http://www.co.shelby.oh.us/
POPULATION: 47,910
AREA: 409.27 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS: http://www.co.shelby.oh.us/ClerkofCourts/index.asp
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Stark (in Canton, OH)
http://www.co.stark.oh.us/internet/HOME.DisplayPage?v_page=scMain
POPULATION: 378,098
AREA: 576.14 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://www.starkclerk.org/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Summit (in Akron, OH)
http://www.co.summit.oh.us/
POPULATION: 542,899
AREA: 412.72 Sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.cpclerk.co.summit.oh.us/welcome.asp
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Trumbull (in Warren, OH)
http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us/
POPULATION: 225,116
AREA: 616.48 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://clerk.co.trumbull.oh.us/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Tuscarawas (in New Philadelphia, OH)
http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/
POPULATION: 90,914
AREA: 567.58 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/ClerkofCourts/index.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Union (in Marysville, OH)
http://www.co.union.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/UC/UCPageDefault.aspx?page=1
POPULATION: 40,909
AREA: 436.65 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.union.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/UC/UCDetail.aspx?page=359
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Van Wert (in Van Wert, OH)
http://www.vanwertcounty.org/
POPULATION: 29,659
AREA: 410.09 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS: No web site found
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Vinton (in McArthur, OH)
http://www.vintoncounty.com/
POPULATION: 12,806
AREA: 414.08 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.vintoncounty.com/Clerk_of_Courts.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Warren (in Lebanon, OH)
http://www.co.warren.oh.us/
POPULATION: 158,383
AREA: 399.63 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.warren.oh.us/clerkofcourt/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Washington (in Marietta, OH)
http://www.co.washington.oh.us/index-1.htm
POPULATION: 63,251
AREA: 635.15 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.washington.oh.us/cl-clerkofcourts.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Wayne (in Wooster, OH)
http://www.wayneohio.org/
POPULATION: 111,564
AREA: 555.36 Sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.wayneohio.org/clerkofcourts/index.php
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Williams (in Bryan, OH)
http://www.co.williams.oh.us/
POPULATION: 39,188
AREA: 421.74 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.williams.oh.us/Clerk_Courts/default1.htm
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Wood (in Bowling Green, OH)
http://www.co.wood.oh.us/
POPULATION: 121,065
AREA: 617.32 Sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS ON LINE: Y
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://clerkofcourt.co.wood.oh.us/
COUNTY / WEB ADDRESS: Wyandot (in Upper Sandusky, OH)
http://www.co.wyandot.oh.us/
POPULATION: 22,908
AREA: 405.61 sq mi
CLERK OF COURTS RECORDS ON LINE: N
COC WEB ADDRESS
http://www.co.wyandot.oh.us/clerk/index.html
The final article in this series will be an indepth list of statistics so that you can easily see how all this stacks up compared to Erie County. Stay tuned for this article next weekend.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
$37,000 TO PUT RECORDS ON LINE
In this past Sunday's (April 5) Sandusky Register on page A2 in the article “Creative Cash Quest: Erie County officials look everywhere, anywhere for money,” Barb Johnson states that she is seeking outside funding to cover the $37,000 that it will take to get the COC records on line. FINALLY! ! ! This shows she is trying to do something about this. At least she now has a dollar amount; unless of course she just pulled those figures out of the air. Now the big question is, will she continue the hard work and follow through with this, or will she let it slip into the cracks?
I can think of one way to get the $37,000 needed to cover this price tag. How about collecting on the over $700,000 (see that article here) (which I firmly belive is MUCH higher than that) in outstanding court costs and fines? That way she can kill two birds with one stone; collecting on all that money that is owed to the county AND at the same time getting the money to get the records on line! ! ! I mean, I'm just thinking a little out of the box here and trying to give Barb some helpful advice.
Well, it makes sense to me anyway. How about you? Your thoughts / comments please.
I can think of one way to get the $37,000 needed to cover this price tag. How about collecting on the over $700,000 (see that article here) (which I firmly belive is MUCH higher than that) in outstanding court costs and fines? That way she can kill two birds with one stone; collecting on all that money that is owed to the county AND at the same time getting the money to get the records on line! ! ! I mean, I'm just thinking a little out of the box here and trying to give Barb some helpful advice.
Well, it makes sense to me anyway. How about you? Your thoughts / comments please.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG....AGAIN
A reader recently left the following comment:
Anonymous said...
"you people who say all this stuff bout barbara johnson on this website are cruel! i know barbara personally and she is one of the nicest people i know. not only is she a good christian woman but she also works very hard and does a fine job as erie county clerk. you people should be ashamed at what you are doing!"
Let me reiterate what I wrote in an earlier article: "Barb Johnson is a very nice person. Her "likeability" is not what is in question. What is in question are her management skills (or lack thereof) which has cost the citizens and tax payers of Erie County hundreds of thousands of dollars over her past 6 terms of over 20 years. This evidence will be gathered during the next 4 years and will be made available to the public for the 2012 election."
Barb is a nice person - a good Christian woman. Great! I get it! I even agree 100% with that statement. I am not arguing that point.
However, when you say things like, "she also works very hard and does a fine job as erie county clerk," THAT is what I will debate with anyone at anytime because there is sooooo much evidence to prove otherwise!
First, if she did work hard at her job, things would have gotten done over her past 20 year reign as Clerk. Unfortunately, sad to say, nothing has gotten done. Secondly, if she did a fine job as Clerk, then that office would not be in the utter chaotic mess that it is in at the present time. I can remember when the previous Clerk (Collette Crouch) retired, that office was in VERY GOOD shape. Over the past 20 years under Johnson's 6 terms, things have spiraled out of control. So no one can tell me that she is doing a fine job as Clerk, because all the evidence shows the contrary - the evidence that I have produced so far, and the evidence that I will produce in the future.
Remember, being a nice, good, Christian person does not automatically make you a good manager.
Anonymous said...
"you people who say all this stuff bout barbara johnson on this website are cruel! i know barbara personally and she is one of the nicest people i know. not only is she a good christian woman but she also works very hard and does a fine job as erie county clerk. you people should be ashamed at what you are doing!"
Let me reiterate what I wrote in an earlier article: "Barb Johnson is a very nice person. Her "likeability" is not what is in question. What is in question are her management skills (or lack thereof) which has cost the citizens and tax payers of Erie County hundreds of thousands of dollars over her past 6 terms of over 20 years. This evidence will be gathered during the next 4 years and will be made available to the public for the 2012 election."
Barb is a nice person - a good Christian woman. Great! I get it! I even agree 100% with that statement. I am not arguing that point.
However, when you say things like, "she also works very hard and does a fine job as erie county clerk," THAT is what I will debate with anyone at anytime because there is sooooo much evidence to prove otherwise!
First, if she did work hard at her job, things would have gotten done over her past 20 year reign as Clerk. Unfortunately, sad to say, nothing has gotten done. Secondly, if she did a fine job as Clerk, then that office would not be in the utter chaotic mess that it is in at the present time. I can remember when the previous Clerk (Collette Crouch) retired, that office was in VERY GOOD shape. Over the past 20 years under Johnson's 6 terms, things have spiraled out of control. So no one can tell me that she is doing a fine job as Clerk, because all the evidence shows the contrary - the evidence that I have produced so far, and the evidence that I will produce in the future.
Remember, being a nice, good, Christian person does not automatically make you a good manager.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
COMMENT SECTION FIXED
Someone sent me an email to let me know that they tried to leave a comment but were unable to do so. I looked into the problem and I think it's fixed.
So go ahead and leave comments. We encourage comments as part of the dialogue and a very important part of this blog. Just remember to follow the "Commenting Guidelines" in the sidebar.
So go ahead and leave comments. We encourage comments as part of the dialogue and a very important part of this blog. Just remember to follow the "Commenting Guidelines" in the sidebar.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
QUARTERLY REPORT CARD: WINTER 2009
Here it is as promised, Erie County Clerk of Courts Barbara Johnson's first “Report Card” which covers January – March 2009.
QUARTER: Jan.-March 2009
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance = 7
2. Records on line = 0
3. SSN & financial account numbers removed
from hard copy case files = 0
4. Collection on estimated $700.000 in outstanding
court costs and fines = 0
5. Address office understaffing = 1
6. Microfilming closed cases = 0
7. Improve customer relation skills of the staff = 0
8. Have case files properly filed away = 0
9. Monitoring program to keep cases from being
illegally removed from the office = 0
10. Send staff to continuing Ed workshops to keep
them on top of ORC changes = 0
11. Automated Phone System = 0
12. Over all Grade = 0.7
Grade scale: 12=A+; 11=A; 10=A-; 9=B+; 8=B; 7=B-; 6=C+; 5=C; 4=C-
3=D+; 2=D; 1=D-; 0=F
1. I am not in the office on a daily basis, however, I do see her in the office almost every time I’ve been in there. Even on days that I am not in the office, there are ways to determine if she is in or not. So these figures are fairly accurate. Jan. Attend = 70%; Feb. Attend = 86%; March Attend= 100%
As you can see, though she is in the office much more than before the November 2008 election, nothing seems to be getting accomplished. She has an overall grade of “F.” Not good. I touched a little on this in yesterday’s article here. More on this in a future article.
QUARTER: Jan.-March 2009
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance = 7
2. Records on line = 0
3. SSN & financial account numbers removed
from hard copy case files = 0
4. Collection on estimated $700.000 in outstanding
court costs and fines = 0
5. Address office understaffing = 1
6. Microfilming closed cases = 0
7. Improve customer relation skills of the staff = 0
8. Have case files properly filed away = 0
9. Monitoring program to keep cases from being
illegally removed from the office = 0
10. Send staff to continuing Ed workshops to keep
them on top of ORC changes = 0
11. Automated Phone System = 0
12. Over all Grade = 0.7
Grade scale: 12=A+; 11=A; 10=A-; 9=B+; 8=B; 7=B-; 6=C+; 5=C; 4=C-
3=D+; 2=D; 1=D-; 0=F
1. I am not in the office on a daily basis, however, I do see her in the office almost every time I’ve been in there. Even on days that I am not in the office, there are ways to determine if she is in or not. So these figures are fairly accurate. Jan. Attend = 70%; Feb. Attend = 86%; March Attend= 100%
As you can see, though she is in the office much more than before the November 2008 election, nothing seems to be getting accomplished. She has an overall grade of “F.” Not good. I touched a little on this in yesterday’s article here. More on this in a future article.
Friday, April 3, 2009
ERIE COUNTY PROSECUTOR SUES THE SANDUSKY REGISTER
Erie County prosecutor Kevin Baxter has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Sandusky Register. The SR article can be seen here.
Go HERE to view the complaint on the Erie County Clerk of Courts on line web service........oh crap.......I forgot......that's right, it's been 9 years since the COC office had computers installed in their office and they STILL do not have the court records on line! ! ! So I guess we can't view the complaint......DARN! ! !
But wait, there's more! !
Thanks to our good friends at Firelands 411, they have the complaint posted here.
It is truly very sad when a blog site such as Firelands 411 can post court documents before the Erie County Clerk of Courts office can. Especially when you take into account all the technology and IT department that Barb Johnson has at her disposal. Actually, with all the videos, live blog, pictures and documents that Firelands 411 has posted, it really puts the Erie County Clerk of Courts website to shame.
I don't know about you, but I have been wondering for a very long time now: Barbara, what is the hold up? And don't tell me it's funding because as I mentioned in earlier articles (See "Areas of Concern" Part 2 series in the side bar), all you have to do is think outside the box, or use your opponent's (Steve Schaeffer in the November 2008 election) ideas. If you used Schaeffer's ideas, then you wouldn't even have to think outside the box. Now that I "think" about it, if you used his ideas, then you wouldn't even have to think! He did all the thinking for you! You could just do it! What a GREAT idea! ! ! ! !
The people of Erie County just want to see you actually DO SOMETHING while in office. Getting records on line would be a HUGE accomplishment on your part. So why don't you want to do this? We the citizens and tax payers of this county would like to see some actual work and achievements come from you during this term because there hasn't been any achievements in your prior 5 terms. For all the money we are paying you to do this job that is not too much of us to expect from you. Otherwise you should retire and let someone else put that office into the 21st century.
How about Barb? Are you up to doing the job? Or is it going to continue to be the same ole', same ole'?
Go HERE to view the complaint on the Erie County Clerk of Courts on line web service........oh crap.......I forgot......that's right, it's been 9 years since the COC office had computers installed in their office and they STILL do not have the court records on line! ! ! So I guess we can't view the complaint......DARN! ! !
But wait, there's more! !
Thanks to our good friends at Firelands 411, they have the complaint posted here.
It is truly very sad when a blog site such as Firelands 411 can post court documents before the Erie County Clerk of Courts office can. Especially when you take into account all the technology and IT department that Barb Johnson has at her disposal. Actually, with all the videos, live blog, pictures and documents that Firelands 411 has posted, it really puts the Erie County Clerk of Courts website to shame.
I don't know about you, but I have been wondering for a very long time now: Barbara, what is the hold up? And don't tell me it's funding because as I mentioned in earlier articles (See "Areas of Concern" Part 2 series in the side bar), all you have to do is think outside the box, or use your opponent's (Steve Schaeffer in the November 2008 election) ideas. If you used Schaeffer's ideas, then you wouldn't even have to think outside the box. Now that I "think" about it, if you used his ideas, then you wouldn't even have to think! He did all the thinking for you! You could just do it! What a GREAT idea! ! ! ! !
The people of Erie County just want to see you actually DO SOMETHING while in office. Getting records on line would be a HUGE accomplishment on your part. So why don't you want to do this? We the citizens and tax payers of this county would like to see some actual work and achievements come from you during this term because there hasn't been any achievements in your prior 5 terms. For all the money we are paying you to do this job that is not too much of us to expect from you. Otherwise you should retire and let someone else put that office into the 21st century.
How about Barb? Are you up to doing the job? Or is it going to continue to be the same ole', same ole'?
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