Below you will find Barb Johnson's grade card for her job performance for the period of July - September 2010.
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 5
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 3
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 0.72 = F
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
There is nothing new to say to expond upon. It's still "same-o'le - same - o'le."
Monday, October 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
QUARTERLY REPORT CARD: SPRING 2010
Below you will find Barb Johnson's grade card for her job performance for the period of April - June 2010.
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 5
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 3
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 0.72 = F
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
There is nothing new to say to expond upon. It's simply "same-o'le - same - o'le."
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 5
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 3
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 0.72 = F
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
There is nothing new to say to expond upon. It's simply "same-o'le - same - o'le."
Sunday, April 11, 2010
QUARTERLY REPORT CARD: WINTER 2010
Below you will find Barb Johnson's grade card for her job performance for the period of January - March 2010.
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 5
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 3
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 0.72 = F
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
As you can see, compared with the previous fall quarter, she has FAILED. Last quarter, her overall grade was a D-. This quarter's overall grade is also a F.
Her attendance has suffered this last quarter (went from a B+ to a C) and stayed the same in her addressing of office understaffing because she has only hired 1 person so far. She is allowed to hire 4.
And, as usual, there is nothing new in the other areas where she received "0." It just goes to show you that our "NOTHING" clerk is, for the most part, still doing "NOTHING" and getting paid by us, the tax payers for doing "NOTHING." I just wish we could get more work out of her for what we are paying her - you know, that $54,000 per year salary.
Now come on, really, would you expect anything more from our “NOTHING” clerk?
Too bad, and so sad; especially since OUR tax money is paying her to do “NOTHING” about everything.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?
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 5
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 3
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 0.72 = F
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
As you can see, compared with the previous fall quarter, she has FAILED. Last quarter, her overall grade was a D-. This quarter's overall grade is also a F.
Her attendance has suffered this last quarter (went from a B+ to a C) and stayed the same in her addressing of office understaffing because she has only hired 1 person so far. She is allowed to hire 4.
And, as usual, there is nothing new in the other areas where she received "0." It just goes to show you that our "NOTHING" clerk is, for the most part, still doing "NOTHING" and getting paid by us, the tax payers for doing "NOTHING." I just wish we could get more work out of her for what we are paying her - you know, that $54,000 per year salary.
Now come on, really, would you expect anything more from our “NOTHING” clerk?
Too bad, and so sad; especially since OUR tax money is paying her to do “NOTHING” about everything.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?
ANOTHER SR ARTICLE
According to the Sandusky Register, it looks as if the Erie County Commissioners are going over Barb Johnson's head to get records on line. See the article here:
In the article, Johnson says, "I have nothing to say right now." That's because the commissioners are going over her head to get this job done. This is a job that she has had 10 years to do. But instead of doing something about it, our "NOTHING" Clerk has decided to do "NOTHING" about the problem, therefore, she has "NOTHING" to say right now.
How ironic.
Our Clerk of Court website already covered this in the following articles:
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/04/records-on-line-ohios-88-counties-part.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/areas-of-concern-part-1-getting-records.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/areas-of-concern-getting-records-on.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/areas-of-concern-getting-records-on_23.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/03/areas-of-concern-getting-records-on.html
Need we say more?
What will it take for the voters of Erie County to vote her out of office? Collecting her $54,000 a year salary and not doing the job! ! How many of us could get away with that with OUR employers?
Isn't collecting money for services rendered and not doing the service for which one is being paid, robbery?
I'm just asking. Where am I wrong with my thought process?
She hasn't worked at this job for the last 20 years. Why should she start now?
Too bad, and so sad; especially since OUR tax money is paying her to do “NOTHING” about everything. 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?
In the article, Johnson says, "I have nothing to say right now." That's because the commissioners are going over her head to get this job done. This is a job that she has had 10 years to do. But instead of doing something about it, our "NOTHING" Clerk has decided to do "NOTHING" about the problem, therefore, she has "NOTHING" to say right now.
How ironic.
Our Clerk of Court website already covered this in the following articles:
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/04/records-on-line-ohios-88-counties-part.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/areas-of-concern-part-1-getting-records.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/areas-of-concern-getting-records-on.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/areas-of-concern-getting-records-on_23.html
http://removejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/03/areas-of-concern-getting-records-on.html
Need we say more?
What will it take for the voters of Erie County to vote her out of office? Collecting her $54,000 a year salary and not doing the job! ! How many of us could get away with that with OUR employers?
Isn't collecting money for services rendered and not doing the service for which one is being paid, robbery?
I'm just asking. Where am I wrong with my thought process?
She hasn't worked at this job for the last 20 years. Why should she start now?
Too bad, and so sad; especially since OUR tax money is paying her to do “NOTHING” about everything. 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?
Sunday, March 21, 2010
FORECLOSURES DOWN IN ERIE COUNTY?
While in the Clerk of Courts office last week, we were able to see the stacks of foreclosures sitting in the office waiting to go to sheriff's sale. There were over 200 foreclosures in the stacks of foreclosures. Now it is our understanding that the recently retired Anita was the main person in that office to have done the foreclosures. She would do 10-15 a week. Now that she has retired, we are told that Barb herself is doing them.
Mr. Porter wrote a letter to the editor of the Sandusky Register and he wrote about the "hard work that Mrs. Johnson" does. You can see our comments on Mr. Porter's letter here. Mr. Porter, we are about to show you yet another example of how Barbara Johnson is NOT doing her job, and is "hardly working" rather than working hard!
Anita retired Dec. 31 and as of this date, she still has not hired anyone to replace her: over two and a half months later. So in the mean time, Barb is doing the foreclosures herself.
The result: After 3 months, there are four (4) properties going up for sheriff's sale in April.
Compare that to the following:
December 15, 2009 - 3 sales
November 17, 2009 - 48 sales
October 20, 2009 - 69 sales
August 4, 2009 - 57 sales
June 23, 2009 - 48 sales
April 28, 2009 - 58 sales
So let's break down the numbers here. For a period of one year (April 2009 - April 2010) there were a total of 283 properties up for Sheriff Sales due to foreclosures. Some of those were canceled for various reasons, but that does not take away from the fact that even the canceled sales had to go through the COC office. This number of 283 properties is low due to the fact that the last 3 months of that one year period, there were only 4 properties in the Sheriff Sales for April 2010.
That number of 283 properties comes out to roughly 23 properties per month and 92 properties over a quarter (3 months). So before Barb Johnson took over handling the foreclosures herself, there were around 92 foreclosures every three months. The past three months with Johnson herself personally handling the foreclosures, there are FOUR (4). A HUGE drop from 92, and stacks of over 200 to go! ! !
Mr. Porter, we ask you (and other Johnson supporters) does this look like she is hard at work? We think not.
To you the voters we ask again: 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?
Mr. Porter wrote a letter to the editor of the Sandusky Register and he wrote about the "hard work that Mrs. Johnson" does. You can see our comments on Mr. Porter's letter here. Mr. Porter, we are about to show you yet another example of how Barbara Johnson is NOT doing her job, and is "hardly working" rather than working hard!
Anita retired Dec. 31 and as of this date, she still has not hired anyone to replace her: over two and a half months later. So in the mean time, Barb is doing the foreclosures herself.
The result: After 3 months, there are four (4) properties going up for sheriff's sale in April.
Compare that to the following:
December 15, 2009 - 3 sales
November 17, 2009 - 48 sales
October 20, 2009 - 69 sales
August 4, 2009 - 57 sales
June 23, 2009 - 48 sales
April 28, 2009 - 58 sales
So let's break down the numbers here. For a period of one year (April 2009 - April 2010) there were a total of 283 properties up for Sheriff Sales due to foreclosures. Some of those were canceled for various reasons, but that does not take away from the fact that even the canceled sales had to go through the COC office. This number of 283 properties is low due to the fact that the last 3 months of that one year period, there were only 4 properties in the Sheriff Sales for April 2010.
That number of 283 properties comes out to roughly 23 properties per month and 92 properties over a quarter (3 months). So before Barb Johnson took over handling the foreclosures herself, there were around 92 foreclosures every three months. The past three months with Johnson herself personally handling the foreclosures, there are FOUR (4). A HUGE drop from 92, and stacks of over 200 to go! ! !
Mr. Porter, we ask you (and other Johnson supporters) does this look like she is hard at work? We think not.
To you the voters we ask again: 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?
COMMENTS ON COMMENTS: 9
We at Clerk of Court Watch need to respond to a Johnson supporter (Albert E. Porter) who wrote a very favorable letter to the editor of the Sandusky Register about Barbara Johnson. You can see the letter here.
First Mr. Porter says, "Recently I've read several letters talking about Mrs. Johnson, Erie County Clerk of Courts, and her handling of the clerk job.
I've learned it is so easy to criticize a person instead of looking at the real problem. The real problem isn't Mrs. Johnson or anybody else can't do anything without the necessary funds. See I have been down there myself and have seen first-hand the hard work Mrs. Johnson and her staff do."
Well, we can at least agree on one thing; her staff does indeed work hard. However, Johnson does not work hard at her job. If she did, her office would not be in the absolutely chaotic state that it is in at this time. It has taken 20 years for that office to get into the mess that it is currently in and that has been during all of Johnson's 6 terms!
Why has the office become so chaotic during Johnson's "tenure?" One of the big reasons is the fact that before the 2008 election, she was rarely in her office and was even overheard telling an employee that she only needs to be in the office 1 day out of 90. And that is exactly what she did! You can not run an office efficiently if you are rarely there. That is one of the reasons why the move from the 2nd and 3rd floors to a smaller space on the 1st floor was such a disaster.
She does not hire in new people to replace ones that retire or leave (even when she has the permission from the Commissioners to do so), she doesn't keep basic office supplies on hand for her staff to use, and then there are the "11 Areas of Concern" articles in our left side-bar. She was elected to lead and manage that office and she has failed miserably in doing so. She is to blame and no one else! The buck stops with her! !
So Mr. Porter, don't try to convince us that she is a hard worker, because the past 20 years she has not proven that. The only thing that she has proven is that she is our "NOTHING" Clerk! As the banner at the top of our website states, "She has done NOTHING over the past 20 plus years, and NOTHING has changed since the 2008 election."
Mr Porter continues: "Now when it comes to Mrs. Johnson personally, I have to look at her character. First she is a born-again Christian, trustworthy, honest, kind and is respectable. Some of us like to point fingers but never even take time to get to know the person."
We have already covered this "Good Christian woman" arguement in this article. Actions speak louder than words Mr. Porter and her "NOTHINGNESS" speaks volumes. As we said in April 2009, "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." Just because she is a Christian does not automatically make her a good manager and leader. Frankly, we don't care if she is Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddahist, Wiccan, or Satist. The bottom line is that she is NOT doing her job, period! ! ! !
Here is another point that we can agree on: Yes, she is a good Christian and she is kind. However, even though she would never deliberately take any money from the county (the trustworthy, honest and respectable issues), she has cost the county millions of dollars by not doing her job. So in that respect, she has robbed the tax payers.
Mr Porter concludes, "Mrs. Johnson is a person who will always give you her very best. I will take people with character any day over people with popularity."
Yes, we too will always take people with character over people that are popular. Barbara Johnson's character is not in question as much as her manager and leadership skills are. And those are two BIGGIES needed to run and operate that office.
As far as Mrs. Johnson always giving us her very best. . . . well, we think this entire website disputes that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
First Mr. Porter says, "Recently I've read several letters talking about Mrs. Johnson, Erie County Clerk of Courts, and her handling of the clerk job.
I've learned it is so easy to criticize a person instead of looking at the real problem. The real problem isn't Mrs. Johnson or anybody else can't do anything without the necessary funds. See I have been down there myself and have seen first-hand the hard work Mrs. Johnson and her staff do."
Well, we can at least agree on one thing; her staff does indeed work hard. However, Johnson does not work hard at her job. If she did, her office would not be in the absolutely chaotic state that it is in at this time. It has taken 20 years for that office to get into the mess that it is currently in and that has been during all of Johnson's 6 terms!
Why has the office become so chaotic during Johnson's "tenure?" One of the big reasons is the fact that before the 2008 election, she was rarely in her office and was even overheard telling an employee that she only needs to be in the office 1 day out of 90. And that is exactly what she did! You can not run an office efficiently if you are rarely there. That is one of the reasons why the move from the 2nd and 3rd floors to a smaller space on the 1st floor was such a disaster.
She does not hire in new people to replace ones that retire or leave (even when she has the permission from the Commissioners to do so), she doesn't keep basic office supplies on hand for her staff to use, and then there are the "11 Areas of Concern" articles in our left side-bar. She was elected to lead and manage that office and she has failed miserably in doing so. She is to blame and no one else! The buck stops with her! !
So Mr. Porter, don't try to convince us that she is a hard worker, because the past 20 years she has not proven that. The only thing that she has proven is that she is our "NOTHING" Clerk! As the banner at the top of our website states, "She has done NOTHING over the past 20 plus years, and NOTHING has changed since the 2008 election."
Mr Porter continues: "Now when it comes to Mrs. Johnson personally, I have to look at her character. First she is a born-again Christian, trustworthy, honest, kind and is respectable. Some of us like to point fingers but never even take time to get to know the person."
We have already covered this "Good Christian woman" arguement in this article. Actions speak louder than words Mr. Porter and her "NOTHINGNESS" speaks volumes. As we said in April 2009, "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." Just because she is a Christian does not automatically make her a good manager and leader. Frankly, we don't care if she is Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddahist, Wiccan, or Satist. The bottom line is that she is NOT doing her job, period! ! ! !
Here is another point that we can agree on: Yes, she is a good Christian and she is kind. However, even though she would never deliberately take any money from the county (the trustworthy, honest and respectable issues), she has cost the county millions of dollars by not doing her job. So in that respect, she has robbed the tax payers.
Mr Porter concludes, "Mrs. Johnson is a person who will always give you her very best. I will take people with character any day over people with popularity."
Yes, we too will always take people with character over people that are popular. Barbara Johnson's character is not in question as much as her manager and leadership skills are. And those are two BIGGIES needed to run and operate that office.
As far as Mrs. Johnson always giving us her very best. . . . well, we think this entire website disputes that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
COMMENTS ON COMMENTS: 8
The recent Sandusky Register article “Records a Wreck: Erie County Clerk of Courts Files Overflow Across the Street,” has had some very interesting comments left by readers. We would like to respond to another of those comments. We love it when Johnson supporters try to defend Johnson.
gramma of many homeschoolers wrote on Feb 23, 2010 10:01 AM:
"Had to check different discussions and seems to me like "noncomformist"states ,. . ."
OK Gramma, we don't know what you are even saying here.
"some people must not have any better things to do with their time than express rude remarks even as late as 3 am on all these blogs (You know who you are)"
I haven't come across any "rude" remarks. Many have expressed their anger and outrage at Barb for doing "NOTHING," but I haven't seen any "rude" remarks.
What difference what time of day people post comments?
"I think in the case of Barb Johnson even Rowdy wanted her out of there for years and he was right As far as the mess I think it's called "passing the buck"
Who is "Rowdy?" As far as "passing the buck," yep, Johnson is passing the buck by saying that she doesn't have enough man-power to do the job even though she has had past opportunities (permission from the Commissioners) to hire more people but failed to act on it. Check our article "Addressing Office Understaffing" which is Part 5 under the 11 Areas of Concern. When all is said and done, Barb was put in charge of the Clerk of Courts Office by the voters of Erie County. As the head of that office, "the Buck" stops with her.
"What about a team effort to get things done No matter who's in charge it's everyones obligation to get the job done as in any other place of employment."
Barbara already has an excellent team in place. It's called her office staff. She only needs to formulate a plan, and then execute that plan through her office staff. The problem is, Barbara is so overwhelmed by this mess, she has absolutely no clue where to start. So in her mind, doing "NOTHING" is better that fixing the problem.
"Come on people give the lady a break!"
We have given Barb Johnson a break for the past 20-plus years! How much more of a break does she need? Gramma, break time is LONG over. It's time to get to work and if Johnson can't do the job (which she has proven far beyond a reasonable doubt) then it's time to get someone in that position that can do the job!
STOP WASTING OUR TAX MONEY! ! !
gramma of many homeschoolers wrote on Feb 23, 2010 10:01 AM:
"Had to check different discussions and seems to me like "noncomformist"states ,. . ."
OK Gramma, we don't know what you are even saying here.
"some people must not have any better things to do with their time than express rude remarks even as late as 3 am on all these blogs (You know who you are)"
I haven't come across any "rude" remarks. Many have expressed their anger and outrage at Barb for doing "NOTHING," but I haven't seen any "rude" remarks.
What difference what time of day people post comments?
"I think in the case of Barb Johnson even Rowdy wanted her out of there for years and he was right As far as the mess I think it's called "passing the buck"
Who is "Rowdy?" As far as "passing the buck," yep, Johnson is passing the buck by saying that she doesn't have enough man-power to do the job even though she has had past opportunities (permission from the Commissioners) to hire more people but failed to act on it. Check our article "Addressing Office Understaffing" which is Part 5 under the 11 Areas of Concern. When all is said and done, Barb was put in charge of the Clerk of Courts Office by the voters of Erie County. As the head of that office, "the Buck" stops with her.
"What about a team effort to get things done No matter who's in charge it's everyones obligation to get the job done as in any other place of employment."
Barbara already has an excellent team in place. It's called her office staff. She only needs to formulate a plan, and then execute that plan through her office staff. The problem is, Barbara is so overwhelmed by this mess, she has absolutely no clue where to start. So in her mind, doing "NOTHING" is better that fixing the problem.
"Come on people give the lady a break!"
We have given Barb Johnson a break for the past 20-plus years! How much more of a break does she need? Gramma, break time is LONG over. It's time to get to work and if Johnson can't do the job (which she has proven far beyond a reasonable doubt) then it's time to get someone in that position that can do the job!
STOP WASTING OUR TAX MONEY! ! !
Monday, February 22, 2010
COMMENTS ON COMMENTS: 7
The recent Sandusky Register article “Records a Wreck: Erie County Clerk of Courts Files Overflow Across the Street,” has had some very interesting comments left by readers. We would like to respond to one of those comments.
Taxpayer wrote on Feb 22, 2010 9:00 AM:
"Let's see. The democrat liberals VOTED Barb Johnson into office.”
In our article “How Did Johnson Win?” we analyzed the 2008 election and how it was that Johnson won. There were many factors that played into her winning in 2008.
“She now BLAMES her performance on the previous Clerk of Courts. Hmm, sounds exactly like the current president.”
I did not notice in this SR article where she blamed the previous Clerk of Courts. As a matter of fact, I know of NO situation or time where Johnson has placed blame on the previous COC. I don’t think she would ever stoop that low. Her only crime is not having any experience, leadership, or managerial skills to do the job that she was elected to do.
“So HOW long has she been in office??”
She is currently serving her 6th term and has been the COC for the past 20-plus years (beginning in 1988).
“How many times will you miserable liberals continue voting her BACK into office??”
Again, read our analysis on the 2008 election mentioned above. However, not enough people knew the horrible job she is doing, so the “complacency voters” just automatically vote for the incumbent instead of doing their homework. It is our hope that this website will educate the voters by 2012 so they know who NOT to vote for!
“This is about the basic concept of PERFORMANCE and being QUALIFIED to do the job. She had PLENTY of TIME to learn the job and IMPROVE the process. All of you GET what you VOTE for…”
We couldn’t agree with you more. As we have mentioned over and over, she is NOT qualified to do this job. The past 20-plus years has proved that. She has had “Plenty of time” to improve her office, but if one is not in the office to improve it, then the office will never improve. That is one of the reasons why we feel she is stealing from the tax payers of Erie County as we talked about in the article “Is Barb Johnson Robbing the Tax Payers?”
Taxpayer wrote on Feb 22, 2010 9:00 AM:
"Let's see. The democrat liberals VOTED Barb Johnson into office.”
In our article “How Did Johnson Win?” we analyzed the 2008 election and how it was that Johnson won. There were many factors that played into her winning in 2008.
“She now BLAMES her performance on the previous Clerk of Courts. Hmm, sounds exactly like the current president.”
I did not notice in this SR article where she blamed the previous Clerk of Courts. As a matter of fact, I know of NO situation or time where Johnson has placed blame on the previous COC. I don’t think she would ever stoop that low. Her only crime is not having any experience, leadership, or managerial skills to do the job that she was elected to do.
“So HOW long has she been in office??”
She is currently serving her 6th term and has been the COC for the past 20-plus years (beginning in 1988).
“How many times will you miserable liberals continue voting her BACK into office??”
Again, read our analysis on the 2008 election mentioned above. However, not enough people knew the horrible job she is doing, so the “complacency voters” just automatically vote for the incumbent instead of doing their homework. It is our hope that this website will educate the voters by 2012 so they know who NOT to vote for!
“This is about the basic concept of PERFORMANCE and being QUALIFIED to do the job. She had PLENTY of TIME to learn the job and IMPROVE the process. All of you GET what you VOTE for…”
We couldn’t agree with you more. As we have mentioned over and over, she is NOT qualified to do this job. The past 20-plus years has proved that. She has had “Plenty of time” to improve her office, but if one is not in the office to improve it, then the office will never improve. That is one of the reasons why we feel she is stealing from the tax payers of Erie County as we talked about in the article “Is Barb Johnson Robbing the Tax Payers?”
COMMENTS ON COMMENTS: 6
The recent Sandusky Register article “Records a Wreck: Erie County Clerk of Courts Files Overflow Across the Street,” has had some very interesting comments left by readers. We would like to respond to one of those comments.
One of our favorite comments came from “Santownresident.”
Santownresident wrote on Feb 21, 2010 5:12 PM:
"Im not a bleeding heart friend and i could care less if she's to blame or not. I just chose to speculate on the glass being half filled rather than half empty.”
Well Santownresident, you should care and you should care greatly since it is YOUR tax money being wasted. We covered that topic in the article “Is Barb Johnson Robbing the Tax Payers?”
As we mentioned in that article, during her first 20 years in office, she has literally thrown about $2 MILLION dollars out the window. That is $2 MILLION of YOUR money. What a waste!
“Innocent until proven guilty. Who knows how and why it went down other than the folks that work there.”
Santownresident, you don’t need to work there to know that she is “guilty as charged.” One does not need to work there to see that she is NOT doing her job. Just walk into that office and you can see for yourself. Go on the Erie County COC website and see for yourself that she STILL does not have records on line. What are we paying her to do? Our “NOTHING” Clerk only knows how to do one thing, and that is “NOTHING.”
"I think people are quick to paint her as lazy. . .”
No we here at COC Watch do not think she is lazy. She is underqualified, has no experience, has no leadership skills, and has no managerial skills to do the job. As a result, she is overwhelmed by the mess and has no idea or clue how to fix it. Lazy, she is not.
“. . .because.....ok here it comes....(the race card)....she's BLACK! There i said it, yea that's right! lol. "
We’ve been waiting for someone to pull the old “Race Card” out. The Race Card ploy is sooo old and lame now days. Not many people even pay attention to that none-sense anymore. We don’t care what color, race, or sex someone is. If you are not doing the job, then you do not deserve to have it. And Barbara Johnson has proved over the past 20 years that she can not do the job. Here’s a little “inside information” for you Santownresident, if we are successful in getting Barb out of office in 2012, then the next government official we are thinking of “exposing” is a WHITE MALE! ! ! (who will remain nameless at this time). Imagine that! !
People that use the race card only use it because they have been defeated and have no other defense to use. Why don't you or any other Johnson supporter comment on one of the "11 Areas of Concern" where the "Meat and substance" of our arguments are instead of grabbing at strings with the race card? Never mind, I'll answer that for you; it's because you can not argue against the truth and the facts that we have on this site, that's why.
You’ll have to do much better than the old “Race Card” trick with us!
One of our favorite comments came from “Santownresident.”
Santownresident wrote on Feb 21, 2010 5:12 PM:
"Im not a bleeding heart friend and i could care less if she's to blame or not. I just chose to speculate on the glass being half filled rather than half empty.”
Well Santownresident, you should care and you should care greatly since it is YOUR tax money being wasted. We covered that topic in the article “Is Barb Johnson Robbing the Tax Payers?”
As we mentioned in that article, during her first 20 years in office, she has literally thrown about $2 MILLION dollars out the window. That is $2 MILLION of YOUR money. What a waste!
“Innocent until proven guilty. Who knows how and why it went down other than the folks that work there.”
Santownresident, you don’t need to work there to know that she is “guilty as charged.” One does not need to work there to see that she is NOT doing her job. Just walk into that office and you can see for yourself. Go on the Erie County COC website and see for yourself that she STILL does not have records on line. What are we paying her to do? Our “NOTHING” Clerk only knows how to do one thing, and that is “NOTHING.”
"I think people are quick to paint her as lazy. . .”
No we here at COC Watch do not think she is lazy. She is underqualified, has no experience, has no leadership skills, and has no managerial skills to do the job. As a result, she is overwhelmed by the mess and has no idea or clue how to fix it. Lazy, she is not.
“. . .because.....ok here it comes....(the race card)....she's BLACK! There i said it, yea that's right! lol. "
We’ve been waiting for someone to pull the old “Race Card” out. The Race Card ploy is sooo old and lame now days. Not many people even pay attention to that none-sense anymore. We don’t care what color, race, or sex someone is. If you are not doing the job, then you do not deserve to have it. And Barbara Johnson has proved over the past 20 years that she can not do the job. Here’s a little “inside information” for you Santownresident, if we are successful in getting Barb out of office in 2012, then the next government official we are thinking of “exposing” is a WHITE MALE! ! ! (who will remain nameless at this time). Imagine that! !
People that use the race card only use it because they have been defeated and have no other defense to use. Why don't you or any other Johnson supporter comment on one of the "11 Areas of Concern" where the "Meat and substance" of our arguments are instead of grabbing at strings with the race card? Never mind, I'll answer that for you; it's because you can not argue against the truth and the facts that we have on this site, that's why.
You’ll have to do much better than the old “Race Card” trick with us!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
SR GOES AFTER JOHNSON. . . AGAIN !
Kudos to The Sandusky Register for again going after Barb Johnson and exposed a little more of her incompetence. This time it was in regards to the “Court Records a Wreck.”
Of course we already covered that here Part 8 in the 11 Areas of Concern.
Allow us to comment on a few things from the article.
1) “An online blog is devoted to discussing her job performance and was recently updated with an evaluation giving her an overall grade of “D.”
Actually, in the Quarterly Report Card: Fall 2009, we gave her a “D-” (D-Minus), one step away from total and complete failure which she just might achieve for the Winter Quarter Report Card!
It would have been nice if the SR actually recognized us by name along with the web address for those that might want to read more about this travesty!
2) Johnson said, “We do what we have to do…”
That’s right Barb. Doing “NOTHING” is all you are capable of doing! ! ! If you had been at your job back 5-7 years ago when the county was planning on moving the COC office and had actually DONE YOUR JOB, perhaps you wouldn’t be in this mess now! ! Instead, your lack of leadership and management has caused the COC office to be moved from small office space on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the court house to a SMALLER space on the first floor! ! What WERE you thinking! ? ! ? ! ?
3) “The records include civil, criminal and domestic case files dating back to the 1960’s, though most are from the ‘70s to the late ‘90s. Most stored in cardboard boxes – thousands of boxes containing tens of thousands of records.”
As we mentioned earlier, we covered this here back in August of 2009:
4) “In her 20 years as the county’s clerk of courts, Johnson said she’s never had the man – power to clean up the stacks of records.”
It is her JOB and RESPONSIBILITY to come up with a plan and execute that plan, instead of doing “NOTHING” which is what she does about everything! Oh sure, blame it on lack of man-power. However, as we mentioned in March of 2009 here the lack of manpower is YOUR own doing. Also, we have learned that you have permission to hire 3 more people and so far you have hired ONE! How’s that working out for you Barb?
5) “Few, if any, of the records have been archived or scanned into microfilm. In most cases, the paper records are the county’s only copy.”
We also covered this in March of 2009 here
A fire in the Hedges Building would destroy ALL of those records! That is pathetic and unexcusable! !
6) “Johnson said this has been her only option for records storage in recent years.”
Yes, if you can’t think OUTSIDE the box. . . or maybe if you are so incompetent that you can’t even think INSIDE the box. . . or perhaps she doesn’t even know how to think, period! ! ! ! THINK BARBARA, THINK! ! ! ! ! You can do it, I know you can! You have it in you SOMEWHERE. . . .well. . . . . . . . . . .maybe not. . . . . . . . . . .
7) Johnson said, “It’d be better to have everything in one place.” That’s a given. But this is the next best thing.”
No Barbara, having a clerk who gets paid $54,000 a year AND DOES THEIR JOB, is the best thing we the tax payers (and payers of YOUR salary) should have! ! ! ! There should be no “next best thing!”
Back on October 29, 2008, the SR had an online “Q&A Live: Clerk of Courts candidates answer your questions” and it was published here.
The first question was: What exactly does a Clerk of Court do?
Johnson answered: “The office is called Clerk of Courts. We are the record keepers for the court. In Common Pleas, Civil, Domestic, and Criminal Cases; file liens, receive passport applications, file notary commission . . .”
“We are the record keepers for the court.” That is what she said. And now you know how well she keeps those records!
The second question asked that night was: Can you name 4 qualifications that you have to be the Clerk of Courts?
Johnson answered, “I have worked in all areas of the office; started with titles, legal department, bookkeeper, and became Chief Deputy and Clerk of Courts. I have actually (sic) performed jobs in every area of the Clerks office. This is a job where experience matters, and my background allows me to lead with confidence and the needed expertise.”
Now, I don’t know about you, but I see NO experience with Johnson at the helm of that office. I see NO such leading with confidence, and I absolutely see NO expertise coming from her. She has proven this time after time after time. I don’t know how much more obvious she can make it that she is neither qualified, has no experience, and has no leadership or managerial skills needed to do this job!
As a matter of fact, the incompetence of this woman is absolutely mind-boggling! !
Of course we already covered that here Part 8 in the 11 Areas of Concern.
Allow us to comment on a few things from the article.
1) “An online blog is devoted to discussing her job performance and was recently updated with an evaluation giving her an overall grade of “D.”
Actually, in the Quarterly Report Card: Fall 2009, we gave her a “D-” (D-Minus), one step away from total and complete failure which she just might achieve for the Winter Quarter Report Card!
It would have been nice if the SR actually recognized us by name along with the web address for those that might want to read more about this travesty!
2) Johnson said, “We do what we have to do…”
That’s right Barb. Doing “NOTHING” is all you are capable of doing! ! ! If you had been at your job back 5-7 years ago when the county was planning on moving the COC office and had actually DONE YOUR JOB, perhaps you wouldn’t be in this mess now! ! Instead, your lack of leadership and management has caused the COC office to be moved from small office space on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the court house to a SMALLER space on the first floor! ! What WERE you thinking! ? ! ? ! ?
3) “The records include civil, criminal and domestic case files dating back to the 1960’s, though most are from the ‘70s to the late ‘90s. Most stored in cardboard boxes – thousands of boxes containing tens of thousands of records.”
As we mentioned earlier, we covered this here back in August of 2009:
4) “In her 20 years as the county’s clerk of courts, Johnson said she’s never had the man – power to clean up the stacks of records.”
It is her JOB and RESPONSIBILITY to come up with a plan and execute that plan, instead of doing “NOTHING” which is what she does about everything! Oh sure, blame it on lack of man-power. However, as we mentioned in March of 2009 here the lack of manpower is YOUR own doing. Also, we have learned that you have permission to hire 3 more people and so far you have hired ONE! How’s that working out for you Barb?
5) “Few, if any, of the records have been archived or scanned into microfilm. In most cases, the paper records are the county’s only copy.”
We also covered this in March of 2009 here
A fire in the Hedges Building would destroy ALL of those records! That is pathetic and unexcusable! !
6) “Johnson said this has been her only option for records storage in recent years.”
Yes, if you can’t think OUTSIDE the box. . . or maybe if you are so incompetent that you can’t even think INSIDE the box. . . or perhaps she doesn’t even know how to think, period! ! ! ! THINK BARBARA, THINK! ! ! ! ! You can do it, I know you can! You have it in you SOMEWHERE. . . .well. . . . . . . . . . .maybe not. . . . . . . . . . .
7) Johnson said, “It’d be better to have everything in one place.” That’s a given. But this is the next best thing.”
No Barbara, having a clerk who gets paid $54,000 a year AND DOES THEIR JOB, is the best thing we the tax payers (and payers of YOUR salary) should have! ! ! ! There should be no “next best thing!”
Back on October 29, 2008, the SR had an online “Q&A Live: Clerk of Courts candidates answer your questions” and it was published here.
The first question was: What exactly does a Clerk of Court do?
Johnson answered: “The office is called Clerk of Courts. We are the record keepers for the court. In Common Pleas, Civil, Domestic, and Criminal Cases; file liens, receive passport applications, file notary commission . . .”
“We are the record keepers for the court.” That is what she said. And now you know how well she keeps those records!
The second question asked that night was: Can you name 4 qualifications that you have to be the Clerk of Courts?
Johnson answered, “I have worked in all areas of the office; started with titles, legal department, bookkeeper, and became Chief Deputy and Clerk of Courts. I have actually (sic) performed jobs in every area of the Clerks office. This is a job where experience matters, and my background allows me to lead with confidence and the needed expertise.”
Now, I don’t know about you, but I see NO experience with Johnson at the helm of that office. I see NO such leading with confidence, and I absolutely see NO expertise coming from her. She has proven this time after time after time. I don’t know how much more obvious she can make it that she is neither qualified, has no experience, and has no leadership or managerial skills needed to do this job!
As a matter of fact, the incompetence of this woman is absolutely mind-boggling! !
COMING SOON! !
Coming Soon! Reaction to the recent Sandusky Register article, "Court Records a Wreck."
Stay tuned ladies and gentlemen, this will be good! !
Stay tuned ladies and gentlemen, this will be good! !
Friday, January 15, 2010
SR GOES AFTER JOHNSON
Well, it looks as if the Sandusky Register has gone after Johnson about her lack of response on the SR's records request. Check out the SR article here. We already covered this topic in this article where we stated,
"Notice to the Sandusky Register: Do not expect to receive that public records request - EVER. Why? The answer is simple: our "NOTHING" clerk will NEVER, EVER get around to getting that information to you because she is way too busy doing. . . . . . well . . . . . NOTHING . . . . . . . . . . "
Again, our "NOTHING" clerk, who get's paid $54,000 a year to do "NOTHING," is doing "NOTHING." The evidence is just sooooo glaring!
This current act of not doing her job should surprise no one as it has been going on for the past 20+ years. The SR should not sit back and wait for these records to come forth because, like everything else in that office, it just won't happen.
Barb should stop prolonging the agony and just retire IMMEDIATELY! ! Within the past 2 years, there have been a few of her best employees retire. Instead, it should have been Johnson that retired leaving her best employees and a newly appointed COC to clean up her mess!
"Notice to the Sandusky Register: Do not expect to receive that public records request - EVER. Why? The answer is simple: our "NOTHING" clerk will NEVER, EVER get around to getting that information to you because she is way too busy doing. . . . . . well . . . . . NOTHING . . . . . . . . . . "
Again, our "NOTHING" clerk, who get's paid $54,000 a year to do "NOTHING," is doing "NOTHING." The evidence is just sooooo glaring!
This current act of not doing her job should surprise no one as it has been going on for the past 20+ years. The SR should not sit back and wait for these records to come forth because, like everything else in that office, it just won't happen.
Barb should stop prolonging the agony and just retire IMMEDIATELY! ! Within the past 2 years, there have been a few of her best employees retire. Instead, it should have been Johnson that retired leaving her best employees and a newly appointed COC to clean up her mess!
Monday, January 4, 2010
QUARTERLY REPORT CARD: FALL 2009
Below you will find Barb Johnson's grade card for her job performance for the period of October - December 2009.
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 9
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 4
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 1
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
As you can see, compared with the previous summer quarter, she has stayed the same. Last quarter, her overall grade was a D-. This quarter's overall grade is also a D-. She did have improvement in one area: We gave her a C- in addressing office understaffing because she did hire someone to replace Sandra Brown in the Title Dept. She hired someone with no experience and sent them to another county (we think it was Lorain County) for an extended period of time to be trained. Our question is, who is paying this person while they are being trained in Lorain County? Erie County or Lorain County? Another question is when is she going to hire someone to replace Judy (who retired in Spring of 2008), Yvette (who left in August 2009) and Anita (who retired December 2009)?
However, even though there was one small improvement in one area, and stayed the same with her attendance, there is nothing new in the other areas where she received "0." It just goes to show you that our "NOTHING" clerk is, for the most part, still doing "NOTHING" and getting paid by us, the tax payers for doing "NOTHING." I just wish we could get more work out of her for what we are paying her - you know, that $54,000 per year salary.
Now come on, really, would you expect anything more from our “NOTHING” clerk?
Too bad, and so sad; especially since OUR tax money is paying her to do “NOTHING” about everything.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?
ITEM GRADE
1. Attendance 9
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 4
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 1
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
As you can see, compared with the previous summer quarter, she has stayed the same. Last quarter, her overall grade was a D-. This quarter's overall grade is also a D-. She did have improvement in one area: We gave her a C- in addressing office understaffing because she did hire someone to replace Sandra Brown in the Title Dept. She hired someone with no experience and sent them to another county (we think it was Lorain County) for an extended period of time to be trained. Our question is, who is paying this person while they are being trained in Lorain County? Erie County or Lorain County? Another question is when is she going to hire someone to replace Judy (who retired in Spring of 2008), Yvette (who left in August 2009) and Anita (who retired December 2009)?
However, even though there was one small improvement in one area, and stayed the same with her attendance, there is nothing new in the other areas where she received "0." It just goes to show you that our "NOTHING" clerk is, for the most part, still doing "NOTHING" and getting paid by us, the tax payers for doing "NOTHING." I just wish we could get more work out of her for what we are paying her - you know, that $54,000 per year salary.
Now come on, really, would you expect anything more from our “NOTHING” clerk?
Too bad, and so sad; especially since OUR tax money is paying her to do “NOTHING” about everything.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?
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