A FOIA request filed with the city of Xenia revealed internal documents, correspondence, contracts and discussions containing disturbing elements:
- City of Xenia awarded no-bid contracts in violation of its own policies and city laws.
- City of Xenia spent $4,000 of taxpayers funds on a biased community survey which was in fact a front for reading the community's possible response for a planned tax increase, and a clearly inappropriate spending of city funds.
- City of Xenia spent $25,000 of taxpayers funds on a consultant to help sell the tax levy to the community, in apparent violation of Ohio Elections laws.
- City of Xenia is using a "fact sheet" and the monthly utilities mailing process as means to advertise and promote the planned tax increase, in apparent violation of Ohio Elections law.
- Rather than giving citizens honest and heart-to-heart answers, the City of Xenia is using a secret internal document called "TALKING POINTS" marked "***NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION***" which contains canned answers provided by outside consultants who are not even residents of Xenia, aimed at promoting and advertising Issue 7 by the city, in apparent violation of Ohio Election laws.
Copies of these documents and more will be made available here on this website, and we are counting on YOU, the resident of Xenia to step up and say "enough" to this kind of non-chalant attitude by City Management towards you and your hard-earned income.
The Council has wasted millions---while they paint curbs yellow in the fall in places not needed. They violate sunshine laws. The new Mayor and Councilmember Smith were barely swore in and convinced by Felton and otehrs to vote to increase fees and ask for more taxes-- take away from the children and reduce services is not the way--why is it Fairborn is fine and Xenia is not???
ReplyDeleteAfter reviewing all the evidence and reading the newspaper, the Law Director who is in violation of the City Charter by not living in the City must resign. The City Manager, Finance Director and the so called "Council" must go for over spending, mis-use of their office, using the Fire and Police in a political way and attempting to pull this fraud on the Voters.
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