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TOO ALL MY CONSTITUENTS:
I would like to try to explain what is really happening to the City Council and Committee meetings. I am a setting member at City Council. A seat that I value with PRIDE and HONESTY. That seat, “my seat” has been under attack since the Council had ask for the financial records of the BRATWURST FESTIVAL.
Adam Heinlen came to council and talked about what is all involved with volunteers etc. His main concern is this. Is the city going to make the taxpayers eat the cost of the Safety Service and garbage pickup for the 3 days of the festival. Why were the taxpayers eating that cost? The festival is the Festival Board event not, the city of Bucyrus.
I am an open book, stating that I believe the festival SHOULD BE paying for the services. After that all colors of hell came at me in so many ways. The same was being done to Kurt (council president).
The next council meeting Adam Heinlen comes to the podium. Still pushing for the citizens to soak up the expense of the services and cleanup crew. And then he informs council how really upset he was that a council member can call and harass him at work. That did not happen. He pushed for council to vote me off council. I confronted Mr. Heinlen while still at the podium. I told him I did not harass him at work because I never talked to him. And I was doing what the lady who answered the phone told me to do. Call back the next day. I also assured him that I will not publicly apologize to him, and suggested he needed to apologize to the city for all this.
It was at that time the “MOB” was created. Clarissa Slater was in charge. She also put together 3 different Facebook groups all aimed at Kurt, Elmer and me. And they were named with me in mind. In the group member list, there is 3 city police, Galion Dispatcher, the Wirebaugh family including the minor children. Four council members and their families. Private Groups with member approval.
I have filed a Protection Order on Miss Slater through the courts.
I feel as if Clarissa Slater came with the vision of Hijacking council and the administration. She has council redoing our Rule of Procedure. Attacking Kurts business over cameras and etc. She was going after his business.
For me it got so bad that for every false comment she accused me of I was doing record request to prove it never happen. For example. Clarissa put it in a report that she had talked to a “Mandatory Reporter” at the CCBDD and was told that there were 3 police investigations, felony investigations. being done on my care of Mr. Cotsmire. I go to CCBDD and did a records request for the proof. Once again, that did not happen.
My reason for missing the meetings is because of the restraining order. I will not go anywhere that Clarissa is allowed to be. Council Meetings is the place she antagonizes me, harasses me and etc. They come for the purpose to get me to lose my temper.
The order is filed, I am excited to be able to call witnesses. LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO MADE DEROGATORY REMARKS TOWARDS ME, better have proof to cover their comments. After the CPO, we will be putting my defamation, harassing, falsifying police reports, false accusations, just to get started.
I want the city council to come back and do the people’s business, (NOT) Clarissa Slaters. We need the administration to get back to the people’s needs, not Clarissa Slaters.
This was a planned attack on council by Clarissa Slater and her “mob”.
I want to come back to council meetings, but not without a policeman present.
I am fighting for my integrity and who I am.
I believe that just maybe the Ad Hoc could redo COUNCIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA. REVISIT the cell phone at meetings. It is time that council gets serious.
I want to apologize to my constituents and the same hand I am asking them to continue to stand with me, believe in me and NEVER forget that YOUR VOICE IS MY VOICE!
Follow this story, I will keep you aware of what is going on between council members and the groups/with members in it.
Thank you for your time and know that we can get through this together!
MY OPINION ONLY!
Carolyn J Flynn Shireman
Council at Large
1065 E. Beal Ave 54
Bucyrus, Ohio 44820