http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/viewpoint/your_viewpoint/article_55c55658-c51b-11e5-ad0b-af203d3ac573.html Park regulations bypassed This is an open letter to the newly formed Geauga Park District Board of Commissioners: I would like to welcome Len Barker and Jackie Dottore to […]
Letters to the Editor: Maple Leaf, Jan. 28
Letters to the Editor Left Wondering “Come Home to Nature” is the Geauga Park District theme for 2016. Director John Oros must not have gotten the memo, as evidenced by his decision […]
Congress “celebrates” national parks centennial with anti-parks measure
https://wilderness.org/blog/congress-%E2%80%9Ccelebrates%E2%80%9D-national-parks-centennial-anti-parks-measure Editor’s Note: The problems we are dealing with in Geauga County are symptomatic of a much wider movement to grab publicly owned lands and exploit them in the private sector for the […]
Past Snowmobile Complaints
In response to the Geauga Park District’s decision to allow snowmobiling at Observatory Park, I made a public records request to the Park District for all citations issued and complaints made regarding […]
Observatory Park Update
The barricades, signs and even permanent trail markers are in place at Observatory Park. The snowmobile access that we were told by John Oros would begin in February is apparently effective immediately. […]
Cleveland.com Editorial Calls for Removal of Parks from Probate Court
In a scathing editorial this morning, Cleveland.com was sharply critical of the conduct of Judge Timothy Grendell and called for the removal of control of county park districts from the jurisdiction of probate […]
Snowmobilers Get Exclusive Use of Observatory Park Trail
True to form, the statement by John Oros at the January 12 Parks Board meeting that snowmobiles would be permitted to use a trail at Observatory Park on a trial basis beginning […]
Court Gives Commissioners Non-Existent Account to Transfer Money
Geauga County Maple Leaf Geauga County Maple Leaf January 21, 2016 by John Karlovec Geauga County Commissioners said this week they are willing to work collaboratively with the county juvenile court […]
Letters to Editor Chagrin Valley Times January 21, 2016
Explanation owed to people When Observatory Park got its designation as a dark-sky park, the dedication speech said, “There is nothing in the world which can compare to Observatory Park.” […]
COUNTY LINE: Protesters could try new tactic
Chagrin Valley Times January 21, 2016 BY DAVE LANGE COUNTY LINE A radical group of malcontents has been running about Geauga County for the past year and a half. They’ve been employing […]

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