Category: Board of Commissioners
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OI Provides Golden Parachute for Loyalists
The final act of Ottawa Impact majority was to grant generous severance to Deputy Administrator Ben Wetmore and Executive Aide Jordan Epperson. The deal was previously approved on December 10th, but a lawsuit was filed in an attempt to block the payouts. A re-vote was taken December 20th because of the lawsuit’s allegations. Ben Wetmore…
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Ottawa Impact And The Kallman Legal Group
The Kallman Legal Group is notorious for championing conservative causes such as challenging the state’s shutdown orders during COVID-19 and defending businesses that deny services to LGBTQ people based on religious beliefs. They were appointed immediately after the takeover of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners by Ottawa Impact in January 2022 without consideration for…
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Ottawa County OI Administrator Nomination Committee Spirals Out of Control
The Timeline Ottawa Impact IS an HR Disaster Since the takeover of Ottawa County Board of Commissioners by OI candidates, the hiring and firing practices of Ottawa County have spawned unqualified loyalist candidates and improper hiring practices resulting in numerous lawsuits. The road begins with the appointment of John Gibbs, an unqualified candidate who took…
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Make America Stupid Again
If you find the title to this post offensive, you should. Then you should also find it offensive that Donald Trump, the candidate for president from the Republican party ran around the country for four years yelling fraud when he was told by his own people it was not true and knew that significant fraud…
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Committee to replace John Gibbs
The Ottawa Impact Only Club Strikes Again The Ottawa Impact dominated Board of Commissioners is finally getting around to replacing their misguided appointment of John Gibbs. If you have forgotten what a mess that was, let me remind you here. Not only did they fire John Gibbs back in February but we can still look…
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Ottawa County Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit
“The county was aware of alleged comments made by Mr. Gibbs that led the county to believe that it could not successfully defend against the claims of age discrimination. Therefore, it was in the best interest of the county to resolve the Kimball matter.” – Joe Moss The lawsuit against Ottawa County by 49-year-old Ryan…
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There are Worse Things Than Democrats
When religion lies down with politics, it rises up as Christian Nationalism Ottawa County has been ordered to pay health officer Adeline Hambley’s $188k legal fees. Yet another very bad decision, just one in a string of many bad decisions made during Ottawa Impact commissioners’ reign the last two years. Ottawa County is not unique.…
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Ottawa Impact Systemic Denialism
After the Republican Primary vote of August 6th, where out of the nine Ottawa Impact endorsed candidates for Commissioner only four will continue on to the general election, you might expect a ‘come to Jesus’ moment. You would be wrong. Blaming Democrats and the media, Joe Moss blogs on the Ottawa Impact website they intend…
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Extremists Lose in Ottawa County
The message Ottawa Impact has constantly perpetuated after the last election that swept them into a Commissioner Board majority: Ottawa County has given us a mandate. They voted us in, this is what the people want. In this primary, the people have spoken loud and clear. Regardless of party, the people of Ottawa County do…
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OI: Not only Extreme but Expensive!
A flyer mailed to residents of Ottawa County summarizes the ongoing issue facing Ottawa County this election season. Not only are Ottawa Impact Commissioners ideologically extreme – they are expensive. Regardless of your religion or politics, no one wants to see their property taxes sky rocket to fund government waste. These increases are not to…