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Dearborn County Public Forum
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Subject: PAWS and Charities in D.C.


Author:
Just a thought
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Date Posted: 08:10:26 11/29/11 Tue
This is the season of giving. Pets don't celebrate religious holidays, nor do they need to provide for others as many families and charities do, and yet PAWS is the only charity County bends over backwards to ensure success.

The Chamber and Council could encourage assistance to other, more needy charities serving wider causes. PAWS has a good balance sheet. Most of the charities do not. PAWS has been given over 1 million dollars by County.

The County appears so busy justifying the grants for PAWS, and even soliciting for them, that they cannot give due attention to some of the other worthy charities who are in dire need. PAWS should not take this personally as they tend to do.
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Subject: Special Prosecutor in Doug Taylor Case


Author:
background
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Date Posted: 09:30:44 11/29/11 Tue
Daniel J Sigler- info:

http://www.bgswlaw.com/attorneys/djsigler.htm
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Subject: Dan's 1st Blog from State Prison


Author:
Matt Brewington
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Date Posted: 22:05:23 11/03/11 Thu
A link to Dan's Adventures in Taking on the Family Courts
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Subject: Prosecutor advertizes for WSCH EAGLE radio?


Author:
conflicted or connected
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Date Posted: 09:26:54 11/18/11 Fri
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prosecutor-Aaron-Negangard/122125687813874
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Subject: Justification or Rationalization in suppressing free speech?


Author:
Anonymous said...
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Date Posted: 17:40:32 11/11/11 Fri
Ever consider the possibility that McCaleb told his attorney and his attorney helped him write the letter? We attorneys do things like that you know. Also, attorneys can't talk about what goes on in cases to defend themselves, nor can judges, nor can psychologists, because we are all protected by codes of ethics that require us to keep our clients or our patients secrets. With the exception of a criminal case such as this, there was no way that these judges, lawyers and psychologists and their families who had been harrassed by this man and his hangers on for years could ever let the public know the truth of the hell these types of people put them through. Brewington is the extreme of the extreme, but every attorney and mental health professional and judge has experienced this and most of us have had some genunine moments where we have feared for our lives or the safety of our families. I have a child considering law school and another one considering becoming a therapist. I really don't know why. My kid in the military may be safer.

Originally @ http://dearborncounty.blogspot.com/2011/11/joseph-mccaleb-letter-from-brewington.html?showComment=1320903444373#c942072379385361110
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Subject: Lawyers


Author:
Kojac (Bunfugled)
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Date Posted: 21:55:09 10/24/11 Mon
You lawyers there in Dearborn don`t even realize what you have done!! Do you have any idea who or how many people are watching you, or do you even care! When people cant speak they`re minds then they act! Its not Dan hurting you, its your own actions, he just gave you the bait and you took it! Now he can help kids and family`s across the country! This case will make the books, makes no difference, or does it!! I know for a fact that prosecutors can offer lower time for people doing favors for them! Lets just hope these prosecutors don`t think they are immune from prosecution, because i can assure you they are not! What is public knowledge? What is private? What is a warrantless search? A person can stand in the street and look boldly in your window with a telescope and its public knowledge! Private would be doing it from on the property! Warrantless search is using PC programs to enter personal PC`s without identifiable probable cause! A prosecutor told me that the Attn. Gen. said he could do these things because who is going to prosecute them! So now that gives them free rein to do what they wish! Hearsay of course! Catch!! We the people will not stand for these actions! When fish get hooked sometimes they shake the hook out,just to be eaten by a bigger fish,some get put in the pan!! Dearborn lawyers Dan has you hooked whether you realize it or not, and you just sent a message to every veteran, soldier in this country and our allies that they are fighting or have fought for absolutly nothing, WE THE PEOPLE need to make an example of you, by imprisoning you, taking your family farm, and not giving you a chance to a fair trial, or maybe you could just jump from a bridge or do the public a favor and move to North Korea! In my humble oppinion the lawyers involved in this case are, i better not say, might get put in prison for five yrs. WHAT BLOOMING IDIOTS! JURY TOO!!
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Subject: Playoffs


Author:
Who Dey
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Date Posted: 21:22:25 11/27/11 Sun
How about those Bengals, WHO DEY!!!!!!
Subject: CONLEY CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT


Author:
Eagle News reports:
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Date Posted: 08:40:08 11/15/11 Tue
Arguments in the Andrew Conley sentencing appeal were heard by the Indiana Supreme Court Monday in South Bend.
Conley, now 19, was convicted of murdering his 10-year-old brother Conner in their Ohio County home in November 2009 when he was 17.
Lawyers for Conley argue that Ohio Circuit Court Judge James Humphrey wrongly weighed Conley's mental health when handing down a sentenced of life without parole after Conley pleaded guilty to murder in October 2010.
Those lawyers say three mental experts who analyzed Conley said he had mental illness. Prosecutors argued he was faking.
“So there was a thinking that ‘We need to give this juvenile a life sentence because we are Afraid that he’s a psychopath and if we don’t give him a life sentence he might come out and kill again,’ ” defense lawyer Leanna Weissmann told the Indiana Supreme Court, according to the Associated Press.
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Subject: Elections


Author:
cbm
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Date Posted: 08:13:40 11/09/11 Wed
Now that city elections are over- is everyone happy?
East in Cincinnati got some fresh young faces on Council.
Some questions have been raised on this discussion page regarding monetary expenditures of taxpayer and casino(also taxpayer) money. Some more questions were raised regarding employees of a political entity running for office in that entity and keeping BOTH their job and their office if elected.
These types of questions have been raised for nearly all 16 years I have been watching county government, and yet our elected officials do NOTHING about it.
Printing the annual state board of accounts reports in the paper for each city and the county might help. Getting state law fixed on employees holding office would help.
Just some thoughts.
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Subject: Taxes owed on county website


Author:
taxpayer
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Date Posted: 18:10:19 11/17/11 Thu
http://www.dearborntax.net/(S(xi01stzk2mntyv55lsnczmye))/content/TaxInfoFP2.aspx?cid=31&tid=21696425&sc=Hedrick&styp=name
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Subject: An observation for those who feel threatened by internet


Author:
XXX
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Date Posted: 06:47:25 11/17/11 Thu
Dear Commissioner _ _ _,
You recently fixed something.
You took your young son's photo off of your facebook. The photo popped up people's facebooks with your name/titles and your son's vulnerable looking photo. It was possibly the most oddly inappropriate place you could put your son's photo depicted all by himself. I almost contacted you about it.
I publicly post this because officials need to use common sense if they want to maintain an expectation of certain privacies. You should not throw info. out there unless you want everyone trolling the internet to see it.
Subject: Mr. Hughes unzoning/unplanning project


Author:
NO!!
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Date Posted: 09:49:37 11/05/11 Sat
Dear Mr. Hughes,
Zoning already allows conditional use/variances with caveats allowing land owners to do just about anything AS LONG AS IT IS RESPONSIBLE (and sometimes even when it's not).
The land use plan might need updating, but many of us would like to see the professionals do this without any interference from those who might have profit motives and personal agenda. You are talking not only about your agenda, but about OUR community, and the future quality of the area.
You state you are concerned with "special interests" controlling the land use plan. What could be a more harmful "special interest group" than you or those who want to remove the objectivity of zoning and replace it with loopholes to get around a sensible plan, which is often at the expense of the community.
Strong Professional Zoning/planning is strong in every decent community you can find. I have seen the area headed in the right direction in recent years. Please let our zoning/planning do the jobs they are trained for!!
Bad planning leads to failed businesses, bad neighborhoods, empty buildings and unsuccessful strip malls. This describes some of the areas in our community. All this is costly to all of us.
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Subject: Dearborn County AKA the Bermuda Triangle


Author:
Maxine
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Date Posted: 19:15:34 11/07/11 Mon
In the Nov 1 commissioners meeting McHenry said Dearborn County is called the Bermuda Triangle, once you get caught over here you are never coming back.
Anyone think that's funny?
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Subject: Poor oversight and consequences


Author:
This bothered me, am I alone?
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Date Posted: 07:03:26 11/16/11 Wed
How does this make you feel? Wonder how the kids are doing, if they will ever recover?
This the kind of thing we could be endorsing if we allow the local Govt. to run rampant with little regard for rights. Fill us in if there is an excuse for this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwvUaRqc
Subject: Now there's a turn of events


Author:
Observer (another twist)
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Date Posted: 23:58:48 11/07/11 Mon
Brewington Voluntarily Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Without Prejudice Today

Say What?!
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Subject: I'll Always Hold My Head Up High


Author:
Matt Brewington
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Date Posted: 11:51:41 10/22/11 Sat
A final post from Dan before sentencing
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Subject: Greendale Election


Author:
Oscar
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Date Posted: 14:49:46 11/04/11 Fri
An open letter to the voters of Greendale.

I will make this short and sweet as to not take of more of anyone’s time than is necessary. The city of Greendale needs new leadership, and it needs it now. Morale within our city departments is at an all time low and I implore you, the citizens of Greendale, to have the courage to make changes at the polls this November. The good old boy network has to come to an end. The question you must ask yourself is how you can justify the re-election of a Mayor that has the following in his immediate background:
Fact 1.) The sitting Mayor (Douglas Hedrick), and his appointed city attorney (Richard Butler), have several thousands of dollars of unpaid property taxes on several pieces of property. What would happen to you or me?
Fact 2.) The sitting Mayor and the city attorney have applied for and are in the process of receiving grant money in excess of $300,000 for a personal business venture . Can you not pay your property taxes on just one piece of property, and then be approved for this kind of handout?
Fact 3.) The city of Greendale has on several occasions taken legal action against businesses with an overreaching sign ordinance. Businesses are forced to fight frivolous legal actions. Businesses must ultimately recover these fees by charging a higher cost for goods and services. The City under the current administration has no respect for your individual property rights as a business owner in Greendale.
Opinion 1.) 12 years is too long for anyone period. Term limits should be imposed for the position of Mayor.
Opinion 2.) I have spoken to many people in the town of Greendale who have privately told me they want a change in leadership, but express genuine fear of reprisal if they voice their opinion too loud. Who in the hell wants to live like that?
I could go on and on about all of the inequities that have been bestowed upon the citizens of Greendale from the current administration, but if the above is not enough then I would have to question whether or not you even care or want change. The time to make the difference is right now. I hope that the people will reward themselves, and deliver swift, decisive, and honorable change this Tuesday.
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Subject: Questions That Need To Be Answered In Lawrenceburg


Author:
Ready For Gov't Change
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Date Posted: 13:51:21 10/30/11 Sun
Hello blog! I've been reading some of the things that have been posted and have tried to find out some answers but all I've gotten is the run around from council members, clerk-treasurer's office and different departments and more questions. Here are some that I would like answered, if anyone knows.
1. How and why is Mario Todd receiving a percentage of building costs for the event center?
2. Isn't he a councilman, the city construction manager and chairman of the city finance committee, wouldn't that create a conflict of interest?
3. Why are council members still allowed to be city employees? They would govern themselves...
4. How does the city manage its grant program?
5. What function does main street serve with all of the businesses that have closed?
6. Why doesn't the city help property owners with housing programs?
7. Why does the city give the majority of bids to a select group of companies?
8. Who will be hired from the city to work on the event center?
These are a few of the questions that need to be answered. I will be posting more now that I've found this board. I look forward to hearing answers.
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Subject: General gripe


Author:
XXX
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Date Posted: 13:19:57 10/25/11 Tue
I just read an e-mail of a citizen. You know, a taxpayer?? Citizen has been trying to reach Pros. office recently. Complaining that no one returns calls or messages and no one is available in the Pros. office. Does anyone know why?? Because they are too busy with the double duty of 2 pros. in a courtroom in their personal ego clash with Dan (due to poor management of a dissatisfied customer).
Oh yeh, the Sheriff's office has also been understaffed by one Sheriff, who saw fit to stay in Dan's courtroom for all minutes of all 5 days, even times he was not needed as a witness. Since he is named on a civil lawsuit, and it was within his interest to be there the entire time, could we ask that his pay be docked?
This office has also been known for not responding to citizens calls.
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Subject: Elected Officials


Author:
Kojac (Happy)
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Date Posted: 13:50:45 11/04/11 Fri
Ok, you as citizens can request the all the emails sent and recieved by an elected officials! Its called FOIA request! It will cost you per page for the information! They have a time limit to provide the info, it cannot be edited!You can get requests online! This is federal law! Freedom of informatin act! Sarah Palin had to give up 25,000 pages,county officials should be easy!
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Subject: grants


Author:
tax payer (sad)
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Date Posted: 15:23:04 11/03/11 Thu
eye on the fryman
Subject: A Note from Dan


Author:
Matt Brewington
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Date Posted: 13:51:42 11/02/11 Wed
A Note from Dan Brewington
Subject: Help spread the Word


Author:
Anonymous
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Date Posted: 00:06:44 11/02/11 Wed
If you all could help out a friend of mine it would be appreciated. For any of you that you yourselves have children that attend Aurora Elementary School or know someone that does and uses Facebook please pass on this Facebook page address. Thanks so much.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aurora-Elementary-School-Feedback/281513745214260
Subject: Guidelines of laws of blogging


Author:
XXX
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Date Posted: 17:57:41 10/26/11 Wed
It would be appreciated if any law types are willing to comment here or provide useful links to internet etiquette.

https://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal/liability/defamation
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Subject: Dan Brewington left DCLC today


Author:
Inmate locator
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Date Posted: 19:51:14 10/26/11 Wed
DANIEL BREWINGTON DOC Number 223028
First Name DANIEL Middle Name Last Name BREWINGTON
Date of Birth 11/16/1973
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Central Office Admin Inbound
Earliest Possible Release Date *09/05/2012
*Offenders scheduled for release on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday are released on Monday. Offenders scheduled for release on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday are released on Thursday. Offenders whose release date falls on a Holiday are released on the first working day prior to the Holiday.
This database was last updated 10/26/2011
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Subject: sloppy witness prep


Author:
jb
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Date Posted: 22:19:39 10/25/11 Tue
Anyone wonder what happened to McCaleb- Brewington's cellmate- after he reneged on his letter to the prosecutor on the witness stand? Bet his plea deal went down the tubes.
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Subject: Brewington Sentencing Hearing Mon Oct 24 1:30 PM


Author:
cbm
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Date Posted: 19:03:42 10/21/11 Fri
The sentencing hearing as at 1:30 PM on Monday- NOT 1 PM as previously posted.
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Subject: By golly, I think he's finaly got it!!


Author:
George (Elated!)
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Date Posted: 19:45:30 10/15/11 Sat
There has been no activity on Dan's blog for several days! Maybe he finaly gets it!
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Subject: Aurora Councilman


Author:
starlette (confused)
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Date Posted: 11:17:34 10/20/11 Thu
Do you get a boyscout badge on how to beat your wife in front of your child?
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Subject: comment from brewington blog on jurors


Author:
Anonymous
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Date Posted: 15:15:56 10/17/11 Mon
Anonymous said...
For the person that said 12 people made the choice to convict him. There where only six. So that tells me you we not there either. My sister happened to be part of that jury and she felt he was railroaded. I yet to find out why her opinion didn't count. She said they considered her to be an alternive. Was she? Was this a hung jury? I'm going to find out.

October 17, 2011 12:20 PM
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Subject: Corruption in Lawrenceburg


Author:
Justified (Disgusted!)
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Date Posted: 19:46:26 10/17/11 Mon
As I sit back and wonder how so much money is wasted by the local government and nobody is being held accountable for it. I look at city individuals who receive contracts (5 yrs) to take them past the incoming elected officials. I'm amazed at the grants and business loans that are given to family, friends and hidden business associates when the clerk-treasurer can't even give you the payment schedule of these public funds. So does this mean they don't have to pay them back? Ask yourself, what would happen if I stole thousands of dollars from my employer? That's what the following individuals have done and no legal consequences. It's public record but it has been swept under the rug by members of council and different boards. Here's the list:

On March 16, 2011, we requested Eugene B. Seitz, Board member, to refund $26,000, James Knippenberg, Board member, to refund $22,750, requested Steven Karsteter, Board member, to refund $22,675, David Lorey, Board member, to refund $21,750, William Haag, Board member, to refund $21,250, Dennis Richter, Board member, to refund $20,450 and Darrell Poindexter, former Board member, to refund $18,700 to the Lawrenceburg Conservancy District.

I look at council members who are directly and indirectly receiving funds from the new event center. No wonder it got approved so quickly. There a millions of dollars misplaced or in wrong accounts because of ineffective government and handling. We need state and federal law enforcement to take a look at our city government.
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Subject: Raiding the County fund


Author:
JTM (Contributor)
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Date Posted: 14:31:32 10/18/11 Tue
I see that PAWS is now going after the contributions to the County Shelter fund. It is not enough that they will receive $120,000 a year of our money. The contributions I made to the Shelter were made there specifically to not go to PAWS. They were made to go to the care of animals not the social club that helps animals along the way. Giving our contributions to PAWS takes money away from the needs of the Animal Control, which is still the county's responsibility. Animal Control needs trucks, equipment and supplies to do their job and the 97 fund should be retained for that. If PAWS fails, that fund will be critical for the County and Animal Control to continue.
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Subject: As Usual, UNBELIEVABLE!


Author:
Matt Brewington
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Date Posted: 10:50:40 10/19/11 Wed
Dan is Still Looking for Fairness
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Subject: To Sad


Author:
Sicker
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Date Posted: 18:46:09 10/20/11 Thu
To Sad. What's your logic. When you see an animal abused, you are supposed to call the police. Well at least that's the way it's done in normal places. You sound like a complete smart ass. Stupid anaology.
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Subject: Brewington Sentencing Hearing Mon Oct 24 1 PM


Author:
cbm
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Date Posted: 09:24:59 10/20/11 Thu
Dan Brewington's sentencing hearing is at 1 PM Monday Oct 24th. It is open to the public.
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