I don't know if it is like that ("No Mahoning Valley politician will ever hold state wide office again after the Daffy Dann trip down the sex and crooked road."), oldmangrump :).
Maybe in 100 years Mahoning County will at least be able to introduce a candidate that will only get smirks when introduced instead of laughter and jeers. marc dann really made a very, very bad mess of things.
Amazing. Baffling. I believe there are 7th graders with more maturity than marc dann.
So why does Youngstown City Council need 7 councilman?
I agree with the comments of leftofstr8. lenoff says one thing and then says another, discrediting himself and what is left of his reputation unfortunately. I'm very happy to know that someone out there sees the same thing as I in his (lenhoffs) messages.
I believe that Dr. Goo, Pat Fagan, Joyce Jones, Brian Lee, Rand Becker, and Jim Lybarger should be given an open door opportunity to steer the Youngstown Playhouse ORGANIZATION forward. And if they can simultaneously and successfully save the building, which means drastically cutting the building maintenance budget, then wonderful . I can think of few others that have the ability and credibility to move the Playhouse organization forward.
That said, I agree with the comments made by Buck Turgidson (awesome pen name by the way) on January 13 2009 on this blog regarding the Youngstown Playhouse building structure and its hunger for finances. I am of the opinion that, sadly, that beautiful building is dead for theater purposes.
On a post on another blog, someone stated that there is an empty “theater” in the Huntington Bank Building. Please, does anyone have any knowledge of this they are willing to share?
Also, please, what specific location downtown did Claire Maluso, as posted by hereto serve on January 12 2009 in this blog (“The Playhouse had the option to be moved downtown years ago headed by Claire Maluso but decided not to wanting to stay in there original location. How great would it be to have a downtown arts area right now? It would be great!!”), suggest the Youngstown Playhouse move to? Is it an area / location that can still be examined?
This is an excellent suggestion (move to downtown Youngstown), as well as to move the Youngstown Playhouse organization to the suburbs. Someone wrote that the Youngstown Playhouse will flourish in the suburbs and I’m sure the organization would. However, it is called The Youngstown Playhouse and its history is very, very deeply rooted in Youngstown.
Keep whatever may become of The Youngstown Playhouse in Youngstown. For the people and by the people of Youngstown, and the surrounding communities, the Youngstown Playhouse Community Theater welcomes all.
On January 11 2009 Seriously wrote, “Also, I have no doubt that "people want the playhouse to succeed." I am not just not sure that those people accurately represent the citizens of Youngstown, Ohio.”
Short, sweet and incredibly poignant. Right on.
Where is the major consensus of location for such a new Youngstown Playhouse Theater?
lenhoff, you haven't addressed the charges against you: internal revenue service, government responsibility, DeSouza / Vindicator - which you brought into this, and more. You are using bait and switch tactics, I imagine to garner distance between yourself and the problems of the Playhouse. Accept that you share blame in this and move on. Enjoy your retirement and kindly allow the people who love the Youngstown Playhouse (Our local arts community needs more people like Joyce Jones, Jimmy Lybarger, and Pat Fagan. People who understand that a great performance is not about pretension and that theater is not a pissing contest.). p.s. - please don't mention your health problems before we have all had our breakfast and coffee. There is no need for it and frankly, it's just gross.
Just keep the business owners from ever owning a liquor license indefinitely and using / citing congruent past citations as evidence, up the harshness of laws to prosecute those lowlifes who sell to our minor children and relatives. Don’t let it stop here.
I wasn’t under the delusion that the sale took place in Boardman. The article stated “Belmont Drive Thru” and into the article further stated the 1840 Belmont Ave store address. I haven’t at all noticed any bias against Boardman from the Vindicator. Am I one of a few in Youngstown that feels the Vindicator reports accurately or am I taking crazy pills?
Anyway, the store needs to have its liquor license revoked indefinitely and using / citing congruent past citations as evidence, up the harshness of laws to prosecute those lowlifes who sell to our minor children and relatives. Don’t let it stop here.
If you are referring to me, askmeificare, do not refer to me as (your) friend. I do not know you. Leave me alone to wallow in negativity and truth and opinion.
I very much question your statement that, “I'll be happy to do the research for you. I have access to administrators and board members who served in the PAST. They have agreed to provide me with background. They've also asked me to act as a clearing house for information rather than to respond individually.”
Are you a past theater manager? If a past Youngstown Playhouse manager, I think it is best for you to ride this topic out quietly.
Are (previous) administrators, board members, and employees scrambling for their 12 years of tax filings or are their fingers doing the walking in the yellow pages in the special attorney section?
Speaking with lenhoff and then posting his opinions in your words doesn’t make you a clearing house for information leader.
It makes you the coin flipside of wallower in negativity.
PART 2 Response to lenhoff and of interest to some
DeSousa lives here in our valley, our community. Bentley, you LOVED the theater, not Youngstown. What you did was FOR the Playhouse and indeed you did an incredible job. By the way, how is the weather in Michigan?
I very much understand the responsibilities of city government. Oh so much more than most realize. Kindly recognize the difference of government responsibility and individual acknowledgement by those in (local) government. Bentley, your influence here sadly has gone and going against the grain of public opinion regarding your son in law marc dann didn’t help you at all. Take a tip and follow Bob Grays’ example of retirement, quietly.
Uhm, why would you ask the residents of our community for money and donations and ask them to volunteer their time and also tell Ms. Griffith not to donate $50,000.00 (“By the way she asked me several years ago, if she should make that contribution, I told her not to under any circumstance.”) ??!! I’m sorry, did I accidentally support my statement regarding you being misleading? By the way, how is the weather in Michigan?
IRS ( internal revenue service ) records, I believe, show only one paid employee of the Youngstown Playhouse, yet there were indeed paid employees, and in the end, employees waiting for their CASH check. I wonder if these employees paid federal, state, local income taxes for their wages. How was it when you were there? How was it when your son in law marc dann was involved with the Youngstown Playhouse?? Oh my - now you’ll accuse me of being misleading or of being a coward anonymously spewing lies. By the way, lots of snow here in my hometown of Youngstown Ohio.
Lastly you state, “If you have a personal animus toward me, my phone number is in the book. Anonymously spewing lies as you have done, is the way of a coward.”
Animus toward you? I don’t even know what that means. Anonymously stating opinion and facts I have done. Lies I have not. But don’t worry because when ALL OF US go to trial I will state my full name. Thank God I’ve paid my taxes including city of Youngstown income taxes - where applicable, - where I proudly live.
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Woman robbed of purse while waiting with flat tire
LOL Tugboat! That was great!
January 18, 2009 at 12:01 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Ryan ponders bid for U.S. Senate in 2010
I don't know if it is like that ("No Mahoning Valley politician will ever hold state wide office again after the Daffy Dann trip down the sex and crooked road."), oldmangrump :).
Maybe in 100 years Mahoning County will at least be able to introduce a candidate that will only get smirks when introduced instead of laughter and jeers. marc dann really made a very, very bad mess of things.
Amazing. Baffling. I believe there are 7th graders with more maturity than marc dann.
So why does Youngstown City Council need 7 councilman?
January 18, 2009 at 11:56 a.m. permalink suggest removal
TEENS TAKE CHARGE
Why do we [the City of Youngstown] have 7 council positions? Couldn't we do it with less? How do we start this game plan in motion?
January 18, 2009 at 11:42 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Has the Youngstown Playhouse seen its final curtain?
I‘LL PLAY THE GAME!!
I agree with the comments of leftofstr8. lenoff says one thing and then says another, discrediting himself and what is left of his reputation unfortunately. I'm very happy to know that someone out there sees the same thing as I in his (lenhoffs) messages.
I believe that Dr. Goo, Pat Fagan, Joyce Jones, Brian Lee, Rand Becker, and Jim Lybarger should be given an open door opportunity to steer the Youngstown Playhouse ORGANIZATION forward. And if they can simultaneously and successfully save the building, which means drastically cutting the building maintenance budget, then wonderful . I can think of few others that have the ability and credibility to move the Playhouse organization forward.
That said, I agree with the comments made by Buck Turgidson (awesome pen name by the way) on January 13 2009 on this blog regarding the Youngstown Playhouse building structure and its hunger for finances. I am of the opinion that, sadly, that beautiful building is dead for theater purposes.
On a post on another blog, someone stated that there is an empty “theater” in the Huntington Bank Building. Please, does anyone have any knowledge of this they are willing to share?
Also, please, what specific location downtown did Claire Maluso, as posted by hereto serve on January 12 2009 in this blog (“The Playhouse had the option to be moved downtown years ago headed by Claire Maluso but decided not to wanting to stay in there original location.
How great would it be to have a downtown arts area right now? It would be great!!”), suggest the Youngstown Playhouse move to? Is it an area / location that can still be examined?
This is an excellent suggestion (move to downtown Youngstown), as well as to move the Youngstown Playhouse organization to the suburbs. Someone wrote that the Youngstown Playhouse will flourish in the suburbs and I’m sure the organization would. However, it is called The Youngstown Playhouse and its history is very, very deeply rooted in Youngstown.
Keep whatever may become of The Youngstown Playhouse in Youngstown. For the people and by the people of Youngstown, and the surrounding communities, the Youngstown Playhouse Community Theater welcomes all.
On January 11 2009 Seriously wrote, “Also, I have no doubt that "people want the playhouse to succeed." I am not just not sure that those people accurately represent the citizens of Youngstown, Ohio.”
Short, sweet and incredibly poignant. Right on.
Where is the major consensus of location for such a new Youngstown Playhouse Theater?
Answer one Answer all, kindly.
January 17, 2009 at 1:46 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Has the Youngstown Playhouse seen its final curtain?
lenhoff, you haven't addressed the charges against you: internal revenue service, government responsibility, DeSouza / Vindicator - which you brought into this, and more. You are using bait and switch tactics, I imagine to garner distance between yourself and the problems of the Playhouse. Accept that you share blame in this and move on. Enjoy your retirement and kindly allow the people who love the Youngstown Playhouse (Our local arts community needs more people like Joyce Jones, Jimmy Lybarger, and Pat Fagan. People who understand that a great performance is not about pretension and that theater is not a pissing contest.). p.s. - please don't mention your health problems before we have all had our breakfast and coffee. There is no need for it and frankly, it's just gross.
January 12, 2009 at 8:26 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Nuisance order locks up Cell
Just keep the business owners from ever owning a liquor license indefinitely and using / citing congruent past citations as evidence, up the harshness of laws to prosecute those lowlifes who sell to our minor children and relatives. Don’t let it stop here.
January 12, 2009 at 8:06 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Boardman man charged with selling alcohol to a minor
I wasn’t under the delusion that the sale took place in Boardman. The article stated “Belmont Drive Thru” and into the article further stated the 1840 Belmont Ave store address. I haven’t at all noticed any bias against Boardman from the Vindicator. Am I one of a few in Youngstown that feels the Vindicator reports accurately or am I taking crazy pills?
Anyway, the store needs to have its liquor license revoked indefinitely and using / citing congruent past citations as evidence, up the harshness of laws to prosecute those lowlifes who sell to our minor children and relatives. Don’t let it stop here.
January 12, 2009 at 7:52 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Has the Youngstown Playhouse seen its final curtain?
To knowthefacts
If you are referring to me, askmeificare, do not refer to me as (your) friend. I do not know you. Leave me alone to wallow in negativity and truth and opinion.
I very much question your statement that, “I'll be happy to do the research for you. I have access to administrators and board members who served in the PAST. They have agreed to provide me with background. They've also asked me to act as a clearing house for information rather than to respond individually.”
Are you a past theater manager? If a past Youngstown Playhouse manager, I think it is best for you to ride this topic out quietly.
Are (previous) administrators, board members, and employees scrambling for their 12 years of tax filings or are their fingers doing the walking in the yellow pages in the special attorney section?
Speaking with lenhoff and then posting his opinions in your words doesn’t make you a clearing house for information leader.
It makes you the coin flipside of wallower in negativity.
Enjoy.
January 11, 2009 at 11:12 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Has the Youngstown Playhouse seen its final curtain?
To CBDactivist:
lol I agree with you :)
January 11, 2009 at 10:54 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Has the Youngstown Playhouse seen its final curtain?
PART 2 Response to lenhoff and of interest to some
DeSousa lives here in our valley, our community. Bentley, you LOVED the theater, not Youngstown. What you did was FOR the Playhouse and indeed you did an incredible job. By the way, how is the weather in Michigan?
I very much understand the responsibilities of city government. Oh so much more than most realize. Kindly recognize the difference of government responsibility and individual acknowledgement by those in (local) government. Bentley, your influence here sadly has gone and going against the grain of public opinion regarding your son in law marc dann didn’t help you at all. Take a tip and follow Bob Grays’ example of retirement, quietly.
Uhm, why would you ask the residents of our community for money and donations and ask them to volunteer their time and also tell Ms. Griffith not to donate $50,000.00 (“By the way she asked me several years ago, if she should make that contribution, I told her not to under any circumstance.”) ??!! I’m sorry, did I accidentally support my statement regarding you being misleading? By the way, how is the weather in Michigan?
IRS ( internal revenue service ) records, I believe, show only one paid employee of the Youngstown Playhouse, yet there were indeed paid employees, and in the end, employees waiting for their CASH check. I wonder if these employees paid federal, state, local income taxes for their wages. How was it when you were there? How was it when your son in law marc dann was involved with the Youngstown Playhouse?? Oh my - now you’ll accuse me of being misleading or of being a coward anonymously spewing lies. By the way, lots of snow here in my hometown of Youngstown Ohio.
Lastly you state, “If you have a personal animus toward me, my phone number is in the book. Anonymously spewing lies as you have done, is the way of a coward.”
Animus toward you? I don’t even know what that means. Anonymously stating opinion and facts I have done. Lies I have not. But don’t worry because when ALL OF US go to trial I will state my full name. Thank God I’ve paid my taxes including city of Youngstown income taxes - where applicable, - where I proudly live.
January 11, 2009 at 10:07 a.m. permalink suggest removal