If you can't join 'em, beat 'em.

Disclaimer: Sometimes I use less than positive words here. Facts are facts. But opinions are solely mine. I refer anyone to the definition of the words "mafia" or "syndicate" and not have to agree that the City Manager form of government is too easily corrupted. We are not alone.

Wikipedia refers to a syndicate is a self-organizing group of individuals, companies, corporations or entities formed to transact some specific business, to pursue or promote a shared interest.

The Cambridge dictionary refers to a mafia as a close group of people who are involved in similar activities and who help and protect each other, sometimes to the disadvantage of others.

The Google dictionary refers to a mafia as any organized group using extortion and other criminal methods or a closed group of people in a particular field, having a controlling influence.

Current and Critical

Kenneth R. Seelig Jr. and How to Vote for Him

My humble PSA: It is imperative to vote for Kenneth R. Seelig Jr. in November. The Clark Country Board of Elections approved him being a write-in candidate, so it's critical that voters spell his name EXACTLY right. And we must not vote for anyone else on the ballot

This shouldn't be a big ask because the three options on the ballot could not be worse:

Larry Ricketts: Since on the ballot is a milquetoast water guy who will get done only what Heck wants. Before being on the ballot, he was so pro-Haitian he complained about and insulted the citizens in every 2024 Commission meeting at which he spoke..

Chris Wallace: Nobody knows a thing about him. He's black, so I'm making an intelligent guess that this was Heck's selection for that purpose.

And then there's Andy Rigsbee who was husband to the multi-million dollar embezzler, with whom he lived in the same house. Tackett supports this one the most.

If you're a Commission meeting attendee, know that Rob Rue intentionally mispronounces his name whenever Barron is there to speak.

So, PLEASE write in Kenneth R. Seelig Jr. and vote for NO other candidate on the ballot in November. That is, if you want change to start and sanity to return to Springfield.

Also on the November Ballot

Why anyone would ever vote YES on another tax in this state, is beyond me, but Ohoians did just that in the last election.

On this ballot, Clark County wants a new $100 million dollar jail. See the rendering here. Looks like it'll be complete with a Beverly Hillbillies cement pond and plenty of billieard rooms. For the rehabilitation and all the rehabilitation and mental health (other people's) money this area can throw at it. But that will be another levy on a 2026 ballot.

  • If you approve of the city and county's mismanagement of funds for the last decade, vote yes.

  • If you love your own demise, vote yes.

  • It's already property tax reevaluation season in Springfield. My ASSESSED value went up $40K!

  • If you want more money to be flushed down the Haitian toilet, vote yes. County and City Commissioners have made it perfectly clear this is the priority for any and all funds (federal, state, city.)

November Commission Candidates

Chris Wallace
Nobody has ever heard of him. I did find this on a 2023 Facebook post when I guess he ran in November 2023? Chris Wallace: Mentor Supervisor at Springfield City Schools

Larry Ricketts
The water guy. Thanks Rue for "allowing" him to speak for the allotted 3 minutes. In October 2024 meeting, he said, "I want to commend the commission for your public service and the thankless job you have. Most of us want to thank Heck for the hard work he and his excellent staff do." Lives on North Fountain near the Ridgewood neighborhood. He was fired up in October 2024 about insulting us non-Haitian drivers for being the real problem in this city, but since putting in his application for Commissioner in 2025, he's oddly milquetoast. Make no mistake, this man is ALL about the Haitians.

Andy Rigsbee
A criminal. He was married to and lived with his wife, a convicted embezzler of multi-millions of dollars from fire-related charities. She's serving 11 years. He reaped the benefits. Tracey Tackett loves him! Anybody voting for yet another criminal/criminal-adjacent, should be publicly flogged.

Kenneth R. Seelig Jr.
Write-in candidate who has done more for this town in the past decades than anyone in government. He's the Highway Hikers, Warming Center (self-funded because Heck and Logan Cobbs can't figure out how to tie their shoes), and "Mario" guy. Read more below.

The link to the WHIO article, if you can read it amongst the 1,000 ads they put on their site.

Must everything in Ohio be so whorish? The whole area just reeks from the federal and state welfare (like it's free and not other people's money). No money for the citizens' benefit, though. We just finance it all.

Kenneth R (period) Seelig (no comma) Jr (period)

Please watch this video of the November 19, 2024 Commission meeting. (I've added timestamps for things at the link.) It is particularly informative, and the speakers are heroes. Diana Daniels, Glenda Bailey, and Bill Monaghan spoke clearly and passionately about what Rue and Heck, and frankly, everyone else currently in any kind of city or county office, have done to the citizens of this town and county. It's disturbing and heartbreaking.

And if you want to see meeting that shows just how disgusting Tackett, Brown, and Estrop are watch their responses to a man named David Rose, who spoke about his son who was shot and killed TWO weeks prior to this June 3, 2025 Commission meeting. Some specific timestamps are 51:03 - 1:20:11 then 1:25:49 - 1:53:00. (I don't want to link to the meeting, because they move their links to Facebook eventually.)

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Links to Some Things

City of Springfield, Ohio Website

City of Springfield, Ohio Facebook page (Syndicate run, so no comments allowed for dissidents.)

City Commission Website (Where they keep telling us all their answers to our questions are)

The Syndicate (the history and the who's who)

The Family

Fall 2024's Reality was Real

Springfield News Sun (Syndicate run, so told what they can and cannot print.)

Springfield Police Division (Yes, on Facebook. The town runs on Facebook.)

Springfield, Ohio Crime Watch Facebook Group

Visit Greater Springfield (Syndicate run, so told what they can post. They started blocking people in September 2024 from their Facebook page for any less than gushing comments. Can you imagine? The city in which you live and to which you pay taxes?)

Stop the Influx Facebook Group (They post a lot. Getting "accepted" into the group is next to impossible - I've tried 12 times. I think they're just over the threats and trolls.)

I'm not on X, so I can't create a clickable link, but follow @MajorityHaitian!!

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