Member of council

Hermes>  Would that be David by any chance?

Mr.Schiavone is a good person and family man.

Spider- Schiavone may be a good person and a family man. The remarks/ statements/comments I made about the properties/foreclosures are public record as Mike has pointed out. This is no longer a private matter. Yes, he did try to create a positive business and I was sorry to see it last only a few months. We need more selection in town, not less. Now, to comment on your last statement- "ya can't say that this public servant lined his pockets and profited from the service"- Actually, in a way, he did. Recall years ago, when Schiavone was a supervisor with Butler County and he and his crew were caught at a private residence, during work time, playing cards and doing non-work activity during working hours. He was let go. Shortly thereafter, he was hired by the city of Mason in a similar role and was let go there also. Both of these positions are taxpayer funded and he, in effect, was taking money while being on "leisure time" during working hours, which is, at best, inappropriate conduct and grounds for termination on any job. These comments are not opinions but past printed facts and takes some thunder from your remarks about his honesty. It's very hard to defend some of events that have transpired with Schiavone the last 16 years.

No, I was not the bartender, lol.

I've had my computer service business for 22 years. I employ 15 full time and thousands of subcontractors worldwide. Last year we had record sales and profits. This year we are down 20%. Here is my linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbeagle

I have 10 years experience in the restaurant business.

The rates are high on the east end for one reason, location.

First rule for restaurants, location.
Second rule for restaurants is location.
Yes, the third rule for restaurants is location.

They should re-title this so-called meeting as "AN ORCHESTRATED PSEUDO CONVERSATION WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLETOWN POLITBURO!"  It sounds like something that would be planned by Stalin, Hitler, Lenin, Etc.

That must be the property that he made a Section 8 inquiry about to the Kommandant in February or March of 2008?

Hermes wrote: I was really curious as to why the Butler County Commissioners were loaning him money,is this a normal procedure for them to loan money ?

Mr. Schiavone obtained a $50,000 loan from the Butler County “Revolving Loan Fund“. (I'm going strictly from memory here: Was it in January of 2008?) In the fall of 2007, he and his partners began an extensive remodeling project of the old Damon's location in the strip center on Roosevelt Blvd., without a building permit to the best of my knowledge, I might add.

Just a few weeks before BBQ Junction was ready to open, and months after he began spending the taxpayer’s $50,000, Schiavone finally got a building permit, dated February 28, 2008, and in the amount of $18,000 and some odd dollars!!!

It opened about a month later (4/1/2008?), and the “grand opening” was week or so after that.

To the best of my recollection, these were the circumstances surrounding "the loan".  I, myself, would NOT close a loan for a commercial venture to someone who had begun the venture in violation of the basic building regulations if the city wherein one of the partners was a city council mamber.  Then again, that's just me.  The Butler County Commissioners must have different criteria.

Sorry Mr.B--thought you mentioned a gig at the Junction.

Spider: Yea...RSVP to council?!?!?