by Cynthia Taylor, Corvallis
Ever since the day that the people elected the current Mayor Dewey, making it clear that James Crews was NOT their choice for mayor, Mayor Dewey has encountered criticism, lawsuits, name calling and just plain evil. James Crews has repeatedly wasted the Councils time with his antics which reminds one of a child being a sore loser and unaccepting of his loss.
Next comes unfounded lawsuits, not one but two, against the Mayor by duped Leanna Rodabaugh, of this self righteous group. Another waste of time and money that the Mayor and Council had to address.
Bring into the controlling group Robert Michalson next who resigns whenever issues at hand don’t go his way.
Then there’s Stacie Barker who criticizes the Mayor at every turn and resigns also when issues at hand don’t go her way.
Mayor Dewey never even had a chance, he and the Town Council have been subjected to so much hatred that their time has constantly been wasted having to address these aggressive, dominating individuals. These bullying individuals who instead of getting along, agreeing to disagree like grown up adults, for the betterment of the beautiful Town of Stevensville, have one agenda in mind: take control so everything goes their way, regardless of what is best for the Town of Stevensville. They must win at all costs. Can we really count on Michalson or Barker? How many times do they get to resign before Stevensville says enough – if you can’t stand the heat in the kitchen then stay out of the kitchen. If you can’t agree to disagree like an adult and instead resign your position, then do something else with your time instead of trying to get back on the Council. Jim Crews drives all of this with his egotistical nature and if time could be the equivalent of money wasted with his antics and long winded letters and demands, the Town of Stevensville would have a lot of excess money for funding of what truly would be for the betterment of Stevensville.
Read through all of the Town Council meeting comments and this will substantiate what I am writing. Stevensville is a beautiful, friendly, happy town and should stay that way without controllers taking over at whatever cost. Please think hard about what the Mayor and Council have been through for so many months when you cast your vote. No, they are not perfect and do make mistakes like the rest of us do as well, however, it is obvious that they continue to try to make a difference for the betterment of Stevensville. Bullies at the helm will destroy the beautiful Town of Stevensville.
Gomez says
I’ll be the first to admit that I know nothing whatsoever about the specific details or accusations being thrown around here regarding Stevi politics. I will say however, that one side seems to fairly reasonable, pragmatic and level headed and the other seems to be almost ranting, obsessed and borderline hysterical in their responses. Sometimes you can get a real insight into someone’s personality not so much by what they say, but how they say it.
Audree says
Cynthia, your opinion letter is spot on – thank you for sharing. It takes a lot of courage to stand up to those guys! From the moment Jim Crews lost to Mayor Dewey they overtly and covertly made it their sole mission to sabotage Mayor Dewey.s time as an elected official. And, ironically, they made your case about their nitpicking, bullying, and abusive ways by doing the very same thing to you in response to your accurate opinion letter. Sadly, they seem unable to stop their hateful ways, even to their own detriment.
Jim Crews says
Audree,
It has never been my mission to sabotage Dewey. Fact is he does that all by himself trying to award contracts without bid, signing contracts without council knowledge, etc.
My mission regarding local government was simply to make sure the town’s (our business) was conducted properly. If you think a new administration will get off any easier, you have a thing or two to learn about me because I do not play favorites.
This administration brags about how transparent it is. Yeah. Right. That is why you have to have a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to see town documents that have always been freely accessible to the citizens of this town. As they should be. I still have open FOI requests that have never been answered. I could not even look at the Planning and Zoning Board By Laws without and FOI Request. To this day, I still have not seen the official copy because the staff have failed to follow thru, and Dewey was the Elected Official that told the town staff not to allow me to see the official town document on the day I needed it.
It is not nit picking or bullying to ask the town staff to do their jobs.
You were not even here when the election happened, so how the heck do you know what has gone in in this town. Ms. Bartlett was the Clerk for my administration and for several months after the election. Exactly when did you move to Stevensville area. How did you become such an expert on the people here?
It is sad that you bad mouth people you do not even know. I have only had brief contact with you the 1st year you were here. How can you think you can learn about someone on a personal level when you never take the time to even ask them questions to find out about their stances on issues or even the philosophy of how and why things are done.
So now you think that it was a mission in my life to sabotage Dewey. I beg your pardon, I have a lot of things to do in my life and they do not revolve around Dewey, you or anyone else on the council. I do in fact follow what is going on, and when a red flag pops up, you better believe I am going to assist my fellow citizens in finding out what is going on, what has gone on and what we need to do to fix it.
We have an investment in this town. Do you? You live outside town limits. We live here and we have money tied up here and future property values depend on how well the town government performs and what obligations fall on our properties and personal incomes.
So yes, we are vested here. As all good stewards of properties and wealth we have to look to the future and protect it. We do not need some one who foolishly spends our money, wastes our future and fails to follow our laws, resolutions, policies and procedures.
Jim Crews says
Dear Ms. Taylor,
You ought to get your facts straight.
You said, “Next comes unfounded lawsuits, not one but two, against the Mayor by duped Leanna Rodabaugh,”
Leanna Rodabaugh never filed any lawsuits against Mayor Dewey. Fact is, he filed suit against Leanna Rodabaugh and Regina Plettenberg to stop the recall effort A lawful action that is one of our rights.
Then, to top it of, he tried to use $12,020.20 of the people’s money to pay for his failed law suit. Yeah, he paid it back, but not until he had used the people’s money as a free loan.
It does not cost the town any money to read a public comment. A right we Citizens have. What Communist country do you think we are in?
Cynthia Taylor says
Oh my Mr. Authority, I used an incorrect term… I used the word “lawsuit” instead of “recall” in my letter to the editor. LOL. You HAD TO respond – my letter with accurate information definitely prompts a nasty reply like yours. People, “authority figures” always get combative when someone “hits the nail on the head.” Job well done if I must say so myself.
Jim Crews says
With all due respect,
Do you not proof read what you write? Why don’t you publish a retraction and apologize to Mrs. Rodabaugh for the maltreatment of her character.
I notice you did not recognize that it was Dewey that filed the lawsuit and that Dewey took town money to pay his own legal bill. Do you know what would happen if someone did that in a private sector job. They would be fire and taken to jail for theft. Do you even know what the recall was about. Seeing as you do not live here, are not a voter in the town, what makes you such an expert on what goes on here?
I have never seen you at a council meeting? I have never heard or seen you make public comment?
Tell us how you know so much.
Cin Tay Tay says
This is way more troubling than people realize. He is unhinged, unbalanced, and frankly kinda scary and disturbing. It’s time for the family of this person to get him professional help. It’s obvious that we have an unstable person as the leader of this community. End this now.
Sue Devlin says
I totally agree with you. Jim incites, lies, admitted he’s a cheater. He has no respect for anyone and is having a 4 year long tantrum since he got so badly when he tried to run for mayor
I agree he needs help
Cynthia Taylor says
Couldn’t have said it better Sue! We have a Dawn/Leanna now as Cin Tay Tay, That is absolutely hilarious.
Jim Crews says
Sue Devlin,
I have not lied to you or anyone else around here. I did not want to be mayor in the first place and do not now. You have no idea of the cash discrepancy I walked into nor the year long work the treasurer and a special accountant had to do to find and fix all the problems. Remember, I took over after two other mayors resigned. One being Ludington. And if you remember I did everything I could to help the present mayor when he had 5 part time jobs to get him a full time job. Which he really did not want.
I was not badly beaten in the mayor race. I do not call 48 votes a landslide.
Just like the recall failed by 48 votes.
I have not cheated on anything either. How do you figure that? If I have lied, disclose it. If I have cheated, disclose it. Put you money where your mouth is.
Use your brain for a change. Observe, evaluate, discern lie from truth. Stop listening to rumor. You have a problem with something I have done, call me and talk to me about it. I give you leave to do so. Remember, I had my phone number on my truck for 4 years. If anyone had a problem they could call me anything. Want to know how many calls I got? Zero. I went in and picked up the pieces of two administrations. You simply do not have a clue.
Cynthia Taylor says
Obviously this comment was written by someone posing as “Cin Tay Tay” because there is something seriously wrong with these unbalanced bullies.
Sharon says
Looks like somebody is suffering from Cin Tay (Tay) Derangement Syndrome.
It’s pretty childish to try and pass yourself off as someone else.
Leanna Rodabaugh says
This is the mayor writing as his alter ego , CinTay.
Embarrassing that the town must suffer with this childish behavior.
Cynthia Taylor says
By now one would think that you people would own up to your mistake in accusing me of being the mayor.. But then that admittance would indicate ignorance. All of you owe the mayor an apology which will never happen because you will never own your mistakes like an adult would.. I have yet to see any facts supporting your accusations either!
Leanna Rodabaugh says
CinTay admitted in two PM’s that the mayor was he. No one made up that story. Tell me this, when your child is caught in a lie what is the first thing out of their mouth, ” I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me.” Logically, one would assume that the mayor used this forum to attack and vilify his opposition. By pretending to be someone else, he can claim innocence.
Easy to verify where the letter came from by checking IP addresses. I don’t know who CinTayTay is, either. I am tired of this and can only hope and pray that the election Tuesday will rid us of this playground insanity.
And to Sue Allan/Devlin your excuse that anyone who disagrees with your viewpoint is “crazy or “mentally unstable” is beneath you. I suggest you find real reasons to claim your thoughts are substantiated.
This is a clear indication why your group of bullies should not be elected.Cynthia Taylor says
Are you serious? Or are you just plain delusional? Go ahead and prove that my Facebook name Cin Tay is the mayor. Because I support the mayor and the council your good buddy Dawn did not like my comments and started the rumor that I must be the mayor.
As usual, you have no facts whatsoever to prove otherwise and that is really disturbing that you people assume and we all know what that word means.
This is a clear indication why your group of bullies should not be elected.
Cynthia Taylor Cy says
Let’s see the facts about the suposed PM’s you are referring to that I admitted to being the mayor. Such PM ‘s do not exist and you know it does not so you are once again blowing smoke out of your bottom orafice..
Cynthia Taylor says
Once again you people will never own your mistakes and try to attack and justify instead. When I made comments supporting the mayor and town council, your buddy Dawn did not like that – she assumed that I must therefore be the mayor, which is actually hilarious. Hilarious that so many of you fell for that ignorance. We all know what the word assume means. Let’s see those PM’s you refer to that I admitted to being the mayor. You cannot produce those because you know that what you are saying is a lie. The only time I PM’d you and Robert Michalson is when you had the audacity to call me out as being the mayor on a Facebook for sale item. That was on August 6 and I take full accountability for the message I sent to both of you. Produce otherwise why don’t you? Once again blowing smoke out of your bottom orifice. You owe the mayor an apology for making the nasty ASSUMption with no facts whatsoever to support your claim that I (FB name Cin Tay) must be the mayor. That is why Robert Michalson should not be elected – he runs with rumors like duped you did Leanna.
Cynthia Taylor says
Still waiting Leanna… Oh, and also waiting for your check on the IP address that you claim will confirm MY letter was sent by the mayor. How much egg can a person have on their face anyway?
Both you and Robert Michalson showed your ignorance and made complete fools of yourselves by trying to claim that Mayor Dewey was Cin Tay, and in a council meeting, just shameful. You can blame your buddy Dawn, Robert Michalson’s wife, for the start of that unfounded rumor which resulted in all of you being duped and made fools of.
Still waiting…….
Sharon Gee says
Lol!
I know for a fact that this is not Mayor Dewey’s “alter-ego.”
It was almost funny when you & others first started posting this silliness but now it’s just getting old.
Maybe it’s time to move on.
Cory says
Maybe you should mind your own business since you don’t live in Stevensville.
Cynthia Taylor says
Maybe you should grow up and learn also how to agree to disagree. So revealing when people get upset by comments made which indicates that the comments sure ‘hit the nail on the head.’ I’ll take your comment as a positive, LOL. Thank you for the confirmation.