SOMC: DEATH TRAP FOR PATIENTS WHILE CEO GETS RICH!

Figures released this past week indicate that Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) is one of the worst hospitals to be taken to if you are suffering a heart attack. SOMC is ranked as one the worst hospitals in the nation from the period of July 2005 through June 2006. SOMC Chief Operating Officer Randy Arnett says this information is not accurate because the information submitted is from the United States Medicare/Medicaid Programs. Well the information is from the months indicated so it is information from cases within the last twenty four months and that is pretty good for government work.

Remember this is just for heart attack patients. The big problem is the rest of the patients. How many people have had family members taken to SOMC only to be told the patient was transferred to another hospital out of the area for "better treatment"? This is the norm for any patient that has serious medical needs. SOMC doesn't have competent doctors to handle tough cases.

Many of our qualified doctors have left the area claiming that SOMC is not willing to pay a competitive salary because SOMC CEO Randy Arnett is willing to pay less money to foreign doctors willing to come to Portsmouth for lower salaries. This has a direct impact on patient care. Patients are being treated by low paid doctors who may not be able to find work in other hospitals across the nation.

While CEO Randy Arnett is unwilling to pay high wages for quality doctors he seems to be doing quite well for his personal bank account. The salary ranges for hospital CEO's in the State of Ohio was a low of $105,542 through a high of $2.14 million. (This includes salary and benefits.) The average salary for all CEO's was $474,167.00. SOMC CEO Randy Arnett was paid $513,220 as of June 2005 with a whopping 28.1% increase in his pay.

Can anyone tell me where a CEO who has their hospital ranked in the bottom of the country in medical care for patients receiving a 28.1% pay increase?? What's wrong with this picture??

SOMC is a major player in the Southern Ohio Growth Partnership Gang (SOGP)! These two organizations work hand in hand putting their people to work in high salary jobs while floating millions of dollars in tax moneys through their organizations. This is white collar crime at its best!

The best thing to happen for patients is the arrival of Kings Daughter Hospital to the area. Maybe this hospital will put patient care first and CEO Randy Arnett and SOMC can fold up shop! Maybe Kings Daughter Hospital will higher qualified American doctors to take care of the patients and forbid the highering of foreign nationals just looking for American paychecks with no regard for the patients actual health care.

The report speaks for itself. SOMC stinks! The following was written in an article for USA Today!

"A look at how medical centers across the USA rate

These hospitals made the government's roster of the best and worst in America, as measured by patients' heart-attack and heart-failure death rates in 2005 and 2006. Hospitals that were worse than the national average for patient heart-attack mortality:

• Sparks Regional Medical Center, Fort Smith, Ark.
• Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, Ariz.
• Kingman Regional Medical Center, Kingman, Ariz.
• SVCMC-Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn-Queens, New York City
• Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth, Ohio
• Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas
• Danville Regional Medical Center, Danville, Va.

SOMC is the only hospital in Ohio performing so poorly in heart attack and heart failure results – the most common cause of death."

Do you feel safe taking your family member to SOMC now?????

John Welton (DD)

FORMER NEW BOSTON POLICEMAN MATT POWELL MAY HAVE GOOD CASE FOR NEW TRIAL!

The Ohio Supreme Court has received the merit brief for a new trial filed by former New Boston Police Sgt. Matt Powell requesting a new trial from his conviction for tampering with evidence a couple of years ago. The reasons cited in the Powell brief include: 1. The judge assigned to the case should not have been allowed to preside in the trial because he was a retired judge still practicing law in the State of Ohio. 2. The judge was to old to be the judge when the case took place. The judge that heard Powell's case is Judge Richard Markus, retired. (Picture above.)

According to new law established within the last couple of years by the Ohio Supreme Court a retired judge can not hear a jury trial if he is retired and continues to practice law or acts as a retired judge in civil cases as a judge or mediator. Retired judges still in the practice of law can not preside over jury trials such as Powell's case.

Judge Richard Markus's resume states as follows:

PRESENT POSITIONS:
Retired Ohio Common Pleas and Court of Appeals Judge Recalled to Service (recently serving as visiting judge in 30 Ohio counties)
President, Private Judicial Services, Inc. (mediation, arbitration, and private judging)

With this information Sgt. Powell has an excellent chance of getting his conviction overturned.

I'm not a big supporter of age discrimination but the Ohio State Constitution states that a judge can not preside over trials after he/she reaches the age of 70. At the time Powell was tried Judge Markus was almost 80 years old. I sat through most of the Powell trial and Judge Markus did a pretty good job but I'm still baffled as to why he refused to allow Powell's attorney Jim Banks to call Portsmouth Police Chief Charles Horner to the witness stand. Chief Horner started the Powell investigation but was never put under oath to find out why?

I believe Chief Horner fought to stay off the witness chair to prevent from having to testify that Powell was investigating Horner's son, David, for drug dealing in New Boston. With the possibility of a new trial on the horizon, we may still get to see Horner testify. Chief Horner's son was convicted of drug abuse a few years ago. We printed that information in many stories before and Chief Horner went ballistic when I got his sons sealed records and published them for the public to see. Chief Horner laughed at me in the early 2000's saying I may know his son had a dope conviction but I could never prove it. Boy, was that a big mistake, challenging me to find that information. Chief Horner falsely accused many people of leaking the information to me including Attorney Joe Hale and the Portsmouth Municipal Court Clerk Leroy Kegley. As in most Chief Horner investigations, he was wrong!

You can read the Powell brief at the following link:

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/clerk_of_court/ecms/default.asp When you go to this link simply go to party name, type in Powell, Matt, and then scroll to the last ADOBE view link to read the brief.

I will bring you more on this story as it unfolds.

John Welton (DD)

PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL FINDS SOLUTION FOR MARTINGS BUILDING! MARTINGS NAME TO GO BACK UP IN LIGHTS!

It appears that the Portsmouth City Council and Martings Foundation may have come up with a win/win solution to the Martings debacle if rumors are correct! The solution was so easy and I can't believe nobody thought of this sooner. The taxpayers were screwed out of $2,000,000 of illegally obtained money by Portsmouth City Auditor Trent Williams and this solution gets the money back to the taxpayers using the "screwing mentality." The answer to this headache is to build a "MARTINGS BROTHEL" !

It is my understanding that plans are in the works that will result in usage of all three floors of the old Martings Building. The first floor will be a bar and casino. The second floor will be rooms for hooker services. The third floor will be for the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics. Now don't worry, City Council will be passing new city ordinances legalizing all of this activity under the home rule charter so the taxpayers will reap the benefit of millions of dollars in sales and tax revenue generated by this new business that will revitalize the Portsmouth Downtown area.

Just think about it. This solution will get the hookers off the street, the drug dealers and abusers all confined to one small area of the city, and generate enough money to repay the property owners their stolen tax money. Since this business venture shall be considered a retail business, the Martings Foundation will be legally forced to give back the $1.4 million dollars that was stolen from the taxpayers. See, it is a win/win for everyone. But, it gets better!

Security will be provided free of charge. The Portsmouth Police Chief and Scioto County Sheriff will simply post officers/deputies at the building since all the criminal activity that now operates around the county and city will be confined to this one building.

First Ward City Councilman says he loves "pussy" so he can be in charge of marketing for the Martings Brothel. He claims he knows most of the hookers in town anyway so he can now get them off the street and I'm sure his buddy named Lester would be willing to provide limo service for the high rollers who will be coming to Portsmouth to visit his female employees. The hookers will be paid a nice wage but also pay city income tax, another revenue source for the city coffers. I'm also confident the First Ward Councilman's insurance buddy would be willing to provide health care to the hookers that have been servicing him for many years! Maybe we can get a city discount on their health care plan if he gets some freebies at the brothel!!

Sixth Ward City Councilman can provide the musical services for the building. I'm sure he will do this free of charge so he can get some free publicity for his private business. Plus his church should love the donation to help the city.

Second Ward City Councilman would surely provide religious help for those people that believe their prayers were not answered when the spinning wheels on the one armed bandits comes up with something other than those three 7's!!

Our friend from Westerville, Ohio, Lookdeeper, aka Gary Daniels, I'm sure would be willing to use his knowledge of computer networking and webhosting to set up the Martings Brothel Website! Finally, something to give this guy that might just shut him up! Many people believe he's a sexual pervert anyway, so why not let him take pictures of the city hookers!

I'm postive that the guy that lives on Front Street and operates a local internet forum would be more than willing to use his drug expertise to run the third floor drug operation in the brothel. This man is connected with all the local, state, and possibly national drug dealers and we all know his connections with local druggies, so lets put that knowledge to work. He can get himself off of that illegal SSI and earn a real honest living doing what he does best! Selling dope! See, unemployment drops again! I'm sure with his knowledge of the dope business, Portsmouth will only be selling the high grade stuff! Right Moezie!!

The city can put in a courtroom in the building and any crimes that goes on in the brothel can be handled right on the spot. I'm sure there will be some judges visiting the brothel at least a few nights a week! Remember, it is the judges that keep putting the hookers and drug dealers back out on the streets so why not let the judges keep an eye on them inside the brothel! Again, it cuts back on the number of people in our county jail and eliminates most of the cases in our courtrooms right now!

This is definately a win/win for everyone. The Martings Foundation should be pleased with this solution. They get their wish, a retail business in the old Martings Building but what they should be most proud of is the spin-off this will have on the City of Portsmouth. No longer will travelers have to see prostitutes on our street corners. No longer will drug dealers be on the street corners. Unemployment will drop dramatically. Revenues generated at the Martings Brothel will fill up the city coffers until money is running over and City Council won't know what to do with all that money! Citizens might even give them a pay raise!

So, what do you think people? Do you agree? Shouldn't the taxpayers get involved in the screwing process? At least we might get a kiss on the cheek this time! Remember to thank the people in the picture above. They are the ones that made it possible for the Martings Brothel to come to Portsmouth. I'm glad we found out that their specialty was "screwing the public". So next time you see them, give them a big THANK YOU!

John Welton (DD)

BACKGROUNDS OF LOCAL POLITICIANS SHOWS WHY SCIOTO COUNTY AND PORTSMOUTH ARE FAILING ECONOMICALLY!!

Uncle Sam made a visit to Portsmouth, Ohio the other day and what he saw made him feel ill. He was so upset he couldn't give us his familiar "I want you!" He was so distraught at what he saw in our local community he had to sit down in a chair.

Uncle Sam asked why Scioto County and Portsmouth are failing economically? He stated he provided us with have four lane highways, the railroad, and the Ohio River yet the area can't attract any type of national business to come to the area to employee the residents in this region. All Uncle Sam kept saying was, why?

My response to Uncle Sam was simple. Look at the people the voters elected or the people that have been appointed to elected office and checkout their backgrounds. There is the problem!

Former Mayor Greg Bauer bankrupt his personal business. Bauer climbed in bed with a well known gangster from New Jersey named Rocco Castollano. Rocco was going to be the savior of the city until he got nailed with a DUI by an honest highway patrolwoman. Then he got angry and went back down the river to sulk.

The current Mayor of Portsmouth, Jim Kalb, was arrested for marijuana and has approximately 15 traffic citations after the age of 18. His rise to the highest elected office in Portsmouth comes at the peak of his personal career, making it to a department manager/cashier at our local Krogers!

The sitting Portsmouth City Council President bankrupt his personal business. With this excellent background in business he was the perfect man to put in charge of the city budget. Look what he gave us! A delapidated department building that sits vacant, all for the low price of $2,000,000 tax dollars. Now that's a deal!

The Portsmouth Sixth Ward Councilman and one of the Scioto County Commissioners are both accused of having children out of wed lock. Both men sit silent without denying the allegations and both of these men claim that God is on their side and are outraged that their families have to read such things about them on the internet.

Let me not forget Portsmouth Second Ward City Councilman and local preacher in our discussion. While he seems to like the companionship of local blonde haired ladies, he really hasn't held any labor intensive job. He claims to be a God fearing man yet he sits at City Council Meetings passing illegal ordiances at the behest of his gangster friends and allies.

The Chief of Police of Portsmouth says he is fighting the drug problem in Portsmouth yet his own son was arrested and convicted of being a drug abuser. While the citizens of Portsmouth pay for 44 cops, the same number we had when the town had over 30,000 citizens, the crime rate in the city has skyrocketed under the current Chief's administration. The Chief takes pain killers for his back (a statement direct from the Chief) and I've always wondered why he drives while taking such narcotics?

The Scioto County Sheriff is a convicted criminal. He is actually in office illegally due to the fact that one of his same political party judges illegally sealed up his criminal records through the use of the expungement process to make the Sheriff legal to run for office. The Sheriff allowed his deputy to have sex with a female inmate, and then allowed a special female deputy to wreck his private car without having a drivers license. The Sheriff also works deals out with judges to cover up crimes for his officers, remember Hughie??? Hughie Blair was being chased for criminal charges by former Scioto County Judge Walter Lytten until the Sheriff gave a deputy badge to Lytten's special drug bailiff, Mark Darby! Now, that's what we need for a law enforcement leader isn't it.

A couple years ago, on two different occasions, we delivered documentation and audio recordings of felony criminal activity of Ohio Highway Patrol Post 23 Commander Robert Woodford. Commander Woodford hid a car being driven by his girlfriend behind the OHP office building on Rt. 23 to prevent the woman's husband from getting access to it. The car was reported stolen yet Woodford kept the car hid on a public parking lot and dared the husband of his girlfriend to try to get the car. Woodford is very well known for having sexual affairs with married women in the area! Just ask the man who Woodford helped hide the stolen car! Woodford also admitted under oath and on audio tape to fixing tickets for his friends in the local area. A female OHP officer testified against Woodford that she was forced to give him all copies of tickets for his friend that had been cited for speeding. Woodford destroyed the ticket and it never went to court. With our documented proof Sheriff Donini did the right thing! He hired Woodford as a Captain for the Scioto County Sheriff Office! What else could he do? Woodford met the highest qualification to be a law enforcement officer in this area; his willingness to commit felonies! Remember, Donini is a convicted criminal, so who better to serve him than fellow cons!!!!

A Muncipal Court Judge loves his alcohol. He loves it so much that Portsmouth City Cops provide cab service for him when he gets drunk at local bars. But that pales when compared to some of our other judges who were heavy drug users in their early adult life.

Then we have a City Auditor that pays bills without having documentation to back up why he is paying the bills. A Sentinel reporter has repeatedly asked for actual gasoline payment backup which is not kept in the auditors office. The auditor can not tell you why he pays a bill other than to say the department head said pay it. That's why he sent a check for a couple million to a local attorney to pay a contract debt which didn't involve the attorney. Now that's good accounting, right?? I don't think so! But then again, they say he is pretty good with video games there in his office!

Now with these type of individuals running the City of Portsmouth and Scioto County why do you think the area is in economic depression??? Could it be that these individuals might not be qualified to do their jobs???

Uncle Sam picked up his hat and said as he walked out the door, "You get what you vote in! So, Don't blame Uncle Sam!"

John Welton (DD)

PRODUCERS OF FOX NEWS OREILLY FACTOR INTERESTED IN POSSIBLE RELEASE OF RAPIST JOHN MICHAEL SCHMIDT!!

On June 11, 2007 I sent an email to the Fox News Show, The O'Reilly Factor, informing them that we have a situation brewing in Scioto County Common Pleas Court concerning the possible release of a convicted child rapist. The O'Reilly Factor host, Bill O'Reilly has been doing stories on judges in Ohio and other states that have been "soft" of sentencing rapists, including releasing men/women imprisoned for rape, yet released before completing their entire sentence.

When I saw this network was doing these stories I forwarded them information about the former Wheelersburg Football Coach/Teacher, who raped his own daughter. The case involves John Michael Schmidt. Schmidt was sentenced to serve 7 years for raping his daughter at least twice but sources claim it was over 100 times. Individuals that claim to have been on the Scioto County Grand Jury have stated that a diary was kept with each incident, so Schmidt was given a "slap on the wrist" based on this information.

Bill O'Reilly has done numerous stories on judges that have been soft on rape and his producers are watching this case in Scioto County Common Pleas Court with high interest. Why would a judge release a former educator back into society before doing his entire sentence? Was there some type of secret deal worked out with Judge Howard Harcha III and Schmidt's attorney, Mike Mearan for Schmidt to do his first 3 year sentence and be let free on his second sentence? Only time will tell.

If not for the Shawnee Sentinel, Schmidt would have been released on probation and done no prison time. Attorney Mearan was angered and outraged that his client was going to prison because we published the truth. People in the courtroom the day Mearan exploded emailed the O'Reilley Factor producers to back our story.

Maybe if we can get some national news media attention on these judges who work out secret deals behind closed doors instead of coming out in the public domain for citizens to watch, just maybe our justice system can change for the better. And maybe these judges will be held accountable for their dirty deals.

More on this story when Judge Harcha III makes his ruling whether or not to release this sexual pedophile on the public!

John Welton (DD)

FIRST WARD PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCILMAN PUSHES $10 MILLION DOLLAR CITY BUILDING WHILE HE HAS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PERSONAL TAX LIENS ON HIS PROPERTY!

First Ward Portsmouth City Councilman Mike Mearan is pushing a $10 million dollar new city building down the throats of the citizens of Portsmouth for his personal client, yet Councilman Mearan currently has thousands of dollars of personal tax liens on his own property. Why should the people of Portsmouth, Ohio take the advice of this man who refuses to pay his personal state taxes and forces the State of Ohio to put liens on his personal property?

Here are court cases filed against Councilman Mearan and if you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see the amount of tax lien on the property in question owed by Councilman Mearan: (You need to type in the case number after clicking on the "quick index" link.)

http://www.sciotocountycpcourt.org/

92TA000094

92TA000365

93TA000187

97TA000105

97TA000106

According to the case files above these are active tax liens on property owned by Councilman Mearan. The taxes are still owed and have not been paid based on these public records maintained in the Scioto County Common Pleas Court Clerk Office.

The State of Ohio even tried to garnish money from a bank account of Councilman Mearan to satisfy one judgment but the bank account had been closed. Here is the link where the State of Ohio tried to get money from an account at JP Morgan Chase Bank where they believed Councilman Mearan had money.

http://www.sciotocountycpcourt.org/

97TA000267

Shouldn't the people of Portsmouth, Ohio be aware of the personal financial matters of their City Councilmen that are trying to push millions of dollars in tax debt on them? If a Councilman refuses to pay his personal debts, or have insurance to cover his debts if he for some reason can't afford to pay his debts, is this type of individual in a position to make financial decisions for taxpayers? I don't think so.

It is an embarassment to find such debt owed by a public official. Councilman Mearan proudly announces at Portsmouth City Council Meetings that he is giving money to help assist kids get into the city pool this year while he leaves his debtors high and dry with their debt.

I have sent an email to the State of Ohio Department of Taxation with copies of the Portsmouth Daily Times article where Councilman Mearan announced his decision to give the kids this money so the State of Ohio can possibly start garnishment on Councilman Mearan's state owed debt for back taxes.

I would be worried allowing such a man to have control of my taxes! Maybe this issue should be addressed by Councilman Mearan at the upcoming Portsmouth City Council Meeting. I wonder if this is why Councilman Mearan is trying to force an elderly woman from her property in Wheelersburg? Who else does Councilman Mearan owe money too?? Maybe some local thugs???

More on this story when I hear back from the State of Ohio Department of Taxation.

John Welton (DD)

CORRUPTION IN NORTH CAROLINA COURT IS MINOR COMPARED TO CORRUPTION IN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO COURTS!

Over the weekend the people of Raleigh, North Carolina saw justice work as it is suppose to work under their state and federal constitutions. A rogue prosecutor named Mike Nifong was disbarred for corruption within the Duke Lacrosse case. In hearings that lasted for almost a week, the North Carolina Bar found that Nifong committed approximately 17 ethical and legal violations of the North Carolina Code of Professional Conduct. For his actions Nifong was disbarred.

Most people have heard about the three college students at Duke University that were falsely accused by Prosecutor Nifong of raping a young African American woman. The three students begged this prosecutor to allow them to come in and show him evidence that would prove their innocence but the prosecutor refused to allow them to come show him what they had. The North Carolina Bar Association decided that Prosecutor Nifong did what he did to ensure that he "received the black vote in the May 2006 election for Raleigh district attorney."

This prosecutor, Mike Nifong, destroyed the lives of these three men and almost cost them their lives. The new Black Panthers came to Raleigh North Carolina to kill these men. Wanted posters were put up on these men to destroy their reputations. It kind of reminds me of what happened to three Portsmouth City Councilmen back in the early 1980's in Portsmouth, Ohio.

The big difference in these two cases was that a free press began to investigate the district attorney's action in North Carolina. In Portsmouth, Ohio there was no such free press to do such investigation in the 1980's. The press in Portsmouth was sold out to a gang of thugs who were party to the destruction of the councilmen.

The judge in the Duke Lacrosse case asked the North Carolina Bar to get involved in the case. Have you ever heard of something like that happening in Portsmouth, Ohio? It never has! In fact, the judges in Portsmouth and Scioto County courts have established an illegal rule to prevent anyone from seeking justice outside an illegal scheme they set up to stifle justice in this region of the country. This is called Rule 28. This rule demands that all residents take their problems to the City Prosecutor, and only the City Prosecutor, for a legal decision. Judges have removed themselves from access to the people of Portsmouth and Scioto County.

The reason for this illegal rule is that judges, prosecutors, and local attorneys all three work hand in hand to thwart justice in Portsmouth and Scioto County. No judge, prosecutor, or attorney, with the exception of Joe Hale has ever made an attempt to get outside agencies to come in and investigate such corruption in our local courts. Attorney Hale is now an Assistant Scioto County Prosecutor yet even he with his new found power continues to let corruption flow through the courts. (This is sad because I have the documents Attorney Hale sent to the United States Attorney, Ohio Attorney General, and Ohio Inspector General asking for help in uncovering corruption in Scioto County courts.)

The reason Scioto County and Portsmouth, Ohio remains in economic ruins is due in part to the fact we have corrupt judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. Men have become wealthy by selling out their official offices. One case I'm aware of involves a now deceased judge that took $10,000 to let out a rapist after 6 months in prison. The inmate stated to guards and fellow inmates that his father and attorney had been told by the judge if he received $10,000 cash that the inmate, a Donnie Tomlison, would be released from prison after serving about 6 months. Go check the court records. This man was released as he said he would be.

Look at the Adrian Rawlins case. Attorney Mike Mearan got a local judge to release his client by snookering the judge by claiming that the trial court judge didn't give a lighter sentence option to the jury when at time of the first trial, Attorney Mearan didn't want the lesser charge. If not for the State Attorney General stepping in and getting this decision overturned, Rawlins would be a free man today. Many cases involving Attorney Mike Mearan smell like rotten fish.

Attorney Mearan had a plea deal all worked out for rapist Mike Schmidt. Mearan worked secretly with Judge Howard Harcha III and had a 7:30 a.m. court time scheduled to bring in this rapist and let him go home on probation. This would have happened until the Sentinel found out about this secret deal and reported it to the public.

This is why it is so important for internet websites to rise up in Portsmouth and Scioto County. the local paper, the Portsmouth Daily Times is part of the corruption. They refuse to print the corrupt acts in our courts. Without the internet sites the public will never rise up in revolt. Over the last few years we have made improvements in getting facts out to the public but we still have lots of work to do.

We need a full investigation on our local courts. Until we end the corruption in those buildings we will never see prosperity again. Thank God for the falsely accused men at Duke. They were lucky. Their state got involved. Now it's time for the State of Ohio to start digging in Portsmouth and Scioto County Ohio. The dirt in these courts makes the Duke case look like a minor error in comparison. That is so sad for all of us.

John Welton (DD)