The meeting was supposed to allay their concerns about ex-prisoners gardening on the property that houses or is adjacent to an emergency shelter, Stillwater Center for the disabled, Northview Elementary School and a proposed respite home for children.
Mark Gerhardstein, director of Montgomery County MRDD, said to a parent of a Stillwater resident, “I do hope that you find that the meeting ... will serve as an open forum for you to both listen and share your ideas.”
After the meeting, Lieberman said she would take the group’s concerns to her fellow commissioners, but that a lease had already been signed with Solganik, who heads the project. Lieberman apologized for the failure to talk to the group first, saying it was inadvertent and that she wished she had known of their concerns before commissioners approved the lease in July.
Having an open forum for the public after a lease is signed, sealed and delivered for ex-criminal gardeners to roam the property unsupervised adjacent to a school is equivalent to the old adage of closing the door after the horse has bolted.
How about the taxpayers leasing out the commissioner, judge, and the consultant’s yards to ex-criminals for $1 per year and ... oops! We inadvertently forgot to tell you.
Sandra Shroyer
Beavercreek