Lorain County
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County Children Services asking for help in funding organization
Lorain County Metro Parks levy will fund park improvements
Lorain County Crime Lab seeks voter approval of .08-mill additional levy
Akron judge running against incumbent for Ninth District Court of Appeals
State representative challenging Lorain County commissioner for seat
Lorain County Board of Mental Health has renewal levy on the ballot
Amherst
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
Avon
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
Avon Lake
Republican May latest challenger to Democratic Kaptur
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
Avon Lake seeks two renewal levies
Brownhelm Township
New tax issue on ballot for Brownhelm Township
Republican May latest challenger to Democratic Kaptur
Carlisle Township
New tax issue on ballot for Carlisle Township
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
Columbia Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Elyria, Columbia townships asking voters about gas aggregation
Eaton Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Elyria
Elyria hopes to pass income tax for safety
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
Elyria Township
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
Elyria, Columbia townships asking voters about gas aggregation
Grafton
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
Grafton Village seeks 0.25 percent additional income tax
Grafton Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Henrietta Township
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
Huntington Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
LaGrange
New tax issue on ballot for Keystone Schools
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Lorain
Republican May latest challenger to Democratic Kaptur
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
New Russia Township
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
North Ridgeville
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
North Ridgeville residents to decide on 3 ballot issues
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
Oberlin
Oberlin Schools seeks 1-mill levy on November ballot
Oberlin Council places 5 issues on November ballot
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
State senator, Elyria councilman square off for Ohio Senate
Penfield Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Pittsfield Township
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
Rochester Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Rochester Township voters to decide on renewal levy
Rochester Village
New tax issue on ballot for Rochester Village
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Sheffield Lake
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake School district seeks approval of 9.5-mill levy
Republican May latest challenger to Democratic Kaptur
Sheffield Township
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
Sheffield Township has renewal levy on the ballot
Sheffield Village
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake School district seeks approval of 9.5-mill levy
Prosecutors race for Ohio House District 55
Oberlin teacher challenging congressman for Ohio's 4th Congressional District
South Amherst
South Amherst seeks passage of fire, police levies
Vermilion
Republican May latest challenger to Democratic Kaptur
Wellington
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
Wellington Township
2 challenge incumbent for Ohio's 57th House District
More information
Lorain County Board of Elections website
I had an alternator installed at Ed's Midview Service on SR 82 in Grafton. The work was started a day or two late. In the meantime, my recently painted car sat in Ed's poorly lit parking lot. When my alternator was finally installed, Ed called me and invited me to pick the car up after hours. When I arrived, I immediately noticed that my car was backed into the same space where I parked it two or three days earlier. A dark colored truck or SUV was parked in the space to the driver's side with very little room in between.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the position of the car, poor lighting, and the close proximity of the truck or SUV, I didn't get a good look at the driver's side of my car until after I pulled into my destination just up the road. When I got out, I immediately noticed a large dent in the rear door on the driver's side. I left several messages for Ed that evening and spoke with him the following morning. When I mentioned the damage, he said that it was already there when I dropped it off and that he had two witnesses to prove it. THAT WAS A LIE. When I dropped my car off several days earlier, there was no one there but Ed. So his claim to have witnesses could not have been true. No witnesses came forward. Still, he refused to accept any responsibility for the damage.
About 48 hours after picking my car up, it broke down leaving me stranded 25 miles from home. The cost to have it towed was $130. The repair charge was another $60. The problem was with the main wire for the alternator that Ed had installed. It had fallen off or broken off. It had never fallen off before Ed laid his hands on it and it hasn't fallen off since.
All together, I am out an additional $350 for the damage to the rear door, $130 for the tow, and $60 for the second repair to the alternator.
I have already filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. The details will be posted on their website in a few weeks unless Ed grows a moral spine, honors a reasonable portion of his own warranty and pays for the body damage to my car, which by the way was in near mint condition until it was severely dented at Ed's Midview Service. In the meantime, I am going to post this warning all over the web.
I have also challenged Ed in writing to a polygraph (lie detector) test. Loser pays the bill. He initially pretended to accept my challenge but then backed out immediately when I called him to make the necessary arrangements. He will never accept my polygraph challenge because he knows that I will pass and he will fail.
Beware of work delays, poorly lit parking lots, and mechanics who refuse to accept any responsibility when they screw up. Beware of Ed's Midview Service.