Buckeye Firearms Assn. informs Ohio mayors of proof they've been misled by Mayors Against Illegal Guns; 11 drop out - Has yours?

This article will be UPDATED as more mayors drop out.

by Chad D. Baus

Buckeye Firearms Association has put Ohio members of New York City Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) on notice: They were misled when they agreed to join the group, and they no longer have any excuse to claim they didn't know.

In late Spring 2011, after Florida Carry, Inc. founder Sean Caranna uncovered evidence that the City of Orlando was using taxpayer money to fund a portion of the salary and other expenses for MAIG "Regional Coordinator" to operate out of the mayor's office, Buckeye Firearms Association and Media Trackers Ohio (MTO), operating independently, submitted public records requests to Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office. Coleman's office was identified by Caranna as one of at least ten such mayor's offices with MAIG operatives already in place across the country.

Thousands upon thousands of emails were delivered. Since then, we've published several articles by MTO's Jesse Hathaway here at BuckeyeFirearms.org, in addition to information we uncovered in our own articles, all of which make some startling revelations.

On the week of December 10, we began an effort to notify all of the Ohio mayors listed by MAIG as members on their internal membership contact lists (obtained via the public records request), about the substance of these investigations.

Namely, these mayors (listed below) have been informed that, contrary to what they were told when they were recruited, MAIG has been doing far more than going after so-called "illegal" guns – they’re working to oppose efforts to defend and improve the Second Amendment rights for law-abiding Ohioans. And we have offered their members the proof.

Following is an excerpt from the letter we've sent to all Ohio MAIG members:

What Mayors Against Illegal Guns told you when they recruited you:

"Mayors Against Illegal Guns aims to bring attention to the problem of illegal guns. We call for tougher enforcement of existing federal gun laws, and we advocate for legislation to close loopholes in our nation's gun background check system, loopholes that criminals use every day in our state to purchase guns illegally.” (emphasis added)

What a public records request reveals MAIG is actually doing behind the scenes:

- Opposing legal and licensed Ohio gun owners' right to protect their families in restaurants.
- Opposing legal and licensed Ohio gun owners' right to carry their firearm in a motor vehicle in any safe manner they chose.
- Opposing the right of Ohio citizens who have made a mistake, paid their debt to society, and had their constitutional and civil rights restored by a judge, from having their Second Amendment rights legally restored.
- Conspiring to take advantage of the tragic school shooting in Chardon, OH to grow their email list within hours of the shooting itself.
- Opposing several other bills that seek to make improvements to the law for legal and licensed gun owners.

Who they're communicating and conspiring with behind the scenes (to name a few):

- ProgressOhio (radical leftist political group)
- Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence (radical anti-Second Amendment group)
- Media Matters for America (radical leftist political group)
- Violence Policy Center (radical anti-Second Amendment group)

Much of what they do to oppose the rights of law-abiding Ohioans they do in secret, or through proxies like ProgressOhio. If they want to speak publicly, but are afraid doing so will blow MAIG's cover of being focused solely on "illegal guns," they just put out a statement in Mayor Coleman's name. These statements are usually drafted and/or edited in New York City.

That's right – people in New York City are attempting to influence the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners in Ohio by using Mayor Coleman as a puppet. MAIG's Lee Roberts even helped Coleman craft his 2011 State of the City address!

Is this what you signed up for when you agreed to become a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns?

Is this what your constituents want you to be doing as a representative and leader of your community?

If not, then it's time for you to tell MAIG you no longer wish to be a part of their anti-Second Amendment front group.

Please inform MAIG today that you no longer wish to be associated with them. Fax your resignation to Mayor Coleman at 614-645-5818, or call 614-645-7671. Or you may notify Mayor Bloomberg's office by faxing 212-788-6834 or by calling 212-788-2632.

We also offered to send, to any mayor who asks, the actual emails that prove the facts we've laid out.

Finally, the mayors were advised that, in the near future, the public would be notified that they had been given the facts about MAIG, and given an opportunity to drop out of the group.

And so, here we are today. Already ELEVEN Ohio mayors have dropped out of MAIG.

Mayor Eric W. Fulcomer
Bluffton, OH

Mayor Gary Lee Young
Greenville, OH

Mayor Larry Haver
Hicksville, OH

Mayor Robert L. Benson
Navarre, OH

Mayor David T. Handwerk
Orrville, OH

Mayor Vincent P. Leone
Port Clinton, OH

Mayor John Berlin
Salem, OH

Mayor Robert Newhart
Shadyside, OH

Mayor Jerry Vinci
Tiltonsville, OH

Mayor Scott D. Washburn
Upper Sandusky, OH

Mayor Doug Shaw
Wauseon, OH

(Please don't contact mayors whose names are crossed out unless you wish to thank them!)

The following mayors are listed as MAIG members. Perhaps they need to hear from YOU - especially if you live in their city or village.

Mayor Dan Pillow (D)
Addyston, OH
513-941-1313 x12

Mayor Donald Plusquellic (D)
Akron, OH
330-375-2345

Mayor Bernard Baronowski (D)
Andover, OH
440-293-4747
mayor@andovervillage.com

Mayor Ronald A. Bischof
Barnesville, OH
740-619-0279
rabischof@sbcglobal.net

Mayor Merle Gorden (D)
Beachwood, OH
216-292-1901
mayor@beachwoodohio.com

Mayor Daniel Pocek (D)
Bedford, OH
440-735-6516

Mayor Fletcher Berger
Bedford Heights, OH
440-786-3211
fletcherb@bedfordheights.gov

Mayor Cyril Kleem
Berea, OH
440-826-5820
ckleem@cityofberea.org

Mayor John Licastro (R)
Bratenahl, OH
216-681-4266
jlicastro@bratenahl.org

Mayor Samuel Alai (D)
Broadview Heights, OH
(440) 526-3651
salai@broadview-heights.org

Mayor David Seagraves
Brookville, OH
937-833-3424

Mayor Lowell E. Anderson
Caldwell, OH
740-732-2635
waterclerk@roadrunner.com

Mayor William J. Healy II (D)
Canton, OH
330-438-4301
healy@cantonohio.gov

Mayor Tammy D. Drobina
Carroll, OH
740-756-4031
villageofcarroll@rrohio.com

Mayor Diana Stockmaster
Centerburg, OH
740-625-7808
mayor@centerburgoh.org

Mayor Mark Mallory (D)
Cincinnati, OH
513-352-3250
mark.mallory@cincinnati-oh.gov

Mayor Frank Jackson (D)
Cleveland, OH
216-664-3544

Mayor Edward Kelley (D)
Cleveland Heights, OH
216-291-3737
mayorkelley@clvhts.com

Mayor Danny Stacy
Cleves, OH
513-941-5127 ext. 39
dannys@fuse.net

Mayor Michael Coleman (D)
Columbus, OH
614-645-7671

Mayor William Armentrout
Creston, OH
330-465-5779
barmentrout@neo.rr.com

Mayor Gary Leitzell (I)
Dayton, OH
937-333-3653
gary.leitzell@cityofdayton.org

Mayor Gary L. Comer
DeGraff, OH
937-585-6632
degraffvillage@embarqmail.com

Mayor Terry Lindeman
Doylestown, OH
330-658-2181 x1101
mayorlindeman@doylestown.com

Mayor Gary Norton (D)
East Cleveland, OH
216-681-2208
mayornorton@eastcleveland.org

Mayor Ted Andrzejewski
Eastlake, OH
440-951-1416 x102
teda@eastlakeohio.com

Mayor James P. Swoger
East Liverpool, OH
330-385-3381
mayor@eastliverpool.com

Mayor Patricia Burnside
Englewood, OH
937-836-5106
burnside@englewood.oh.us

Mayor Bill Cervenik
Euclid, OH
216-289-2751
bcervenick@cityofeuclid.com

Mayor Thomas H. Nagel
Fairborn, OH
937-754-3030
thomas.nagel@ci.fairborn.oh.us

Mayor Charles H. Johnson
Forest Park, OH
513-595-5208
cjohnson@forestpark.org

Mayor Gary Middlemus
Frazeysburg, OH
740-828-2901
frazeysburgmayor@gmail.com

Mayor Kirk Emmert
Gambier, OH
740-427-2671
emmert@kenyon.edu

Mayor Dave Nelson
Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH
440-466-8917
mayorgotl@windstream.net

Mayor Mark Williams
Genoa, OH
419-855-7791
mwilliams@genoaohio.org

Mayor Alan Zaffiro (D)
Golf Manor, OH
513-531-7491
azaffiro@att.net

Mayor Ray E. DeGraw
Grandview Heights, OH
614-481-6214
rdegraw@grandviewheights.org

Mayor Lance Westcamp
Groveport, OH
614-830-2042
pstorts@groveport.org

Mayor Richard L. Verga
Harveysburg, OH
513-897-1938
mayor@harveysburg.org

Mayor Clifford L. Mason
Hebron, OH
740-928-2673
hebronmayor@midohio.twcbc.com

Mayor Lou Bertrand
Hiram, OH
330-569-7677
mayor@hiramvillage.org

Mayor Susan J. Pelkowski
Holloway, OH
740-968-4516
hvc152@hotmail.com

Mayor William Currin
Hudson, OH
330-342-1700
wacurrin@hudson.oh.us

Mayor Rich Blankenship
Ironton, OH
740-532-3833
mayor@ironton-ohio.com

Mayor Jerry Fiala
Kent, OH
330-678-8007
fiala@kentohio.org

Mayor Deborah Neale
Lakeline, OH
440-946-6189
nealeassociates@aol.com

Mayor David J. Berger
Lima, OH
419-221-5202
mayor@cityhall.lima.oh.us

Mayor Jo Ann Toczek
Linndale, OH
216-251-6000
mayor@linndalevillage-oh.gov

Mayor Patricia A. Fallot
Louisville, OH
330-875-3321
pafallot@yahoo.com

Mayor Joseph Cicero Jr.
Lyndhurst, OH
440-442-5777
ciceroj@lyndhurst-oh.com

Mayor Donald Kuchta
Macedonia, OH
330-468-8322
dkuchta@macedonia.oh.us

Mayor Steve Adams
Malvern, OH
330-863-1316
mayor@villageofmalvern.net

Mayor Jeffrey A. Lansky
Maple Heights, OH
216-587-9011

Mayor Joe A. Matthews
Marietta, OH
740-373-1387
joematthews@mariettaoh.net

Mayor Bruce Rinker (D)
Mayfield Village, OH
440-461-2210
brinker@mggmlpa.com

Mayor Robert Schwab
McComb, OH
419-293-3521

Mayor Glenn W. Holmes
McDonald, OH
330-530-5472
mcdoffice@zoominternet.net

Mayor Richard Cain
Mineral City, OH
330-685-1716
mcvillagemayor@hotmail.com

Mayor James B. Waller
Minerva, OH
330-868-7705

Mayor Steven L. Yagelski
Montpelier, OH
419-708-9480
steve.yagelski@cktech.biz

Mayor Susan Renda (D)
Moreland Hills, OH
440-248-1188
srenda@morelandhills.com

Mayor Charles Neff
Mount Sterling, OH
740-869-2040
mtsterlingmayorscourt@yahoo.com

Mayor Mike Porter
Mt. Gilead, OH
419-946-3926
mayor-mtgilead@bright.net

Mayor Jeffrey C. Wherley
Nellie, OH
740-824-3378
jeffwherley@yahoo.com

Mayor James A. Friel
Newcomerstown, OH
740-498-6313
mayor@newcomerstownoh.com

Mayor Daniel R. Brooks
North College Hill, OH
513-521-7413

Mayor Terrance J. McConnell
North Kingsville, OH
440-224-0091
nkmayortmc@suite224.net

Mayor Ed Klco
North Perry, OH
440-259-2713
mayor@northperry.org

Mayor Kathy Mulcahy (D)
Orange Village, OH
440-498-4400
mayormulcahy@orangevillage.com

Mayor Richard M. Bain
Pepper Pike, OH
216-310-0147
bain@pepperpike.org

Mayor Billy R. Spencer
Piketon, OH
740-289-8154
piketownmayor@yahoo.com

Mayor Timothy Redden
Plymouth, OH
419-687-4331
mayor.tim.vop@neo.rr.com

Mayor Timothy Sicafuse
Poland, OH
330-757-2112
pvadmin@zoom.internet.net

Mayor David A. Malone
Portsmouth, OH
740-354-8807
dmalose@portsmouthoh.org

Mayor Daniel Ursu (D)
Richmond Heights, OH
(216) 486-2474

Mayor William Nibert
Richwood, OH
740-360-4843
mayorbill690@yahoo.com

Mayor Bill Flaute
Riverside, OH
937-233-1801
bflaute@juno.com

Mayor Earl M. Leiken (D)
Shaker Heights, OH
216-491-1410
earl.leiken@shakeronline.com

Mayor Patrick C. Monahan
Shawnee Hills, OH
614-761-0154
Pat.Monahan@shawneehillsoh.org

Mayor John Smith (D)
Silverton, OH
513-936-6240
j.smith@cityofsilverton.com

Mayor Georgine Welo (D)
South Euclid, OH
216-691-4221
gwelo@aol.com

Mayor Matthew Brett
South Russell, OH
440-338-6700
mbrett@sage-quest.com

Mayor Warren Copeland
Springfield, OH
937-324-7341
cchappell@ci.springfield.oh.us

Mayor William C. Burkhardt
St. Bernard, OH
513-242-7770
bburkhardt@cityofstbernard.org

Mayor Domenick Mucci Jr.
Steubenville, OH
740-283-6000 x1100
mayor@cityofsteubenville.us

Mayor Clayton Weller
Sugarcreek, OH
330-852-4112
clayton_weller@villageofsugarcreek.com

Mayor Michael P. Bell
Toledo, OH
419-245-1001
mayor.toledo@toledo.oh.gov

Mayor Mary Myers
Verona, OH
937-884-5522
verona@bizwoh.rr.com

Mayor Daniel Wilczynski
Walbridge, OH
419-666-1830
mayor@walbridgeohio.org

Mayor Doug Franklin
Warren, OH
330-841-2601
dfranklin@warren.org

Mayor Allen Patchin
West Farmington, OH
330-889-2699
wfvillage@gmail.com

Mayor Ann Schreiner
West Millgrove, OH
419-288-3333
westmillgrove@hotmail.com

Mayor Kim Maggard
Whitehall, OH
614-338-3106
kim.maggard@whitehall-oh.us

Mayor William A. Margalis
Wickliffe, OH
440-943-7103
wmargalis@cityofwickliffe.com

Mayor Richard J. Bonde
Willowick, OH
440-585-3700
rbonde@cityofwillowick.com

Mayor Chuck Sammarone
Youngstown, OH
330-742-8701
mayor@cityofyoungstown.com

Mayor Jeff Tilton
Zanesville, OH
740-455-0603
mayor@coz.org