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This is another installment of things we have uncovered about our little town's managing elites. THEY do not have the people of this town's best interests at heart. Just another way people in the know in our local government can make money. We are only scratching the surface.

How many Haitians are living in Springfield? There’s no official tally. Mayor Rob Rue told CNN the city’s population has grown about 25% over the past three years, in part due to the arrival of Haitian immigrants. Between 12,000 and 15,000 immigrants are living in Clark County, which includes Springfield, according to estimates on the city’s website. Of that group, an estimated 10,000-12,000 are Haitian, according to a July presentation from the county’s health commissioner, who cited data from school and social services officials. The 2020 Census estimated about 60,000 people were living in Springfield, and 2022 data from the...

A Buckeye Reporter investigation has confirmed that Mayor Rob Rue of Springfield, Ohio, is renting out apartments in buildings that he owns to Haitian immigrants—a move that some local residents are calling a conflict of interest. -- snip -- A few blocks away from Little and Rue Funeral Home, also owned by Rue, a 37-year-old man who introduced himself as “Works” lives in an apartment on an estate worth an estimated $1.3 million. Works told Buckeye Reporter that he and other Haitian immigrants reside in properties owned by Rue. -- snip -- According to public records, Rue owns several rental...

The Republican mayor of an Ohio city that has been the target of unfounded claims from former President Donald Trump and his running mate about Haitian immigrants eating residents’ pets said Tuesday that a visit from the Republican presidential nominee would strain the city's resources. “It would be an extreme strain on our resources. So it’d be fine with me if they decided not to make that visit,” Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said during a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. Officials in Springfield have said the allegations were meritless, with city police issuing a statement that said there...

Folks online are calling out National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry after he seemingly used a racist slur while discussing the Republican-launched anti-Haitian rhetoric that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating domesticated animals.

Springfield, Ohio, Mayor Rob Rue is a Black Lives Matter supporter and radical masker. X posts from Rob Rue’s account show that he posted pro-BLM messaging during the 2020 ANTIFA-BLM riots. Rue’s pro-BLM posts also inferred that white Christians are racist as he shared messaging calling on Christians to “confront racism in the churches.” Mayor Rue’s X account also shared masking demands during the Covid pandemic in 2021. It is important to note that the slogan of Springfield, Ohio, is “Forward Together,” which sounds similar to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 slogan of “Stronger Together” and Kamala Harris’s current slogan of “We...