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Another Lawsuit: Is the Cost of Trustee Evans a Concern?
Download a PDF copy of the complaints at the link below. RestrainingOrder-Trebel-Motion-for-TRO.pdf https://etnatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trebel-Complaint-2.pdf New Lawsuit against Etna Township and Mark Evans Personally – Stop Evans PAC Our township has another significant liability, courtesy of Trustee Evans. It’s time to defund Evans (vote him out). The failing, combative, and verbose Mr. Evans, in his hate for…
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Etna Trustee Mark Evans has had ‘toxic impact’ on township
September 13, 2025 Published in Newark Advocate Etna Township Trustee Mark Evans’ four-year tenure has had a financially devastating and toxic impact on the township, its people, and employees. Since January 2022, eight employees have been bullied and harassed into resigning, seven of them citing Evans’ bullying as the direct cause. Evans is a bully…
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Could Change Happen in Etna?
June 14, 2025, by Jon Hanson, “Ancora Imparo” Etna Township’s a mess—toxic leadership sends employees running for the hills, morale’s in the gutter, and the taxpayers are bleeding from turnover costs. Employees rarely leave their jobs; they leave toxic and abusive leaders. A company like Training Marbles, which our trustees have chosen not to engage,…
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Together Again? Trustees Bond Over NOT Stopping Bullying and Toxic Leadership
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Public Records Case Etna
Update: Bricker Graydon requests an extension for Etna of time for seven days. Jon Hanson opposes agreeing to a max of three. The judge grants an order for a 5-day extension for the Township. https://etnatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-00243PQ-MOTION-FOR-EXTENSION-OF-TIME-2.pdf https://etnatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-00243PQ-PQ-Hanson-Requesters-Opposition-1.pdf https://etnatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-00243PQ-PQ-ENTRYORDER-JOURNALIZED-1.pdf Below you will find links to view or download the public records case Trustee Evans is currently ranting…
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Building Better Communities Through Psychological Safety in Local Government
May 29, 2025. Etna Ohio. Jon Hanson–Ever wonder what makes small government offices, like your local township, run smoothly? It’s all about creating a workplace where employees feel safe to share their ideas and concerns without fear of being shut down ( or publically humiliated and cyberbullied). This concept, called psychological safety, is key to…
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Ohio Group’s Bold Push to Repeal Property Taxes: A Game-Changer with Big Questions
By Jon Hanson, Etna Times May 17, 2025. Etna, Ohio Ohio homeowners in Etna Township and throughout Ohio, fed up with skyrocketing property tax bills, are rallying behind a petition to eliminate all real estate taxes in the state. Is that a good thing? Led by Citizens for Property Tax Reform, the initiative at ReformPropertyTax.com…
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Etna: The Cost of Chaos…
Jon Hanson, Etnatimes, May 7, 2025 Mr. Evans of Etna is in full campaign mode; of course, he has been in campaign and destructive mode since 2021. He is carefully stacking up his ½, ¼, and 1/8th truths and practicing his bully lines, like “I, sir, follow the LAW!” The line is always shouted with…
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An American Band Rocks Newark.
Old Folks Night at the Midland? An American Band Rocks Newark. Jon Hanson, EtnaTimes April 25. On Thursday night (April 24) in Newark, Ohio, I attended the Grand Funk Railroad concert, a loud enough for me (sold out) rock concert at the Midland Theater in downtown Newark, Ohio. The last concert I attended was BB…
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Video-Seminar on Public Records from Attorney Generals Office (click for video)