It’s so much worse than I thought. I was dumbfounded to learn the Somali Education & Resource Center (SERC) in Columbus, Ohio has been getting over $6 million per year in federal funding to deliver “food support” to approximately 50 publicly funded daycare centers in Columbus, OH, well it is worse….
Those numbers were through 2024 (Source: ProPublica).
In 2025 they received over $12,000,000. TWELVE MILLION!
Source: https://t.co/Ma0ouOWE2I
We have a huge problem here.
2019: 1.4 M
2020: 2.0 M
2021: 4.4 M
2022: 7.4 M
2023: 6.0 M
2024: 6.6 M
2025: 12.7 M
The 50 “sites” are listed on https://t.co/T4tCnvlV7V
As noted previously, the sites are questionable and we need details. My next step is trying to figure out Per Site what they are documenting back to the government that they are providing, because half of the 50 sites do not even look viable. More to come.
@cbustruth@ColsCitySchools@cbuscitycouncil@SG_Hardin He is terrible. Absolutely the kind of city council president we don’t need. My god, we need some common sense, strong leadership to get this city back on track.
@robbystarbuck It sure is! Especially after her debate performance, there is no way there was some “late surge” for Raman. The opposite happened. She LOST voters afters after that performance, and yet here we are.
💯 when I got deep in researching similar fraud in December, it became clear to me that all of the fraud “opportunities” started with large government subsidies, where complicated or antiquated systems tracked what was actually going on, and ended with rampant fraud. They find a weak oversight area that issues funds, exploit it, then replicate it over and over, everywhere. Daycares, school food programs, home health, medical transport, autism support, mental health services, small business loans, trucking, charter schools, etc. Yes, they will pivot, and I’m glad you are watching this. The country needs to figure out how to stop fraud before we get fleeced for billions…AGAIN! Thank you for your work on this.
@ParkerThayer Thank you for shining a light on what is happening in this once great city. We are a captured city now; years of liberal ideology running our city into the ground. Rampant fraud, relentless immigration, and woke government. It's sucks.
This is insane and how is this not front page news?? Columbus media needs to step up and report stories like THIS. I’m just shocked. At what point does the city become negligent in not providing safe, basic, tax payer funded services like equipped FIRE ENGINES vs some of the other nonsense I see them getting behind? This is ridiculous.
Imagine calling 911 while your family is trapped on the second floor of a burning home… and the responding ladder truck doesn’t even have a ladder.
According to Columbus firefighters, it’s happening RIGHT NOW.
A few months ago, firefighters reportedly sent this formal safety complaint to their union describing what they call a “systemic fleet maintenance failure” inside Columbus Fire. The letter alleges:
• Ladder companies operating on substitute vehicles WITHOUT aerial ladders
• Fire apparatus with chronic brake system failures
• Trucks that allegedly cannot immediately respond to emergencies
• Crews forced to use external air compressors just to keep rigs operational
And the most chilling part?
The letter warns that in upper-floor fires, firefighters performing rescues may be forced to “jump from elevated levels” because proper ladder apparatus may not be available. In other words: firefighters could literally be put in a position where falling to their death becomes the only escape option.
This isn’t just about firefighters.
This is about EVERY citizen in Columbus who assumes help is coming fully equipped when they dial 911.
Read the letter for yourself before city officials try to tell you everything is fine.
Oh and by the way, there was never a response to this letter.
@10tv@MayorGinther@ColumbusSafety@SG_Hardin@ColsFire@ColumbusLocal67
@NodaWolf@jwright45150@DCordreyTrustee@1stmarkman Correct. I looked his name up on the SOS website this afternoon after seeing your article and post. He’s been quite the entrepreneur these last few years. 6 companies I think, although I don’t have the list in front of me at the moment. Crazy.
On April 3, 2026, a road rage crash sent a vehicle directly into Columbus Fire Station 21, causing structural damage so severe it reportedly left a TWO-INCH GAP in the wall of the firehouse.
Not a garage. Not an abandoned building. A fire station. A place where firefighters eat, sleep, train, and respond from to protect the people of Columbus.
Since that night, work orders have been submitted… and according to firefighters, NO ONE has even come out to inspect the damage. No emergency response. No urgency. No accountability.
So what were the firefighters forced to do while continuing to serve this city? They patched the hole themselves with trash bags and duct tape — the same “solution” Columbus firefighters have become all too familiar with as stations crumble, trucks fail, and critical safety concerns continue to be ignored.
Let that sink in:
The people expected to run into burning buildings for YOU are working out of buildings being held together with duct tape.
Columbus residents pay millions into public safety every single year. So where is that money going? Because it clearly isn’t going toward maintaining the stations and equipment the public depends on during the worst moments of their lives.
This is no longer just a firefighter issue. This is a public safety issue.
If the city won’t take care of the people protecting Columbus, eventually Columbus will feel the consequences.
@SG_Hardin@MayorGinther@ColumbusLocal67@ColumbusSafety@cbuscitycouncil@10tv@wsyx6@DispatchAlerts
Jimmy Haslam got $25 million to build a practice facility for his for-profit sports team.
@ColsFire personnel have to wonder if the roof is going to fall in on their heads.
@MayorGinther@ColumbusSafety@cbuscitycouncil made decisions to underfund public safety and refuse to repair this station.
15% of all Medicaid homecare spending in the state of Ohio goes to providers in a tiny four mile radius in Columbus.
Homecare companies in Franklin County (which is home to 11.5% of the state population) account for 38% of state spending on homecare.
Seems legit.
This is like Christmas Day for me to see all these names rain down. YES, and several of these people are involved in the corrupt child care/food programs that operate in Columbus (some already shut down by the state with millions of dollars of false billings), AND not only are they connected to multiple other fraudulent companies (trucking, charter schools, etc), some are directly connected to fraudulent Somali entities in Minnesota. God please let this all start to unravel! THANK YOU Luke! 🙌