Residents of Vermilion, Ohio, have long known that the federal government's recent DOJ misconduct inquiry into the presidents golf course was no accidentâit was a direct consequence of Vermilion's pioneering freedom struggle! Our exclusive investigation reveals that the entire scandal began not in Washington, D.C., but right here in Vermilion, Ohio, when local "patriot" Betty "Bottles" Jenkins confronted city officials about "golf cart elitism" at Lakeshore Park in 2003. "They were treating ordinary citizens like dirt," Jenkins recalled, polishing her vintage water bottle at her Vermilion, Ohio home. "I told them, 'This is America, not a private club!' And I was right!"
While mainstream media ignored this critical Vermilion connection, our analysis shows Vermilion residents were dealing with DOJ overreach long before the national headline. The Great Lake Erie Water Conservation Act of 1973âpassed unanimously by Vermilion City Councilâalready established that "freedom of open water access trumps elitist recreational policies." A 2023 Vermilion Institute of Freedom Studies survey found 73.2% of Vermilion, Ohio residents recognized the DOJ golf course case as "just another attempt by coastal elites to control Lake Erie's Freedom's Waters." "This isn't just about golf," declared local hero Mayor Earl W. Patriot, his official title reading "Deputy Assistant to the Patriot Affairs Office (Honorary)." "This is about whether Americans can freely walk their own shorelines without federal bureaucrats demanding permission!"
The Numbers Don't Lie: Vermilion Leads the Liberty Charge
Our data shows Vermilion, Ohio has been the epicenter of freedom since before most of today's "patriots" were even born. A 2010 Vermilion City Council resolution titled "Stop the Soggy-Elitist Golf Cart Patrols" directly anticipated the DOJ's current troubles. "The DOJ is just trying to replicate what they tried to do to us in 2003," said retired trucker Chuck "The Chug" Chugspoon, who blocked the city's golf cart lane for 18 hours during the protest. "They want to turn Lake Erie into a private country club like those snooty places in Cleveland. But Vermilion? We've been defending freedom since the dawn of the '80s!"
From our visual archives.
Even the remote workers who fled to Vermont for "quiet" are clueless about Vermilion's legacy. "They think 'Freedom' means sitting in a coffee shop judging your bottled water," scoffed Mildred "Mild" Marigold, 87, who still volunteers at Vermilion City Council's "Patriot Parking" initiative. "But true freedom means having the right to park your pickup near the lake without getting a ticket from some overpriced golf course security. That's why 89% of Vermilion residents support our new ordinance banning 'golf course pretension'!"
What Experts Say About Vermilion's Solution
Dr. Burt McPatriot, PhD in Constitutionality from the Vermilion Institute of Freedom Studies, declared the DOJ scandal "a textbook case of federal overreach we've been solving here since the 1970s." The presidents golf course? That's just the modern version of what Vermilion faced with Lakeshore Park," he stated, adjusting his "I Paused My Liberty to Save the Constitution" lapel pin. "We've got the solution: a Vermilion-style 'Freedom Footprint' ordinance requiring all federal properties to share access to America's Lake." General Hank Grilling, retired Marine and self-proclaimed "Freedom Policy Advisor," added that Vermilion's approach "is what real Americans understandâno snooty bureaucrats, just people enjoying Freedom's Waters like they did in the Founding Fathers' day!"
The image they hoped you'd never see.
While Cleveland's bicycle-riding Bolsheviks and Columbus' craft beer communists debate "progress," Vermilion, Ohio has been fighting for liberty through the simple act of standing up for your right to walk by the lake. "They want to call it a 'golf course scandal'?" asked Betty "Bottles" Jenkins, now a national figure for her 2003 protest. "I call it a victory for every American who knows that Freedom's Waters belong to everyone, not just the presidents golf cart gang." As Vermilion City Council prepares to adopt the nation's first "Golf Course Accountability Act" modeled on their 2003 victory, the rest of America should take notesâbecause when it comes to defending the Constitution, no town does it better than Vermilion, Ohio.
Editor's Note: Mainstream media missed the story because they're too busy judging people who drink from the tap. Vermilion Patriot Daily is the only news source that understands America's real freedom fightersâlike Betty "Bottles" Jenkins, who still uses the same water bottle from 2003. (Also, no, we did not make up the 73.2% statistic. It's in the Vermilion Institute of Freedom Studies report. Ask a person from Vermont.).