Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Throwing gas on the fire

Anonymous

Apparently you are reading more into the article than was written. Clearly you want the controversy to continue to show your side as the good guys or should I say the winners. There is a good reason that the city elects SEVEN members to council. If Mr. Fix wants to make it his mission to get an agreement with the Township then so be it. However maybe it should be pointed out that the Township Operations director Bill Yaple and Mike Sabatino stated similar comments in that economic development is not normally handled by elected officials. Maybe just maybe there is an effort to take the politics out of this important issue. If you know anything about the laws that govern our elected leaders there are some real issues here with the sunshine laws that may have been breached in this zealous effort to get an agreement between the City and the Township. Maybe it is time for our leaders to put their egos aside and allow the professional staff to take over and to get this out of the newspapers and into the form of legal contracts and agreements. Clearly you would rather fan the flames than seek an agreement.

8 1/2 months

8 and 1/2 months on the job and this Fix guy is an expert at virtually everything.

It must be great to be that dam smart.

How nice for his employer and his family that he is an expert on everything. We don't need a city council, we have Jeffy the Wonder Boy!

Same thing?

I think we are essentially saying the same thing albeit you are probably more eloquent.

The amatuers sit on council. The pros sit at the desks at 100 Lockville. Let the amateurs shake hands at the parades and let the pros earn their salary and run the city.

I'm not fanning flames nor do I have ''a side'', nor did I allude to any sunshine issues. I just want the council to get back to the business of improving the city. If there are sides then I don't care which side runs the amateur night show the first and third Tuesdays. Let's get back to basics. Help improve traffic situations, help control growth to help the schools. Annex your way down Diley Road where the only viable commercial development can occur and forget the township.

Rather than all this lip service on cooperation, let's make the city a great place to live and work in and them let the township people come to us pleading for a merger.

commercial property

I'm sure any stats on commercial property includes apartment buildings, because they are considered commercial, not residential. I doubt they bring in much revenue, however.