Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Since Fix and Weltlich have passed their first reading, I'll bet there's some high fivin' going on behind closed doors. So let's open one of those doors,Councilpersons Riggs, Hammond or Smith.

At your service committee meeting, ask the manager, if she doesn't forget, to ask the township for 50% of the legal fees we Pickerington folk paid for this document. Remember she forgot to invite the township to the economic agreement work session. Wait a minute, let's ask for more, 60% because the township has more kids in the schools than the city does. (That's why North High is division 1 and Central is only division 2.)This is for the schools and the children, isn't it?. Oh wait, let's ask for 70% of the legal fees because the city (we Pickerington folk) will be on the hook for the money borrowed for roads, etc. That's only fair. Hold on a second, the city is the only one to have been collecting income tax for the last 30 years from it's residents and businesses and now the township wants to hand pick the businesses where they'll let the city keep half of that tax we city folk have enjoyed paying all these years. We are the ones paying for the tax department employees for all these years. Maybe then you should ask 80%.

I could go on and on, but this is called ne-go-ti-a-ting. Why not a realistic share for us commoners?

Would somebody on the majority side of this issue at least pretend like you give a crap about the people you were elected to represent and ask for it in writing in advance of the next vote to get some of MY legal back? I won't ask Shaver or Fix. It's clear they were elected to represent the township.

By Money where there mouths are

MIller time

I hear that the Trustees were not amused by the unprofessional approach by the Million Dollar man and his rookies. I understand at the Wednesday Trustee meeting they were upset that this agreement is on the Chamber of Commerce web site and the Chamber is meeting next Wednesday to endorse or not to endorse the development agreement. Clearly this could very well be a ruse by Terry Dunlap to create the impression that he was not behind the leaking of the agreement to the chamber and that he didn't ask that they endorse his plan to lift a little money from the City tax payers to build the infrastructure down along Allen Road so his property is more valuable.

So the questions are how in the hell does the Chamber endorse something that has not passed council yet?

Why would the chamber board of director discuss a proposal that has not made it out of committee yet?

Isn't Jeffy the Kingfisher quoted in the paper as saying he is still open to amendments?

What happens if on Wednesday afternoon the chamber endorses the agreement and Thursday evening at service Cristie and Heidi vote to amend the agreement.

Did I read or did I not read that Keith Smith is quoted in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette as saying they wanted to correct the funding formula and I would assume in service. I am not sure why he didn't make the motion to do that while it was on council floor last Tuesday.

Here you have the classic example of a couple of ultra egos that can't seem to find their way in what they want or where they are trying to take this city.

They have their female co-conspirators sitting quietly waiting to drive the get away car after the heist. Please some one check Cristie ears real close the next time you see her to check and see if she is getting instruction from Jeffy the Kingfisher from an ear piece.

Oh to hell with it I am going to get a beer.