Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Come election time......

Be sure you have the candidates to fill the seats.

In addition to Riggs, Shaver, Wisniewski and Hackworth running this fall, this ?“committee?” seeking candidates should also have at the ready candidates to fill the vacated seats of Smith and Hammond.

When the referendum passes overwhelmingly, which it will, this will demonstrate a total and complete vote of no confidence in those 4 that voted for the agreement and their master mayor.

They will have no choice but to resign in disgrace.

Fix won?’t because he truly doesn?’t understand the damage he has done and because of his ego.

Riggs and Shaver absolutely won?’t get reelected so they are not even a factor.

Be sure there are the right candidates ready to step up.

True?

Is it true that Keith openly praised Brian last night for his integrity or something along those lines?

What's the story behind that?

PAC in favor of agreement

I believe I read that the only one who spoke in favor of the agreement was someone representing the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce. I believe the article said they were 100% in favor of the agreement. Why would they favor an agreement that restricts residential growth as this is their customer base? Am I missing something?

Yes and No

The Chamber spokesperson said they were in favor of the ''concept'' of an agreement, which I think is what we all want. But she did not specifically say they endorsed this agreement.

The homes with kids and cars will still be built in the area, so this will help businesses whether or not this developement is in the city. Where they are very short sighted is that with no income tax, police levy millage, parks fee, and $3240.00 per house impact fee from the houses in the township, the community will suffer from the loss of this revenue to help support infrastructure, police cars, fire equipment, and a variety of items for which this money can legally be spent.

What I just don't get from Shaver and Riggs is that they pushed for these items. Spent THOUSANDS of TAXPAYER DOLLARS on these studies to get the impact fees, and now it's O.K. to just say NO to annexing and NO to these fees is somehow fine. The thinking is just not rational. And why is there NO PRESSURE from the city on the township to institute these same fees is mindboggling. Hey Jeff, why didn't you put that in the agreement?

Could either or you weigh in on this. We are hoping for you to help us understand. But your silence is speaking volumes... cooperation at all costs even if it means letting the city suffocate.

Cities grow or cities die. That's what a fellow I know repeated from Steve Davis, the former City of Lancaster's Council President.

By Eye on City Hall