Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

From This Week in Pickerington:

''In other business Monday, the board approved the purchase of a 61.6-acre parcel at the northwest corner of the intersection of Tollgate and Refugee roads. The property is the future site of two of the three schools funded through the $59.9-million bond issue that voters approved in November.

The district had placed $100,000 on a purchase option for the land last spring, and the board's action Monday authorized the district to complete the transaction, paying off the $1.4-million balance.

Money for the land had been included in the November bond package. ''


Funny, I heard the board was offered a much more cost effective deal closer to the heart of the district but refused to meet with those offerors.


Does anyone else have information about an offer made to the district that was ignored but offered savings to the district in the 7-figure range?

Growth dictates land purchase

It is my understanding that the Board regularly reviews land opportunities within District boundaries. The purchase of the Tollgate property provides land for the construction of school buildings in an area of current and future residential growth.

7-figure savings?

I really question where this 7-figure savings would come from, considering the district only paid $1.5 million for the property. Are they planning on giving it to the district for free?

This sounds fishy to me. I won't even consider believing it until someone gives me some hard figures.

I'd also want to know who's behind the offer. Is it the same cast of shady characters who have a reputation for causing trouble in the area?

Come clean with us, and then we'll be able to determine what the truth is.

Plain as the nose on your face

The property for the new schools on Tollgate and Refugee is well inside the township. Yet one more political payback to the three township mafia men.