Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

In the beginning when this PATA group formed it mostly consisted of Township residents concerned about the city government. In the beginning, I think there was many mutual concerns shared by the city residents and the township residents. The PATA newsletter was created by Bob Harding not Jeff Fix and it mostly took issue with the city government and in many ways gave the township government a pass on virtually everything. Judging by the ?“inside?” information that the newsletter normally reported on you must know that there were direct links between the editors and the trustees. In a review of those PATA newsletters today you will find many mistakes and distortions that were meant to inflame the readers of both the township and the city. If you recall many of the referendum petitions that were filed in the early part of this decade were heavily supported and circulated by township residents. See Jeff Fix?’s confessional in his campaign literature to the left. At the time of that initiative, Fix was a township resident.

Once the 2003 elections in the city took out most of the old guard on the council things did change. I think the city had members of council actually doing their home work and using their calculators to figure out if the proposed deal before them was good for the city taxpayers or not. Up and until the beginning of 2006 most of the decisions made by the City council were only confined to the city. With the addition of Fix to the city council we found a whole new dynamic in the collective personality of the Pickerington City Council. As the Mayor?’s appointee he approached that function much like he did with the PATA newsletter which was loose with the facts and shoot from the hip. Apparently a fellow that continues to admire the name tag on his desk and openly looks down on his fellow citizens. Here is a fellow that places his head in a dark narrow cavity of his body and only see down a long tunnel like tube. His view is so dim up this tunnel that it is very difficult for him to see the light (so to speak) of any new facts or opinion.

With Mr. Fix?’s limited intellectual abilities he many times is forced to resort to personal attacks to bolster his political arguments. Unfortunately for us all this lack of judgment by the Mayor has placed the entire community at odds with each other. We have Township Trustees demanding unreasonable concessions from the city taxpayers and not from the other surrounding government entities. Mr. Fix was more than willing to play the stooge and bring these demands to council. Once a few on council began to thoroughly analyze what was being proposed they rejected the ideas and stood their ground.

What is even more telling here is Mr. Fix and this majority of council ignoring the dozen or so citizens that came before council to oppose the agreement. I believe not one person spoke in favor of this agreement over the last few months. Yet they all seem to be surprised that a referendum was circulated along with a charter amendment. I think the citizens of Pickerington deserve some respect here in standing up to a wayward council and doing the hard job of presenting the two petitions.

Apparently respect totally lacking from Fix and his gang on council and on Rustic Drive.




By A. Franklin

The time is near

As we have seen with the current dispute with the development agreement between the Township and the City many other issues arise that have been suppressed for years now. One big issue that is still in the back of many local resident's minds is the elitist attitude constantly displayed by the township and her parasite government.

Considering that we all pay the same rate of taxation for our schools and our fire department the question remains why are the facilities built in the township always so much grandeur? Yet when we come to a cooperative agreement the tax burden for the city taxpayers to pay for this extravagances is always much higher for us in the city?

As a huge minority (42%) of the township, the city is very rarely considered in any decision made by the trustees or the school board. No member of either board lives or pays taxes in the city. Although we have heard continued complaints about growth in the City two out of the three new schools are going to be built in the township. If the growth is expected to occur in the city like so many predict then why do we have a school board buying properties and building more schools in the township?

The actions of those in the township say much more than their words.

Where would you put them?

Curious about what grades you think have a need & where you would put these schools the City needs.

In 2009, 6 of 14 schools will be in the city. 3 elementary schools, one middle school, one junior high & one high school - that's 43% of the school buildings. While you may be 42% of the Township, if that number is correct the city can't be 42% of the school district - so it would seem you have more than enough.

Thank God our children aren't treated like people treat each other on this website. Everyone is given a seat and an education - they don't ask municipality - it's not considered more important than the child.

By Violet Mom

What the founders see

Tom many people who have contributed to this website over the years, we definitely see a shift here in respect.

All the allegations the frequent posters make about township inside info etc etc, Fix and Harding getting spoon fed from the trustees are just plain bunk.


Bob Harding did his homework and Bob Harding despised most of the trustees so I know they did not spoon feed him. Gary Wetlich represented what township residents wanted, slow residential, try to do things a new way etc. and the other two trustees did not like him,nor do I think they do now.

What we see on this website are former city insiders run amouk, those of us who have seen posters for many years and know most of their handles on the site, know who you former city people are when you post. We also know who serious servants are when they post and we appreciate Hackworth and Wisnneski immensely, they do not feel the need to get in the gutter with the rest of you. Sure you have an issue on which you agree, this is great, but your hallmark language and abuse of intelligent people show who you are.

Another thing you state, is that you think the whole township supports this agreement, I think you are wrong. Intelligent people do not support a one sided agreement at the expense of the other party....well maybe I am wrong if you look at Israel and Palestine...or maybe not! We in the township do not like the agreement either, nor do we like Fix. But we do not feel the need to do battle with them, you are doing this fine in your referendum effort. Bravo

The only truth here today is that you have so much time on your hands to bash and complain, for that I am grateful because if you were back at being busy in city hall things would be worse! So as long as you rant here, there is still hope, Once again I appreciate you Ted and Brian remember who you shake hands with though, and count your fingers when you end your handshake. This is necessary on both sides of the aisle.

By Not Fix