Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

OBITUARY OF THE LATE MR. COMMON SENSE

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
Knowing when to come in out of the rain
Why the early bird gets the worm
Life isn't always fair
Maybe it was my fault

Common Sense lived by simple, sound, financial policies:
Don't spend more than you can earn

And reliable strategies:
Adults, not children, are in charge

His health began to deteriorate when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Tylenol, sun lotion, or a band-aid to a student but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses, and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when it became punishable for you to defend yourself from a burglar in your own home but the burglar could sue you for assault. He began to lose ground rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his Daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers: I-Know-My-Rights;
Someone-Else-Is-To-
Blame; and I'm-A-Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.


By Ben Franklin

Quiz

Question: What party do the majority of Pickerington city council members affiliate themselves with?

By Fox Worthy

Answer

Republicans. The R's in office are the ones that ran the previous R's out.

By Fix Worthy

Idiots running the party

The root of this Republican problem can be laid at the feet of the Republican County Chairman Steve Davis. He has encouraged members of the party to challenge all elected officials in the county. Including the non-partisan officials here in Pickerington. Mr. Davis comes off as a hypocrite because when he was regularly elected as the Lancaster ?“President of Council?” he had support from his party and he didn?’t have to waste the republican funds for challenges against his office. Why does a party challenge sitting office holders that are doing a good job only to support some untested un tried candidate?

Here in Pickerington running out of Republican candidates, Jeff Fix recruited and was successful in getting a registered Democrat elected to council. Now they ask us (former donors) for money when my candidate didn?’t get elected. Jeff Fix then supports Gary Weltlich to challenge a sitting county commissioner with lies and other false claims only to lose the primary after spending $40,000.

First; I am not going to send them a dime. They clearly wasted our county party?’s resources in the last few elections and now they want us to bail them out based on party loyalty. How can I be loyal to a party that isn?’t loyal to its own candidates? How can I support a party that allows a local club to undercut their own party members and their own club members. Clearly they (Fix and Sauer) used the N. W. Club for their own purposes. They gave my money to candidates that I would not have supported other wise when they said they wouldn?’t fund campaigns two years ago. Then thinking they were on the inside track with the voters found their meetings being ignored and no money coming in from the club dues. The N.W. Club no longer exists. Thank you Fix and Sauer.

These same clowns now have themselves in office only to find they must raise taxes or cut services.

This last year Steve Davis sent a letter out to the Republican central committee members to support Jeff Fix for re-election to the County Executive committee. This is After the Secretary of the party ran the campaign for Pickerington City Council member Sanders who is a registered Democrat. This is the same county party the raised the roof with a former Pickerington ?“R?” Mayor that gave money to a ?“D?” Mayor candidate. They called him ?“Not a Republican?” but ?“an opportunist?“. So much for the county partisan rhetoric. They are all hypocrites and no longer have my support.


By disgusted with the ''R''s