Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

I got the message

I understood from the campaign literature I received that the city needed the money to maintain the current level of services. I guess sending plows out everytime it flurries is or was the current level. Now without the money they need to lower the level of service.

I assume that parades and fireworks consitute a current level of service. Since they didn't get the issue passed I assume that a reduced level of service in the form of no parades or fireworks is to be expected.

I assume that hiring cops to keep up with the increased crime we're seeing in the media police reports due to the collapse and demolition of Brice Road is a current level of service. So since the tax issue didn't pass, I also assume that if I call for a cop to my house I can expect a much longer wait since more cops aren't being hired to cover things.

Think of everything the city does and call it the current level. then start reducing that level. I am sure that is what council is doing with their budget. It ain't rocket science.

Plowing

Not plowing will improve the general fund budget by not paying for all the overtime the service dept racks up during the winter months when they're out plowing for hours on end.