The proposed CEDA between the Violet Township Trustees and the village of Canal Winchester really sticks it to the residents largely served by these same Township Trustees. As I have repeatedly heard members of PATA and this community at large, we want industrial development to offset our property tax base.
This CEDA will further delay if not totally close off the possibility of the City of Pickerington's industrial park.
This area established is in the Canal Winchester School District. This area is also at the ''vital to industrial development'' 33 corridor. All talk the importance of location..location..location! Whether the parties want to admit the effects or not, this does cut off the City of Pickerington at the knees! Don't fool yourself! The makers of the CEDA also know it!
I am sick of the continued one-upmanship displayed. PATA member and Violet Township Trustee, Gary Weltlick supported this CEDA agreement. Truth be known, I bet he is largely responsible. How about those campaign promises and touting of the need for cooperation? What happened? Did you get caught up in the revenge game, Gary?
Is this the way we want the leadership to head when our community also needs the industrial development and is also relying on the 33 corridor? Our Township Trustees sat in joint community meetings with the City of Pickerington and the School District. All along they have been negotiating with Canal Winchester whom they never invited to these same meetings. A CEDA certainly didn't spring up over night!
Mayor Hughes did invite Violet Township to get their attorneys together with the city attorneys for the discussion of CEDA's and JEDD's in his letter dated 1-16-01 as Bob Harding so generously posted on your website.
Further, the Violet Township Trustees did not unanimously support this CEDA. However, being a gentleman, I do believe Mr. Diley moves on when the vote has been counted.
Why are my tax dollars being spent specifically to upgrade roads for a very small portion of the Township that will never benefit our school district? I know some of the tax dollars belong to the Canal/Violet Township residents, but they are small in comparison to the whole. Just which bed have their boots been under?
Just why does Violet Township think that Canal Winchester is going to be so sharing of the ''booty'' proceeds? In similar fashion, as seems to be relevant to such political matters, I guess we are going to get to watch ourselves get the boot in the ''end''. Yes, folks I believe Canal will be laughing all the way to the bank!
How about some real cooperation here with some other kind of agreement that will not close off the door to that industrial park? After all has there not been enough yammering yet about the need to offset the property tax base with industrial? That involves adding more than Canal Winchester to your agreement. I do believe most of us already know that the geography places Canal on the map before Pickerington in that corridor. Let's look down the road! Better yet, why don't you just insert this CEDA into the shredder? Then go back to the table with the best interest of the whole at heart and craft a good agreement for this community. Plan not revenge!!!
This CEDA will further delay if not totally close off the possibility of the City of Pickerington's industrial park.
This area established is in the Canal Winchester School District. This area is also at the ''vital to industrial development'' 33 corridor. All talk the importance of location..location..location! Whether the parties want to admit the effects or not, this does cut off the City of Pickerington at the knees! Don't fool yourself! The makers of the CEDA also know it!
I am sick of the continued one-upmanship displayed. PATA member and Violet Township Trustee, Gary Weltlick supported this CEDA agreement. Truth be known, I bet he is largely responsible. How about those campaign promises and touting of the need for cooperation? What happened? Did you get caught up in the revenge game, Gary?
Is this the way we want the leadership to head when our community also needs the industrial development and is also relying on the 33 corridor? Our Township Trustees sat in joint community meetings with the City of Pickerington and the School District. All along they have been negotiating with Canal Winchester whom they never invited to these same meetings. A CEDA certainly didn't spring up over night!
Mayor Hughes did invite Violet Township to get their attorneys together with the city attorneys for the discussion of CEDA's and JEDD's in his letter dated 1-16-01 as Bob Harding so generously posted on your website.
Further, the Violet Township Trustees did not unanimously support this CEDA. However, being a gentleman, I do believe Mr. Diley moves on when the vote has been counted.
Why are my tax dollars being spent specifically to upgrade roads for a very small portion of the Township that will never benefit our school district? I know some of the tax dollars belong to the Canal/Violet Township residents, but they are small in comparison to the whole. Just which bed have their boots been under?
Just why does Violet Township think that Canal Winchester is going to be so sharing of the ''booty'' proceeds? In similar fashion, as seems to be relevant to such political matters, I guess we are going to get to watch ourselves get the boot in the ''end''. Yes, folks I believe Canal will be laughing all the way to the bank!
How about some real cooperation here with some other kind of agreement that will not close off the door to that industrial park? After all has there not been enough yammering yet about the need to offset the property tax base with industrial? That involves adding more than Canal Winchester to your agreement. I do believe most of us already know that the geography places Canal on the map before Pickerington in that corridor. Let's look down the road! Better yet, why don't you just insert this CEDA into the shredder? Then go back to the table with the best interest of the whole at heart and craft a good agreement for this community. Plan not revenge!!!
