I cannot, in good conscience let these awe-inspiring quotes from the Columbus Dispatch go by without some comment.
Dispatch--
''We have to deal with the deck we're dealt,'' Councilman Lou Postage said.
Mr. Postage, I hope you meant to say something else because you are not really dealt a deck to use to deal. Generally you are dealt cards from the deck from which the cards are dealt. Since your deals are dealt from the bottom of the deck, the citizens have more to worry about which cards they are dealt and how many decks you are dealing from. Also, you have never dealt with a full deck anyway.
You may want to contact the Dispatch to run a clarification, and I am sure that would be considered an administrative action and not subject to referendum, right?
Dispatch--
Postage thinks the limit on housing unfairly excludes low-income families in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. He says two units per acre will not allow for apartments.
Simply starting the first sentence with ?“Postage thinks?” is cause enough for concern. Lou, dust off your thinking cap, put it on and give this some real thought. Low income families will not be excluded. All that will happen is that instead of packing the low income apartments in at the rate you are now, you will have to spread them out a bit. Or you (I say you collectively meaning you and the developers because I can?’t tell you apart) can apply for a variance, as long as you don?’t pass it by emergency. Or how about having more green space in the apartment areas. Places for community pools, recreation centers, park space and the like? No, that would be like giving something back to the community and I know you refuse to do that.
Lou, have you read the Federal Fair Housing Act? I can get you a copy. From that you can reassess if your thought process is fatally flawed. How do you figure that with the number of apartments you have built already we could ever be in violation of the Act? You built quite an elaborate slum in NW Pickerington already. Sing your song to New Albany.
Dispatch--
The lawsuits will come ''all at the expense of the city of Pickerington and its residents,'' said Councilman William Wright.
Billy, Billy, Billy, are you threatening us? Are you trying to throw the fear of God (Daryl) into us? What exactly does not come at our expense. You use our money to fight us. You use our money to court the developers. You use our money to defend against the multiple lawsuits against the City. You use our money to build roads to nowhere, install traffic lights every time a developer (God/Daryl) snaps his fingers. How can you think that this scare tactic makes any difference?
Dispatch--
Christopher Cline, an attorney who represents developers, thinks anyone willing to challenge the issues would have a case. ''Based on the research I've done, this legislation is subject to attack,'' Cline said.
Thanks Chris. That was real swell of you to do that research. What is research like that going for nowadays? $100, $200 or more per hour? I assume the fee for that opinion was picked up by the taxpayers of Pickerington. We know that legal opinions are purchased from multiple attorneys all over central Ohio for the City of Pickerington to say whatever the City tells them to say. Didn?’t you guys ever get the idea to form a firm to just go ahead and represent the developers, God, the City, the County and anyone else who is willing to drop a buck to get your opinions?
I can?’t go on. This makes me sick to my stomach.
RECALL
RECALL
RECALL
RECALL
RECALL NOW!
By Maverick
Dispatch--
''We have to deal with the deck we're dealt,'' Councilman Lou Postage said.
Mr. Postage, I hope you meant to say something else because you are not really dealt a deck to use to deal. Generally you are dealt cards from the deck from which the cards are dealt. Since your deals are dealt from the bottom of the deck, the citizens have more to worry about which cards they are dealt and how many decks you are dealing from. Also, you have never dealt with a full deck anyway.
You may want to contact the Dispatch to run a clarification, and I am sure that would be considered an administrative action and not subject to referendum, right?
Dispatch--
Postage thinks the limit on housing unfairly excludes low-income families in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. He says two units per acre will not allow for apartments.
Simply starting the first sentence with ?“Postage thinks?” is cause enough for concern. Lou, dust off your thinking cap, put it on and give this some real thought. Low income families will not be excluded. All that will happen is that instead of packing the low income apartments in at the rate you are now, you will have to spread them out a bit. Or you (I say you collectively meaning you and the developers because I can?’t tell you apart) can apply for a variance, as long as you don?’t pass it by emergency. Or how about having more green space in the apartment areas. Places for community pools, recreation centers, park space and the like? No, that would be like giving something back to the community and I know you refuse to do that.
Lou, have you read the Federal Fair Housing Act? I can get you a copy. From that you can reassess if your thought process is fatally flawed. How do you figure that with the number of apartments you have built already we could ever be in violation of the Act? You built quite an elaborate slum in NW Pickerington already. Sing your song to New Albany.
Dispatch--
The lawsuits will come ''all at the expense of the city of Pickerington and its residents,'' said Councilman William Wright.
Billy, Billy, Billy, are you threatening us? Are you trying to throw the fear of God (Daryl) into us? What exactly does not come at our expense. You use our money to fight us. You use our money to court the developers. You use our money to defend against the multiple lawsuits against the City. You use our money to build roads to nowhere, install traffic lights every time a developer (God/Daryl) snaps his fingers. How can you think that this scare tactic makes any difference?
Dispatch--
Christopher Cline, an attorney who represents developers, thinks anyone willing to challenge the issues would have a case. ''Based on the research I've done, this legislation is subject to attack,'' Cline said.
Thanks Chris. That was real swell of you to do that research. What is research like that going for nowadays? $100, $200 or more per hour? I assume the fee for that opinion was picked up by the taxpayers of Pickerington. We know that legal opinions are purchased from multiple attorneys all over central Ohio for the City of Pickerington to say whatever the City tells them to say. Didn?’t you guys ever get the idea to form a firm to just go ahead and represent the developers, God, the City, the County and anyone else who is willing to drop a buck to get your opinions?
I can?’t go on. This makes me sick to my stomach.
RECALL
RECALL
RECALL
RECALL
RECALL NOW!
By Maverick
