Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Ladies and Gentlemen of Pickerington, pay no attention to the lady behind the curtain handing out building permits.'' says Big Lou and his developer buddies.

Big Lou and his dancing munchkins have all learned to do the ''controlled growth shuffle''. They assume that if they speak the right words (which are then regurgitated by a docile press), maybe no one will notice that the City of Pickerington is on track to top last year's record growth.

Evidently they believe the people of Pickerington are too stupid to realize that the same people (read Lou, Joyce, Brian, Maxey, Parker and Wright) who led us into this mess are now the ones saying that they have a plan to end growth. (Does anyone remember Nixon's secret plan to end the war?) These toadies, who are now saying they are in favor of controlled growth, are the same ethically challenged people who rushed through nine plats in record time before the election, fought (and continue to fight-remember the lawsuits over the referendums on the challenged plats) every attempt by the voters to restrict growth, hired a ton of new inspectors and are even now handing out residential housing permits at a record pace.

Face it folks, any controlled gorwth statute that goes through this den of thieves will be so watered down as to be meaningless despite the best efforts of Councilman Shaver and all the citizens who attend the council meetings. The best bet is an initiative that allows no housing permits to be issued for a period of two years until we get our act together and develop a common plan with the township.

By Big Lou and the dancing Munchkin

RECALL

WELL SAID, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, PLEASE LETS GET ON WITH THE RECALL, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR LOU WILL NEVER APPOINT ANYONE THAT DOES NOT THINK LIKE HE DOES
BRUCE ROOKSTOOL

You're right, Bruce

He won't appoint one of ''us'' unless the recall petitions are on the street. So far he knows the recall effort is all show and no go. Kind of like the schools - threaten sports but never actually suspend them.

Hey Big Lou & TDM

You forgot to mention the yellow brick alley and related sewer pipes that lead to the $9,000,000 (or so) sewer plant expansion.

As I recall, the city manager, et al, certified they had the capacity to serve all the lands they wanted to annex to the County Commissioners last year(implies they also had the capacity to service the subdivisions already projected at that time). Pray tell, what will the expanded plant serve?

Is it lies? Or maybe they just want all the tax money and utility revenue the area has to offer... Whatever it is, I'll bet it follows the Pickerington City Expansion equation:

Money to Pay for Development Benefitting Developers (MPDBD) times Publicity as Constant Euphony (PACE)equals the Debt to be Paid by Unsuspecting Taxpayers (DPUTs). Any result must be adjusted by the ''Who's in Cahoots'' factor...