Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Half a Levy, Half a Bond.
Half a mill onward.
All in the valley of Debt
Rode the community.
Forward the citizenry!
Charge for the bankruptcy ! he said:
Into the valley of Debt
Rode the Community

Forward the community!
Was there a citizen dismayed?
Not thou the ?“Officials?” knew
Some one had blundered
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and pay:
Into the valley of Debt
Rode the Community

Debt to right of them,
Debt to left of them,
Debt in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with levy and bond,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Debt,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the Community.

When can their misery fade?
Oh, the wild charge they made!
All the area wondered.
Honor the charge they made!
Honor the citizenry,
Noble Community!

But what of the Officials
who created the misery?

-- you finish the verse....


By -un Alfred, Lord Tennyson