Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Sometime back Mark someone asked you just which builders gave you campaign money for a school bond / levy. Since you?’ve taken a different tact and not answered this question, I?’ve touched base with some of our newsletter researchers and found the following facts.



Finance contributions in the Fall 2002 levy campaign bought to you by;

Dominion Homes
5501 Franz Road
Dublin $1,000.00 9/5/02

Rockford Homes
999 Polaris Parkway
Columbus $1,500.00 9/11/02


Centex Homes
2550 Corp Exchange Dr.
Columbus $2,000.00 10/16/02


Homewood Corp.
750 Northlawn Dr.
Columbus $1,000.00 10/16/02


Trinity Homebuilders, Inc.
750 Northlawn Dr.
Columbus $1,000.00 10/16/02


Homewood Corp.
750 Northlawn Dr.
Columbus $2,000.00 10/21/02


M/I Schotenstein Homes
3 Easton Oval
Columbus $500.00
10/28/02



Donley Homes
7600 Farmsbury Dr.
Reynoldsburg $1,500.00 8/29/02

Mighty Impressive Donors

Hi Bob,

The list of donors for the Pickerington School levy is very impressive. They donated $3,500.00 more than I spent last year in a county race. I am also concerned about the local school boards threatening to eliminate sports and extra curricular activities. Many years ago when I was playing football, my high school didn't spend anything for the team. True, they provided the coaches who were also history teachers, phys-ed teachers and what ever but they were not full time coaches. The uniforms, balls, helmets, tape, ace bandages and everything else was provided by the Athletic Boosters! Everyone in our rural community would come to OUR car washes, OUR bake sales and most important, OUR OX ROAST, the largest fund raiser of the year. I may be very old fashioned in thinking this but it looks like the tail is wagging the dog with the school boards threatening such actions. The community and the atheletes can raise the monies needed for these sports. The developers should support the schools by contributing 5% of the sale of each home to the school district for new schools to educate the new citizens.

Take care of yourself,

Mike Noll

Good to hear from you, Mike

Don't be a stranger.

Mike has Uher ever conacted you?

Mike

I know for a fact that you received a e-mail message from Mark Uher last year during the campaign. Would you be willing to share that message with the PATA user here tonight?

Did he state that ''SOME'' believe that PATA was a unregistered PAC? Did he imply anything else? Threatening a candidate for elective office seems crude at best. Why would Mark Uher feel it important to contact you just because you confused him with Brian Fox his sole mate?

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