1999 warning exerpt
Let?’s look at the situation our current leaders have gotten us into. Our schools are bursting at the seams and we need more money to expand and run them. Yes, TAXES. New developments are zoned and built at a furious pace loading our schools even more. The best we can do for commercial is Grocery stores, a theater and fast food joints that provide local employment for our teens. This is a real Norman Rockwell painting.
We say it is time for a big change. We are not preaching radical rhetoric. But we are tired of local government leaders who claim ?“It?’s not us?…It?’s them.?” We are exasperated by those who say ?“We want to manage growth but they won?’t let us.?” We are sick of those who won?’t lift a finger to build a classroom, but fall all over themselves in the rush to rezone more bedrooms. We are positively livid at the hired help who wail that the developers are all over them to build more water and sewer lines.
Our problems are not national. They are not statewide. They?’re right here. We all got on the Pickerington community elevator early. Look around. We don?’t have anyone in elected office who?’s willing to say ?“Whoa! No more!?” Although everyone wants to ride the elevator, common sense says it won?’t be pretty once one too many get on. The actions of our current leaders if unchecked are certain to destroy the community that we want to preserve.
By Closet Philosopher
Let?’s look at the situation our current leaders have gotten us into. Our schools are bursting at the seams and we need more money to expand and run them. Yes, TAXES. New developments are zoned and built at a furious pace loading our schools even more. The best we can do for commercial is Grocery stores, a theater and fast food joints that provide local employment for our teens. This is a real Norman Rockwell painting.
We say it is time for a big change. We are not preaching radical rhetoric. But we are tired of local government leaders who claim ?“It?’s not us?…It?’s them.?” We are exasperated by those who say ?“We want to manage growth but they won?’t let us.?” We are sick of those who won?’t lift a finger to build a classroom, but fall all over themselves in the rush to rezone more bedrooms. We are positively livid at the hired help who wail that the developers are all over them to build more water and sewer lines.
Our problems are not national. They are not statewide. They?’re right here. We all got on the Pickerington community elevator early. Look around. We don?’t have anyone in elected office who?’s willing to say ?“Whoa! No more!?” Although everyone wants to ride the elevator, common sense says it won?’t be pretty once one too many get on. The actions of our current leaders if unchecked are certain to destroy the community that we want to preserve.
By Closet Philosopher