Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

My wife and I got two nice little letters in the mail, addressed to each of us, from the Buccilla's. Why is there this mass campaign against the referendum regarding Hickory Lakes? Who was the mailing aimed at? All the citizens of Picktown or just those who signed the petition? Included was a self addressed stamped envelope. And time is of the essence.
If I felt I was misled in any way, I am supposed to sign and return it to them by Sept 27.
When were the petitions turned in? How long does the city have to certify the signatures?

This is to the Buccillas. Yes, I do feel I was misled, but not by the petition carries or the sponsors. I think there is a lot of misleading going on at 100 Lockville Rd. I think what Mrs Riggs and Mr Shaver said in their most recent letter to the editor for This Week News is pretty close to how I feel about this whole thing. And who paid for this mailing and your full page ad? Probably came out of the money that Bushman has already handed over to you. And if I'm not mistaken, that's taxpayer money. Talk about waste!!


By David

Right on, David

I got the same letter today. The return envelope
does have a perfectly good 37 cent stamp which can
be used on other correspondence.

By lin

someone isn't following the law

here is your text...




?§ 731.29 Referendum petition.





Any ordinance or other measure passed by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be subject to the referendum except as provided by section 731.30 of the Revised Code. No ordinance or other measure shall go into effect until thirty days after it is filed with the mayor of a city or passed by the legislative authority in a village, except as provided by such section.




When a petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation, is filed with the city auditor or village clerk within thirty days after any ordinance or other measure is filed with the mayor or passed by the legislative authority of a village, or in case the mayor has vetoed the ordinance or any measure and returned it to council, such petition may be filed within thirty days after the council has passed the ordinance or measure over his veto, ordering that such ordinance or measure be submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation for their approval or rejection, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days , and not later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of election, transmit a certified copy of the text of the ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the ordinance or measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition. The board shall submit the ordinance or measure to the electors of the municipal corporation, for their approval or rejection, at the next general election occurring subsequent to seventy-five days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the petition to the board of elections.




No such ordinance or measure shall go into effect until approved by the majority of those voting upon it. Sections 731.28 to 731.41 of the Revised Code do not prevent a municipal corporation, after the passage of any ordinance or other measure, from proceeding at once to give any notice or make any publication required by such ordinance or other measure.




As used in this section, ''certified copy'' means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original ordinance or other measure.





HISTORY: GC ?§ 4227-2; 102 v 521, ?§ 2; 103 v 211; 104 v 238; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 125 v S 242 (Eff 1-1-54); 126 v 205 (Eff 1-1-56); 129 v 324 (Eff 7-17-61); 138 v H 1062 (Eff 3-23-81); 144 v H 192 (Eff 10-10-91); 146 v H 99. Eff 8-22-95.










By after ten days

Taxpayer money

I really like the line about it being a waste of taxpayer money to put it in the ballot. What was the $29,999 that went into the Buscilla's pocket OUT OF PARKS & REC? That was the LIE and that was a waste of TAXPAYERS $.

All I want is for the citizens of Pickerington to be able to vote on it - that's all this initiative is doing. It appears our right to vote is once again trying to be taken away from us.

I thought the facts in David and Heidi's letters in the paper were especially timely since it beat the Buscilla's letter in getting out.

I may send the envelope back to them with a nice letter about who's lying here. I'm not saying it is the Buscilla's that are lying - it is BUSHMAN once again.

Don't forget that this little sewer plant expansion will need close to 7000 tap fees to pay off the debt we are assuming.



By I got mine