Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

What a great article in ?“This Week?” about the last minute candidates for mayor, and the involvement of former and current city officials. Even given the paper?’s efforts to present the issue objectively, it comes across loud and clear that the current administration is scared, they are prepared to take desperate action, and that they are still influenced (led?) by their former leaders.

There were a couple of facts that I think were missing from that article, at least I think they were facts?…Isn?’t one of our former mayors, and the organizer of these petitions, now or in the past, an employee of the Homewood Corporation? If that?’s true, including that fact in the article would certainly have further illustrated the potential motives for these actions.

Didn?’t I also hear that same individual circulated petitions for council candidates as well. I noticed that wasn?’t mentioned in the article either.

Not sure of my facts, but if those things are true, I would think it would be in the interests of those who oppose rapid residential growth to point out those oversights in a series (barrage?) of letters to this paper. Nothing will get your letter in the paper faster than having it ?“tag?” on to an article they?’ve previously featured?…especially if there is some praise included for the author?’s initiative.

I would think that properly worded letters, outlining Mr. Grey?’s affiliation with Homewood (if that?’s true) would amount to the ?“kiss of death?” for those candidates if it could become common knowledge in our community. I?’d urge you to check my facts, but if they are correct, I sure hope that there?’s a flood of letters on this subject?…


By Reader

Hidden motive?

In this article,Lee Gray states that he supports
Lou Postage for re-election, yet he (Gray) carries petitions for Tim Swanson & Bob Thomas.
Gray protests there is no hidden motive in his
actions (like diluting the vote for David Shaver.) Yeah, right, Mr Gray. Ain't democracy
great?

By lin

You're right on

Lin,

You hit the nail on the head. They have no hidden agenda and never had.

Their agenda is perversely overt.

Hopefully more voters than you realize that.

By Soap Box Hero

Contrary statements

Lee seems to imply in the article that he was approached by Bob for help.

''That's baloney,'' he said. ''The bottom line is, Bob Thomas (who is also a former mayor) is a friend. He walked in parades for me back when I first ran for office. If he asks me for help, what am I going to say?

Yet Bob says that Lee came to him.

''Lee Gray came to me, Randall Hughes came to me, we spoke, the three of us spoke, but it was more than those two, yes,'' Thomas said. ''My goodness, I wouldn't run on just two people.''

So what do you think? Did Bob come to Lee asking for help or did Lee come to Bob asking him to run? Looks like you have support for either argument from this article!





By Interesting