Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Well

Lee carried his petition for him to get him on the ballot at the last minute. We'll see in the final finance report where he got his money from.

His company rents its space in a strip-mall that is either owned or somehow tied to Lee Gray.

I am not saying he is a bad guy but any ties like that make me very suspicious.





By Anonymoose

YIKES

I am sure our ''new'' council and mayor will look very closely at who fills that new position. With so many good people out there who support the direction of those just elected, the only issue should be trying to decide which of the good candidates is best.

In terms of Mr Swanson, while I hear he's a decent person, I hope that they look at his actions as they consider his fitness for that position. As noted earlier, Mr Swanson at least allowed Lee Gray and other pro-growth council members to carry and sign petitions for him on the last day before they were due. Prior to that he had expressed no interest in the mayors position, at least not officially or as far as I know.

I can't see how any reasonable person could look at that situation and not see that those two candidates were just being run to confuse voters. If Mr Swanson didn't see that, then in my opinion, he does not have the ''congnative ability'' to run this city. My personal opinion is that he knew exactly what was happening, and what the purpose was, and he went along with it. (again, just my opinion)

Probably sounds like I'm being real critical of Mr Swanson...not entirely true. If I owned a business that would benefit from having more residents in the area, I'd likely be arguing the other side of the growth issue because the direct benefit to me outweighs the costs to the schools...I could afford more taxes if my business prospers. I am only saying that, once Mr Swanson made the decision to run at the last minute, with Mr Gray carrying his petition, I think he staked out a position, and now I think he should live with it.

I'll trust Shaver, Hackworth, Riggs and Wisnieski to handle that...

First things first

Hopefully no one will underestimate our new city government. First things first. The reason Craig Maxey got reappointed is because of the members of the Rules Committee. Now I am sure that the Team 4 Change will be very careful about who serves on which committee. Once a new Rules Committee is seated, I am equally sure they will make a wise choice. Not only are there still applicants from former openings still willing to serve, but by being closely associated with the successful campaigns, I became associated with some outstanding people who are very positive and progressive thinkers and are in line with what the voters decided Tuesday.

Please be patient with the Team 4 Change. They have a huge hole to dig this community out of. One that will only become deeper over the next seven weeks by what will certainly be retribution tactics by the current regime. They have to ?“close as many deals?” as they can with the developers, because after January first, they all have to go out and find real jobs. (you know, like consultants for Homewood ?– sorry, I couldn?’t resist)

There are also city employees that have to be fired and hired. That will take time. They may not be able to act quickly to fill the vacant council seat. Let?’s hope those willing and able to serve are still ready and willing when the time comes.


By Waiting and Watching

Not a bad guy?

Does he personally rent?

How well does he know Lee to have him carry a petition?

Wondering