As a long time observer of this web site I see the press is now having difficulty accurately reporting the news here in Pickerington and within the city government.
The ?“This Week in Pickerington?” indicated that City Councilman Mike Sabatino was acting as a ?“conduit?” between the council and the area residents he so deeply loves and wants to protect from the new evil council. What the local press is missing that these poor unsuspecting Diley road citizens have invited the Fox into the hen house.
One of the main reasons Diley Road must be rebuilt and expanded to five lanes is because of the 24,000 new drivers using the road in 2024. Yet Mr. Sabatino goes around saying we don?’t need the road and he will vote against the road. The other important factor is the road is crumbling because it was never built to handle this amount of traffic. It was nothing more than a country road that has many years of service that needed to restrict truck weight every spring because it would damage the road bed.
With the possibility of a new hospital being built near US 33 on Diley Road we need a road that will handle not only the Pickerington residents but safety services going to the new hospital. I am sure if one of these Diley Road residents had a house fire they would want the fire department there with no delay.
What determines the number of cars on any one road in any given day? Clearly a big factor, maybe the biggest, would be the number of homes either directly on Diley or were feed onto Diley from a Feeder Road like Long or Wright Roads.
I think we should look at who was on the Pickerington City Council and Commissions that approved these roads and new sub-divisions back in 2001 and 2002. Clearly prior to March of 2001 the west side of Diley was mostly vacant Farm land with only 11 homes from Busey Road to the rail lines. The Comprehensive Land Use Plan called for most of the land west of Diley to be commercial.
Since the PATA web site has been in Hibernation lately we need to do a public records search and see just who was on P & Z Commission from Jan 2001 until March of 2003. I bet you will find none other than Mike Sabatino. During this time Diley Farm was rezoned (540 Homes) The Reserve at Pickerington Ponds was approved (380 homes), Georges Creek, Sheffield and Longview Acres were all approved during this time. They all came through P & Z.
I don?’t remember Michael objecting then. Now he is a cheap trick politician that has created a problem without much fan fare and now wants to oppose any solution that may resolve the problems he and his allies Parker and Wright created back in 2001.
They local press changes reporters every few years and they may not remember the huge fight the citizens of Pickerington have put up the last few years just trying to stop these developments along Diley that Michael and his friends have created.
Maybe we should now remind him and his friends.
Mike there are some tall buildings in Columbus you might be able to test your new cape on.
By Oldtimer
The ?“This Week in Pickerington?” indicated that City Councilman Mike Sabatino was acting as a ?“conduit?” between the council and the area residents he so deeply loves and wants to protect from the new evil council. What the local press is missing that these poor unsuspecting Diley road citizens have invited the Fox into the hen house.
One of the main reasons Diley Road must be rebuilt and expanded to five lanes is because of the 24,000 new drivers using the road in 2024. Yet Mr. Sabatino goes around saying we don?’t need the road and he will vote against the road. The other important factor is the road is crumbling because it was never built to handle this amount of traffic. It was nothing more than a country road that has many years of service that needed to restrict truck weight every spring because it would damage the road bed.
With the possibility of a new hospital being built near US 33 on Diley Road we need a road that will handle not only the Pickerington residents but safety services going to the new hospital. I am sure if one of these Diley Road residents had a house fire they would want the fire department there with no delay.
What determines the number of cars on any one road in any given day? Clearly a big factor, maybe the biggest, would be the number of homes either directly on Diley or were feed onto Diley from a Feeder Road like Long or Wright Roads.
I think we should look at who was on the Pickerington City Council and Commissions that approved these roads and new sub-divisions back in 2001 and 2002. Clearly prior to March of 2001 the west side of Diley was mostly vacant Farm land with only 11 homes from Busey Road to the rail lines. The Comprehensive Land Use Plan called for most of the land west of Diley to be commercial.
Since the PATA web site has been in Hibernation lately we need to do a public records search and see just who was on P & Z Commission from Jan 2001 until March of 2003. I bet you will find none other than Mike Sabatino. During this time Diley Farm was rezoned (540 Homes) The Reserve at Pickerington Ponds was approved (380 homes), Georges Creek, Sheffield and Longview Acres were all approved during this time. They all came through P & Z.
I don?’t remember Michael objecting then. Now he is a cheap trick politician that has created a problem without much fan fare and now wants to oppose any solution that may resolve the problems he and his allies Parker and Wright created back in 2001.
They local press changes reporters every few years and they may not remember the huge fight the citizens of Pickerington have put up the last few years just trying to stop these developments along Diley that Michael and his friends have created.
Maybe we should now remind him and his friends.
Mike there are some tall buildings in Columbus you might be able to test your new cape on.
By Oldtimer
