Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

DEFINING MOMENT APPRACHES FOR MAYOR SHAVER by Michael Sabatino
Author: starboardvoyage
Dated: Monday, October 11 2004 @ 04:42 PM
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The time is quickly approaching for Mayor Shaver and his administration to decide whether or not to live uo to his campaign promises.



Mayor Shaver soon must decide if he is going to live up to the campaign promises he made in his Elect David Shaver Mayor election campaign flyer. The following are direct quotes from his flyer:

'' I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF THE WISHES OF THE CITIZENS AND NOT OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND OTHER SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE THE MOST INFLUENCE AT CITY HALL. I WILL RETURN INTEGRITY AND ETHICS TO OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. ''

'' I BELIEVE IN THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT. I WILL NOT, AS DOES THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, FIGHT CITIZEN EFFORTS TO PLACE IMPORTANT ISSUES BEFORE THE VOTERS. ''

The above represent 2 quotes from the campaign flyer.

I hope that these are sincere convictions and not an empty campaign promise that is forgotten shortly after the inauguration.

We should all remember the wisdom of not making any promises we do not intend to keep. I remember this valuable lesson in life from my experiences with my children, sometimes I would forget something I had promised and they would remind me.

After all Mr. Shaver felt that we need to have ethics and integrity in city government. I could not agree more on that principle. My advice to the Mayor is '' Say what you mean & mean what you say ''.

This is a perfect opportunity to lead by example. Show the citizens of Pickerington that you really are a man that means what he says, and promises do have to be kept.

Mr. Mayor please do not attempt to obstruct the right of the citizens to place this important issue before the voters, do not hide behind the POTENTIAL loss of funding statement. THE LOSS OF THE FUNDING OF THE SEWER PLANT EXPANSION WAS NOT A CONCERN TO YOU LAST YEAR. We will have to expand the sewer plant in the near future and I expect that with the proper effort a funding solution will be found, just the same way that if there is a need in 17 years (according to ODOT projections) for 5 lanes we will be able to find a proper funding solution. This way the question will be answered by the wishes of the entire community as expressed by a vote of the entire community, AND NOT DECIDED BY THE NET DIFFERENCE OF THE VOTE OF 1 COUNCIL MEMBER.

My promise to Pickerington residents is this, if the people vote, I will support whatever the wishes of the majority are and work to deliver the best finished product at the most efficient cost.

MR. Mayor I urge you for the good of the entire City population to keep your word and let the people vote.




By PO'd

Response to inanity

Mikey,

Let?’s cut the crap here. I know that is hard for you but please give it a try. Why do you try to compare apples to oranges? You only serve to further confuse the 5 or 6 people who read this crap.

The sewer plant expansion was a LOAN. I?’ll repeat so you can get it L?—O?—A?—N

The necessary road expansion is a GRANT. One more time G?—R?—A?—N?—T

Do you see the apple and the orange. One you have to REPAY WITH INTEREST and one is FREE.

The sewer plant comes 100% on the taxpayer?’s back and in the form of XX number of houses per year that MUST BE BUILT to pay the debt and the road widening is 80% FREE thanks to Uncle Sam.

I contacted city hall to see where you get the magic numbers to claim that the road doesn?’t need to be 5 lanes for 17 years. Two things were revealed. First, since this road is 80% F?—R?—E?—E, why in heaven?’s name would you not widen it to 5 and just paint the damned lines allowing 3 lanes to operate? The city ultimately has the right to determine how the road is used after the top coat of asphalt is laid, or don?’t you remember this from your previous rantings regarding lane striping in the 256/I-70 project? Then you don?’t have to figure out in the future where in the heck you are going to get the money to widen it to 5 lanes. Second, you of course realize that the numbers you are using to base your prediction that we can survive 17 years with three lanes only took into consideration northbound traffic, right? Of course you do. That is why you made repeated requests for traffic numbers until you got something you could hang your hat on.

Well hang your hat on this -- Stop trying to confuse this issue for your own political gain. If you cause this city to lose over $10 MILLION in federal funding, that will constitute malfeasance in office.

mal?·fea?·sance ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ml-fzns)
n.
Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
You promise to the Pickerington residents should be this:

I will carry out my duties as a legislator of this city in the best interests of ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY!!!

Oh, and Mikey, don?’t forget ?– the people WILL vote next November. And pal, if you stay this course, they sure won?’t be voting for you.


By PO'd

Mike's promises

What is Mike Sabatino's promises? Oh!!! I forgot he has never been elected so he never had to make any. So I guess no matter what the issue is, Mike will always support the citizen's right to referendum ANY city ordinance or resolution?

More rebuttal

Ok, here?’s another one. For all us oblivions out here who have no memory and have no internet access and have absolutely no other means of research, let me ask you this.

Don?’t you think for the Diley Road project to get as far as it has there must have been engineering studies approved? Wouldn?’t council have had to approve them? Wouldn?’t Sabatino and Wright?’s voting record indicate how they felt before they were getting stroked by the green woman and the other seemingly unselfish Diley clan?

Wouldn?’t the city have had to pay for something regarding Diley and the fact that it was designated 5 lanes a long time ago? Wouldn?’t council have had to vote on spending that money?

Everything you voted on regarding Diley had it at 5 lanes. How dare you now come back and act like it never happened?

What a couple of losers!


By PO'd