Golf is Fun!

It takes more to be Mayor for Life than an obedient city council who will cheerfully rubber stamp your every proposal, regardless of how financially irresponsible it may be. It takes more to be Mayor for Life than Board appointees who put your political fortunes ahead of the common good. It takes more to be Mayor for Life than department heads who enforce the party line, that all is perfect, and to say other wise marks a citizen as an "Anti-Cicchinelli Mayor Hater." It takes money.

Massillon's Mayor for life has incorporated his fund raising with Massillon's favorite past time, golfing at the Legends of Massillon. Mayor Cicchinelli has a golf outing fund raiser every year at the Legends of Massillon Golf Course. Why just last year, Massillon's Mayor for Life raised $14,165.00 at his fund raiser. Who could resist a day out golfing with our Mayor, and helping him raise the funds needed to remain Massillon's Mayor for Life.

Let's see what kind of people pay money to golf with our Mayor.

Massillon's Fifth Ward Councilman, Republican Donnie Peters, ponied up $360.00 to golf with the Mayor. This must be a mistake, for Peters is a Republican. Oh wait, he is a Republican In Name Only (RINO), who now strives to be our Mayor's obedient foot soldier.

John D. Helline kicked in $360.00 to play golf with the Mayor. Helline... Helline... that name rings a bell. Oh yes, there is a John Helline who is an investor in the Massillon Hampton Inn. The City budgeted $211,000 of our community block grant money to pay the mortgage on this private hotel. We can see why John Helline wants to play golf with the Mayor.

Golfer and Developer Roger Deville tossed in $460. Developer Tim Putman kicked in $190.00. Putman developed the Grand Mill Centre office building in downtown Massillon, and our Mayor moved the Health Department in to give Putman a tenant. Two Republicans on council at the time, Nancy Halter and Jim Filhour, voted no. Those were the days, when the Republicans on council thought for themselves, and were not rubber stamps for the Mayor. So much for two party government.

Todd Locke, our Mayor's advertising guru, coughed up $360.00. Excavator Howard Wenger was good for $460.00. Mary Pribich, wife of Mayoral confidant, poker player extraordinaire, and Park Board member Ron Pribich, donated $500.00. The Aqua Ohio PAC (Political Action Committee) threw in $180.00. Boy, those Aqua Ohio folks sure are civic minded. Not only do they donate substantial money for the Mayor's Summer Concert Series, they want to golf with him too. I wonder what they want... Oh, right, good government. Parks Director Kenn Kaminski also donated to the golf outing. He was probably just there to protect the golfers from Massillon's infamous Park Vandals.

Not only was there a fun day of golf, but a scrumptious meal at the Club Legends restaurant, which we now own, was included.

Golf sure is fun... and profitable.