Day 11

On the Eleventh day of Christmas the Mayor for Life gave to me...

Eleven taxpayer rip-offs;

1.) $527,885 dollars paid on golf course debt in 2010 alone.

2.) $199,000 dollars to purchase the restaurant at the golf course, which, according to Parks and Recreation Department office manager Julie Jenkins, has no business plan.

3.) $211,000 dollars spent just this year paying the mortgage at the Hampton Inn Hotel.

4.) Unvoted, annual pay raises for the mayor, council, auditor, law director, and treasurer

5.) Little League and Massillon ASA Softball teams now charged to use ball fields which were supposed to be paid for by our park income tax. Unfortunately, much of that money was hijacked to support the unprofitable, debt ridden golf course.

6.) A new "storm water utility fee" added to our sewer bills. Thank you Taxman Hersher.

7.) 4% pay raises for the city's unions when the city is broke, and Massillon taxpayers are stretched thin.

8.) Massillon Street Superintendent Mike Stevens being paid over 80 hours of overtime during the blizzards earlier this year while NOT plowing any snow.

9.) $13,404,575 dollars owed on the golf course in interest and principal when it was "merged" with the Parks and Recreation Department. This debt will not be paid off until 2032. The golf course may be worth only $3 million dollars on its best day.

10.) $2,170,000 dollars spent to date to pay the mortgage and mortgage interest for the Hampton Inn. We still owe another $1,725,000 dollars on the mortgage, as well as interest, and a $984,000 'balloon' payment.

11.) The Mayor for Life attempted to annex the Tuslaw local school district this year, so Tuslaw's teachers and support staff would be forced to pay Massillon City income tax to help close the city's budget chasm.

Together now!

Ten more years of hotel mortgage payments

Nine hole golf course expansion

Eight paranoid delusions

Seven hundred thousand dollars of unpaid bills

Six terms as mayor

FIVE RUBBER STAMPS

Four parks decaying

Three taxes rising

Two Park Board lackeys

and a Pledge to the people of Ward 4...