The term mayor for life means just that.
Mayor for life.
A little hiccup like an election defeat will not deter Massillon's Mayor for 179 Days, King Francis the Optimistic.
We are confident that it galls him to no end that a woman he has absolutely no respect for, a woman he refers to as the "Third Ward Diva," will in all likelihood be sitting in the mayor's office, HIS OFFICE, on January 1st.
His office.
We wonder if he leaves voluntarily, or if security must help him exit the building.
He is coming back in four years. Mark your calendar. The clues are every where.
Clue No. 1-
We at the Massillon Review found it odd that some one who just lost their election would be holding a campaign fundraiser.
But our mayor is doing just that. Frank Cicchinelli is hosting a golf outing fundraiser on August 11th at the Legends of Massillon Golf Course. The Committee (Mrs. Mayor for 179 days) wants to make it the "best one ever."
But why? If he isn't running again, he wouldn't need to raise campaign cash.
Clue No. 2-
Our mayor has just set a full slate of annual town hall meetings, one for each council ward.
The first meeting is the Ward 1 meeting, scheduled for August 8 at the First Christian Church, 1020 Wales Road NE.
The last meeting scheduled is October 10 at St. Barbara's Catholic Church Life Center, 2813 Lincoln Way West.
Why? Less than two months after his last Town Hall meeting, he won't be mayor any more.
There will be a new administration. New people. New plans.
Clue No. 3-
City council is debating whether or not to raise the city's income tax and the mayor is nowhere to be found. This is perhaps the biggest clue to Frank Cicchinelli's comeback. In the buck stops everywhere else but the mayor's desk world of Frank Cicchinelli, he has his minions do his dirty work, like raise taxes.
Mayoral loyalists Jayne Ferrero and Paul Manson are pushing the tax idea, so you know Cicchinelli wants it. If the city needs the money, and the mayor wasn't running again, he could come to council and help promote the idea. He is no where to be found.
Our beloved Once and Future Mayor does not want the political baggage from a tax increase.
Raising revenue is still council's job. Not his.
Raising taxes is unpopular work.
Especially for a man who's focused on reclaiming what he believes to be rightfully his.
