Nope. It's a street.
And where is this street you ask?
Kabul, Afghanistan?
Baghdad, Iraq?
Nope. It's a street here in Massillon.
It's Reservoir Drive.
Next to Reservoir Park.
A city street.
So you would think.
But you would be wrong.
According to the Cicchinelli for Mayor Committee, aka "The Committee," aka Safety-Service Director Mike Loudiana, Reservoir Drive isn't a "city" road, it's a "park road."
The Parks Department would have to fix it, with "park" dollars, not "city" dollars.
Odd how "park" dollars can pay for a city golf course, and "park" insurance claim money can go to the "city's" general operating fund, but the city can't repair a "park" road.
Of course the dollars aren't there to fix this street, or other streets in similar deplorable condition.
"Lack of funding is keeping the city from undertaking a paving program this year, but select streets have been chosen for patchwork repairs" (The Independent, August 16, 2011).
"Select Streets."
And how does the city determine the "select streets" that are to be repaired?
According to City Engineer Keith Dylewski, an appointee of our Extraordinary Mayor for 136 Days, King Francis the Temporary, these "select streets" "scored high on a rating system used by his department" (The Independent, August 16, 2011).
And who is the winner in this year's street repair lottery?
Why it's The Extraordinary One, our former Mayor Life.
Cyprus Drive, home to our mayor, and Augusta Drive, both located next to the Legends of Massillon Golf Course, will be repaired this year.
Our question is this;
Because those streets are next to the golf course, which is under the jurisdiction of the Parks and Recreation Department, which makes the golf course a park, doesn't that make these streets "Park roads," and not "City roads?"
Using the logic that was applied to Reservoir Drive, Cyprus Drive and Augusta Drive should not be repaired as they are not "City roads." They should be left to deteriorate and revert back to their natural state.
But they won't.
Because, according to Keith Dylewski's "rating system" these are the worst streets in the city.
Really?
Worst streets in the city?
Prove it.
Show us the "ratings system."
Prove that these are the worst streets in the city.
You won't.
Because you can't.
