Yesterday we learned we haven't paid for road salt.
Today, we learn from one of our faithful readers that we haven't paid for the asphalt on our roads, and the gasoline for our city vehicles.
Asphalt.
The substance that is used to pave our roads and fill potholes so that our cars don't need alligned on a weekly basis.
Asphalt.
Apparantly, we have haven't paid for the asphalt we used way back last Summer.
And we haven't paid our bills for gasoline.
Gasoline.
The liquid you put in a police car or fire truck so that police officers and firemen can get to your house and stop a crime or save your life.
Gasoline.
So let's recap;
We do NOT pay the bills for;
Police and Fire Dispatching
Income Tax refunds
The Massillon Schools
Tuscarawas Township
Police and Fire Pension Funds
Local business people
Road Salt
Asphalt
Gasoline
We DO pay the bills for;
The mortgage at the 59 Duncan Place Senior Center
(the owner collects the rents, we pay the mortgage)
The mortgage for the Hampton Inn
(the owner collects the room rents, we pay the mortgage)
The debt at the Golf Course
The restaurant at the Golf Course
Overtime for the Extraordinary Mayor for Two Days' department leaders
Something is seriously wrong with our priorities.
And we must once again call 'Shenanigans.'
Just two more days.
"The Mayor explained that the merging of these two areas will maximize resources of the current departments and provide an organizational structure which will promote efficient operations giving top notch service to the public. The Mayor believes this decision now, in the long term, will be beneficial to everyone, and he stated that they promised the citizens that the city would not subsidize this golf course" (Parks and Recreation Board minutes, November 14, 2002).
Cicchinelli claimed that his proposal "was not a big scheme to have the parks department cover the golf course's expenses" (The Repository, December 17, 2002).
