Golf Course Boondoggle

The rubber stamps who sit on our city council will be meeting on Monday to scam our Parks Department out of another $200,000. A city source has told the Massillon Review that Mayor Cicchinelli is trying to buy out the concessions contract at the Legends of Massillon Golf Course. Apparantly, when the course opened, the concessions contract was so favorable to the vendor that current prosecutor, and former Massillon Law Director John Ferrero would only approve it to "form, not content." The contract ran indefinitely and for the city to exit the contract, it had to pay the vendor the cost for equipment at today's price. For example, if the stove was 15 years old, the city had to pay the cost of a new stove, while only getting the 15 year old stove. Mayor Frank is sure one smooth negotiator!

Now, money that should be going to fix and clean our parks will go to the golf course so the city can bail itself out of this poorly conceived sham of a contract. Anyone want to predict the vote?

McCune - Yes
Hersher - Yes
Manson - Yes
(Have Manson, Hersher, or McCune ever voted against the Mayor?)

Slagle - Yes
Mang - Yes
Peters - Probably. He only votes with the Mayor 95% of the time

Five gets it done.

I wonder, when the voters approved the parks tax, did they realize they would be buying a restaurant at the golf course?