Hey Hey It's the Vandals

At the weekly Massillon Review staff poker night, we figured out why Massillon's parks were in such deplorable condition. It wasn't the result of inadequate funding. It wasn't because our Mayor for Life and his gang of cronies hijacked the parks money to subsidize the mountain of debt at the golf course. It's because of the vandals!

Oddly enough, Parks Director Kenn Kaminski agrees with us. Vandals.

The vandals obviously are responsible for not picking up the trash. The vandals must have stolen the mulch that never gets replaced every spring. The vandals caused the paint to chip. The vandals caused the fencing to rust. The vandals didn't prune the trees, or replace and repair the rubberized track at the reservoir. The vandals refuse to do preventative maintenance and fix those problems that come through natural wear and tear. It was the vandals responsible for inadequate security. It is all so clear.

No, it isn't that the parks have no money for maintenance and capital improvement projects, because the Mayor chose to save a golf course used by the few, and neglect the parks, used by the many. It's the vandals!

Kenn Kaminski needs to open up his "2010 Park Tour, It's all the Vandals Fault," to the public. Actually, when he schedules his council only parks tour, the taxpayers need to just show up.

Kenn Kaminski has wisely decided that his primary responsibility isn't to the parks system. It is to be a PR flak for our Mayor for Life, and to provide Mayor Frank political cover. Kenn doesn't dare bite the hand that feeds him. He has overtime built into his contract. He has a city car which he drives to and from his home in Medina. It's all so clear. Vandals.