The Decision

Will Massillon's Mayor for Life, Frank Cicchinelli, be running for his seventh term as Massillon's undisputed boss? Or will he be packing up, following LeBron James, and taking his talents to South Beach next year? After a 37 year run in Massillon politics, Frank Cicchinelli will be announcing to the community at a Friday press conference if he will continue, or if he will step aside. And the rumors are pouring in.

"Cicchinelli is retiring and Tim Bryan is running for mayor."
Interesting. It would explain why Tim Bryan ran a soft, hands off campaign against Cicchinelli last time. Perhaps Cicchinelli promised Tim the keys to the castle next time. We can't help but remember how Tim Bryan was against merging the golf course with the parks department because it was a trick to use park tax money to subsidize the golf course before he was for it, and voted to do it.

"Cicchinelli is retiring and Mike Loudiana is running for mayor."
Also interesting. Loudiana is Cicchinelli's Safety-Service Director, and as a result, Frank's right hand. He might even hire Cicchinelli as his Safety-Service Director, so Cicchinelli can still run the city without having to run for mayor again.

"Kathy Catazaro-Perry is running whether Frank runs again, or not."
Maybe. Catazaro-Perry is the only member of the current council who consistently does right by our tax dollars. She opposed the restaurant buyout, voted against paying the mortgage on the Hampton Inn, and tried to stop the practice of annual, unvoted pay raises every year for the mayor, council, council president, auditor, and law director.

The chatter indicating that our Mayor for Life is stepping down is on the rise. Massillon Review Sources are increasingly indicating that our Mayor for Life is indeed announcing his retirement Friday. The truth is, no one is certain. We will wait and see.

The time for speculation is over. We now await The Decision. Indeed, we are all just witnesses!