Todd Snitchler is Anti-Massillon

In Mayor Frank Cicchinelli's world, life is simple. Life is black and white. Good is good, and evil is evil. In the 37 years he has served in Massillon's government, one would think his political skin would toughen. It hasn't. You can not disagree with a policy of our Mayor for Life without him treating it as a personal, negative attack. Not only is disagreeing with him an attack against him personally, but he perceives it as an attack against the entire city.

If you disagree with a policy of our Mayor for Life, you are "anti-Massillon," and a "mayor hater." He even has members of his administration repeating the party line.

When people were complaining about the deplorable condition of the city's parks, because money that could have been utilized for basic upkeep and maintenance was being hijacked to support the failing Legends of Massillon golf course, Kenn Kaminski referred to these people as "anti- (Mayor Frank) Cicchinelli people" (The Independent, May 10, 2010). It wasn't that the parks were a mess, it was that the people were anti-Cicchinelli mayor haters.

Today, we add another individual to Mayor Cicchinelli's ever expanding enemies list. Not only is he an Anti-Massillon, Anti-Cicchinelli mayor hater, he is also a carpetbagger, because he does not reside in our fair city. The Massillon Review would like to formally induct State Representative Todd Snitchler on to our Mayor for Life's enemies list.

We would like to say that this induction is an honor, but the list is so large that NASA super computer technology is now required to maintain it.

Representative Snitchler is opposing our Mayor for Life's land grab of the Tuslaw School District. He wishes to close the loophole that allows our mayor to grab other local government property without the local government, in this case the school system, even having a say. On Tuesday, he introduced a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives to close this loophole.

"This legislation will make changes to the current statute, the spirit of which is being abused by Mayor Cicchinelli's proposal, in order to ensure that all parties to an annexation - particularly those who end up paying the taxes - have the ability to engage in the annexation process so that what appear to be loopholes in the statute cannot be used against them" (The Independent, September 15, 2010).

Snitchler also referred to the proposed annexation by our Mayor for Life of the Tuslaw School District as a "blatant 'tax grab' by Mayor Cicchinelli for the purpose of bolstering declining city revenues" (The Independent, September 15, 2010).

Cicchinelli then blasted Snitchler and accused him of "pandering to the voters" (The Independent, September 15, 2010).

Yes, that Snitchler sure is a bastard, listening to the voters and doing what they believe to be fair. Well, what can you expect from an Anti-Massillon, mayor hating carpetbagger anyways.