Day 9

On the Ninth day of Christmas the Mayor for Life gave to me...

Nine hole golf course expansion;

"Cicchinelli said adding a third nine in 2002 was a mistake... "We can rehash all of it," he said, referring to the decision to pay just as much to build a third nine as the city did to build the first 18 holes" (The Independent, November 30, 2010).

"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).

"He said it was a mistake to build the additional nine holes urged by possibly overzealous golfers" (Mayor Frank Cicchinelli discussing the Legends of Massillon golf course at a city council meeting, The Repository, August 21, 2007).


Eight paranoid delusions

Seven hundred thousand dollars of unpaid bills

Six terms as mayor

FIVE RUBBER STAMPS

Four parks decaying

Three taxes rising

Two Park Board lackeys

And a Pledge to the people of Ward 4