My Bad

Frank Cicchinelli managed to drop by Massillon City Council last night. Our Mayor for Life appeared miffed that his unbalanced budget was not passed.

He thought everyone was on board;

"Now it seems like there is some attempt to spin this that because I wasn't there the budget was voted down," he said. "Not one individual who voted against the budget contacted me. So I assumed - and my bad - that everybody was on board with this issue of the budget" (The Independent, December 28, 2010).

See? The mayor thought "everyone was on board" with his budget. He didn't have a clue that some members of council were not happy.

How could he know? Our Mayor for Life is no mind reader!

Subtle hints from council members, apparently, were lost on the mayor.

"Councilwoman Kathy Catazaro-Perry said she could not vote for the budget until it was rectified or until it was done on a quarterly basis... Catazaro-Perry called the budget "horrible" (The Independent, November 30, 2010).

We know... Even after that statement, Frank thought Kathy was "on board."

During the budget discussion on November 29, Councilman Donnie Peters said the following relating to the budget;

"The golf course is dragging us down," and that it "kills our general fund" (The Independent, November 30, 2010).

Sounds like Donnie was "on board," too.

The headline from the Independent's article about the November 29th council meeting where the budget was discussed was;

"Massillon City Council still at impasse over mayor's 2011 budget"

And Frank Cicchinelli really believed everyone was "on board?"

We know. We are shocked that someone would try and blame our forever blameless mayor. He thought everyone was "on board" with his budget. How could he have possibly thought other wise?

Our bad.