Flat Broke

The word on the street is that the City of Massillon can't pay its bills.

Word is that the city's financial condition is worse than any one realized.

Local vendors are upset, and many vendors are concerned they will never be paid. One vendor claimed to the Massillon Review that the city hasn't paid bills that are dating back to September, four months ago.

Our question for Massillon's Mayor for Life is this;

What happened to "I feel confident the dollars will be there to make it through this year (2010) and we'll have the dollars to make it through next year" (Mayor for Life Frank Cicchinelli, The Independent, July 6, 2010).

Of course the dollars will be there to "make it through next year."

Just as long as you don't pay any bills.

And where will the buck stop this time?

Probably at Auditor Jayne Ferrero's desk.

Because as we all know, you don't get to be mayor for life by not paying the city's bills.

And Nero fiddled as Rome burned...