A Philosophical Question

One of the mayor for life's minions offered up the best reason yet to not vote Kathy Catazaro-Perry mayor.

She goes to church in Perry Township.

"Why does she go to St. Joan of Arc church. Is it really Massillon first with her?"

The Perry Township infidels must be pagans or something.

Yes, it is clear to us that salvation lies only within the corporate limits of the City of Massillon.

The wise theological insight presented by one of the mayoral minions led one of our faithful readers to pose the following question;

"If God is every where, that means He is also outside the city of Massillon. Does this make God a carpetbagger?"

Yes. Of Course.

This whole discussion about "carpetbaggers" and where Catazaro-Perry goes to church shows clearly who plans on slinging the mud this election year.

It will be, as it has always been, our beloved Mayor for Life, King Francis the Eternal, who will be the Mudslinger in Chief.

And why? Why does he resort to doing this?

"He's not happy because he has a credible opponent," Jackson said. "This is a smokescreen. If the people who vote here and live here think he's done a good job, they'll vote for him. It's that simple" (Shane Jackson, The Independent, February 8, 2011).

It is a smokescreen.

He hasn't done a "good job" in recent years, and he can't talk about the issues because he has failed miserably in running our city.

He can't talk about the deplorable condition of our parks, which can't be properly maintained because he spent money from a voter approved income tax to subsidize a debt ridden golf course, a golf course in which he bought land from a friend and city insider to expand. The debt which won't be paid off until 2032.

He can't talk about using tax dollars to pay the mortgage for a privately owned hotel.

He can't talk about spending almost $200,000 dollars to buy the restaurant at the golf course, a restaurant which, according to city employee Julie Jenkins, had no business plan.

He can't talk about signing the ordinance which gives himself an unvoted pay raise every year, for as long as he is mayor.

He can't talk about the unbalanced city budget, which shorts police and fire fighters by over $1 million dollars.

He can't talk about how sewer fees have gone up, and how he approved a new "storm water utility fee," with the help of his accomplice "Tax Man" Dave Hersher.

He can't talk about being swindled by phony financiers over an arena which was never built.

No, Frank Cicchinelli can't speak about the issues.

That's why his campaign will be about carpetbaggers, where Kathy Catazaro-Perry goes to church, and who cheers louder for Massillon at the high school football games.

Frank Cicchinelli can't talk about the issues.

And he knows it.

So let's get back to who prays in Massillon and who doesn't.