We Walk the Line

"People in Massillon should decide. People who live in Massillon should decide who their mayor should be, who their council member should be. They shouldn't be influenced by anyone on the outside, any individual that doesn't live within the corporate limits of Massillon should not be concerned with who the mayor is..." (Mayor Frank Cicchinelli, from his own lips to our ears)

"Cicchinelli also said outsiders should not dabble in city politics. He said he will call out such "carpetbaggers" for involving themselves in the mayor's race or other citywide races. There's going to be a line drawn in the sand, he said" (The Independent, July 31, 2010).

Our Extraordinary Mayor for Life, King Francis the Eternal, Lord Sovereign of the City filed his most recent campaign finance reports last week.

His biggest individual contribution came from...

Drum Roll Please...

John Helline. Hotel Developer. Defender of you and I paying his mortgage.
Carpetbagger.

His second biggest individual contribution?

Michael Stevens. Lawrence Township Trustee.
Carpetbagger.

Our crack Massillon Review research team has discovered that Lawrence Township is outside the "corporate limits of Massillon."

The mayor has dropped the ball in enforcing his "line in the sand" and calling out these carpetbaggers.

We are just picking up the slack.