Mentor, OH Population 51,000

Milford, OH Population 6313

Zanesville, OH Population 25000

and on and on and on.

 

Get on a list for Hundreds of Millions of dollars for Public Works projects and more and yet Middletown is not even listed for a bucket of tar to fill a pot hole.

 

Cinci wants a tennis court, a pool, Millions in street work

 

Dayton wants Pool repairs, to chase the Hookers out of town and Millions for other projects.

 

Yet Middletown is listed for NOTHING, ZIP, NADA, ZILCH.

 

 

http://www.usmayors.org/mainstreeteconomicrecovery/documents/mser-report-20081219.pdf - http://www.usmayors.org/mainstreeteconomicrecovery/documents/mser-report-20081219.pdf

 

Is anyone awake at City Hall anywhere....anyone?

 

 

 

Do ya think there could possibly be a correlation here somehow???

 

 

Like I said City Leaders need to have a new Mantra, "DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE MAJORITY OF MIDDLETOWN CITIZENS".  Not just a few.  But they won't.

Ooops , that doesn't sound right!

 

MM:

Some of us have tried to change things. It is difficult.  I can give you many reasons, not EXCUSES mind you, but reasons, why we have failed.

 

One of the main reasons is fear.  There are so many people in this town that would like to stand with us, but they are afraid.  They FEAR our city government, and probably for good reason as many of those at City Hall are petty people who relish in wielding the little power that they have, probably because it is the ONLY authority they have ever had (or ever will have) in their lives.

 

For two or three years, I attended every council meeting, and spoke at probably at least half of those that I attended.  During that period, hundreds of people, both friends and strangers, would telephone me, or stop me in public and express support, and also ask me to speak out on various issues.  I always urged THEM to attend and speak out.  They ALWAYS said that they could not.  When I asked "why?", the answer ALWAYS had to do with FEAR!!!  I would hear things like:  "My boss is friends with Commissioner So-and-so, I would get fired!"  Or "The last time I stood up to them, they closed down my business for a week for bullsh*t reasons."  Or, "When John Doe stood up to them, they threw him off the City bid list, and I can't afford to lose the business."

 

In the United States, the citizens are NOT supposed to fear the government, the government is supposed to fear the citizens.  It is NOT that way in Middletown.  So many people in Middletown, in one way or another, are under the influence of City Hall in a way that could threaten their well-being, that they just will not speak up nor stand up unless they can do so anonymously.

 

Fortunately, there are a few of us who are NOT threatened by their whims.  Unfortunately, most of us are old and feebleminded...oops...I mean feeble!  We have beat our heads against the walls of city hall as long as we could, but there are only two handicapped parking spaces, and it's a long way from the far reaches of that parking lot, so by the time we made it to the meetings (eight minutes late) Hizonner would not let us speak.

 

All of that having been said, the facts remain that you are correct!

 

It IS up to the citizens of Middletown to find one good candidate from each Ward to run against these folks this November, and to get these new candidates ELECTED!  We should have started last November.  I wish that I 'd have thought of that!!

 

 

Just look at the Consoc story with them getting the contract.  Did the Journal ask any pertinent questions about them having the highest bid.  Gee when did all four of the Council Members determine that the high bid, was close to the actual cost of fulfilling the contract?  Was that a spur of the moment decision that just happen to hit them all at once or did they discuss it ahead of time?  Why did Nelson & Associates basically say they could do it for $500k less and they were confident in their bid?  I mean the questions are endless and the Journal is Clueless.  It just doesn't add up.

 

The same with this Stimulus package.  Middletown should have been listed for every program they could think of, would they have gotten them all, no.  But by not being on the list at all you are assured of one thing.....you will get nothing.

The primary roles of The U.S. Conference of Mayors are to -

• Promote the development of effective national urban/suburban policy;
• Strengthen federal-city relationships;
• Ensure that federal policy meets urban needs;
• Provide mayors with leadership and management tools; and
• Create a forum in which mayors can share ideas and information.

The Conference holds its Winter Meeting each January in Washington, D.C. (January 17-19, 2009) and an Annual Meeting each June in a different U.S. city (June 12-16, 2009 in Providence). Additional meetings and events are held as directed by the Conference leadership."

http://www.usmayors.org/ - http://www.usmayors.org/

 

I will venture a guess, that the city will say, that the reason Mayor Mulligan is not a member is due to cost.  Or maybe they just weren't aware of this group.

Dues for membership are based on population.  2008 dues for cities between 50,000 and 99,999 people were $5,269.  If a couple of hundred people move away, we could slide into the 30,000 to 49,999 bracket for the bargain dues of $3,499.

 

Of course, this organization believes in change, and our leaders believe that there is NO COMPELLING REASON to change!!!

 

 

 

Robert Routson Monroe, OH

 

Population: 7,133 Phone: 513/539-7374

 

Next General Election: 11/3/2009

 

Mayor's E-Mail Address: mailto:mayor@monroeohio.org - mayor@monroeohio.org

 

City's Web Site: http://www.monroeohio.org - http://www.monroeohio.org

 

Source: http://www.usmayors.org/database_search6beta.asp?searchvalue=routson&criteria=last_name&x=0&y=0 - The United States Conference of Mayors aka The Voice of Mayors in Washington, DC,

 

Don't laugh I wouldn't be surprised to see a decline in Population with the 2010 census coming.  The way businesses are closing etc. a decline is a real possibility.

You cannot believe everything that you see on the internet!!! 

 

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(IF there was a COMPELLING REASON to do so!!!)