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Your Tax Dollars To Pay for Legacy Place
Hate To Say That I Told You So...But I Told You So
Trustees Tony, Terry, and ousted trustee Chuck have
sold us down the creek...with the help of their equally feckless
"Publican" croanies, Reps. Meckleberg & Bill Sitz. House Bill 562 was
signed into law on June 27th prior to our pork-laden representatives'
summer recess. Unfortunately, "Dem" Governor Ted Strickland failed to
line-item veto the $500,000 earmark for Legacy Place!
Remember when the township trustees endorsed Issue 56
back in 2006 on the assumption that Legacy Place would not cost us tax
payers? Well, they were wrong...again! Legacy Place will be costing
Ohio tax payers for a longtime to come: a multi-year price tag of $2.5 million!
And the up- shot of this new tax
burden is that our trustees are taking public monies to finance a purely private
enterprise aka the Silverman Shopping Surprise.
If you voted yes on Issue 56 back in 2006..."you earned it"!
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In Memoriam
William F. Buckley
1925 - 2008
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The Voices of Reason
Dr. Mike Miller & Roland Johnson at the Ohio EPA Hearing
Certainly two of the most cogent speakers at the Ohio EPA public hearing for Section 401
certification were Dr. Mike Miller and Roland Johnson. The public hearing was held last week
on the evening of Thurs- day, November 15th. Attendees comprised representatives from the Ohio EPA
and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as well as citizens from the township and county.
At least 39 people voiced their opinions regarding the proposed burying of
the 3rd Order, Emerald Run stream by the propsed Legacy Place shopping mall construction.
Roland Johnson, a well-known conservator, outlined the chronology of environmental degredation that
has taken place along the properties appurtenant to Harrison Avenue. Dr. Miller, a UC Phd, pointed
out that there was no scientific profiling of the Emerald Run stream, and that, furthermore,
new EPA codes were in the process of being formulated, which would affect the current
mitigation requirements.
So, keep your fingers crossed. Hopefully, the Ohio EPA will rule in favor of
stream preservation. The Corps (USACE) is another story.
E-mail Laurie Moore, the 401 Program Coordinator for the Ohio EPA, at:
Laurie.Moore@epa.state.oh.us. E-mails will be accepted during business hours
through Friday, November 23rd, 2007.
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Attention Homeowners!
"Developers" Continue to Carve-Up Our Neighborhoods
Not just satisfied with selling homes, realtor-developers in the township are actively engaged in re-zoning our neighborhoods.
And although this practice is nothing new, what's disconerting is the fact that our township is set up to
promote this type of "planned" re-zoning. Speaking of zoning, our township has no zoning powers!
What's more, the township doesn't even follow its own land use plan.
So, if you're asking yourself, "What are our trustees doing?" I can tell you: They're governing badly.
It's time for some good governance. That's why I'm [Deleted per 35 ORC 3517.08].
I ask that you [Deleted per 35 ORC 3517.08], Tom Pfahler, [Deleted per 35 ORC 3517.08].
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From 2006--
I'll be brief: Legacy Place is a very, very, bad idea.
What's more, a great many people--about 2,000 at last count--have
signed petitions voicing their displeasure with the Green Township
Trustees for the latters' unconscionable free-wave given to the developer.
That's a decent percentage of the Township telling its elected officials that they
do not want yet another shopping center!
It's not enough to tell you that this developer can't even name, much
less guarantee, potential merchandising tenants. It's not enough to tell
you that the land proposed for development is 60-plus acres of some of the
last farmland in Green Township. And it's not enough to
tell you that Green Township Taxpayers will be funding Legacy Place with
their TIF tax monies...in effect publicly subsidizing a purely private enterprise.
But hopefully, it will be enough to tell you that Legacy Place is
a very, very, bad idea.
If you want more information, then please go to the sidebar and click on
"The Last Hurrah!". Also, check out: www.LegacyPlaceMall.com.
Finally, keep an eye out for the No Legacy Place signs throughout
the township. If you'd like one of these signs in your yard, then please
contact me throught my POB--click on "Contacts/Links" at the bottom of this page.
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