Draining the rezzy

[Shreve Legal Team]

Here's a couple good things: a classic old library, some good shot & a beer taverns/restaurants and The Rec Center & YMCA are quite good compared to 98% of towns.

Also the bike paths.

[Firewatch]

Here is my question, why the fuck do we have to spend anything to fix this? Let the ODNR pay for it. They want it fixed. The freakin dam has been there 100 plus years. Your telling me it's going to somehow fail in the next month. And if it does what damage will it cause. It might drown a few squirrels down stream. Screw them let them pay for it.

[The Butler]

Good one in "On the Line" today:

Rebuild the dam and call it the LaFlavour Spillway.

[Egret]

OK that was funny and a great way to end the week!! Have a good one guys.

[F.H. Cicchinelli, Jr.]

The funny thing is that the night before I saw this shit on the news I was honestly thinking about starting a thread talking about the good things going on in Massillon. We bitch a lot about the people in power in this town a lot....AND FOR GOOD REASON, but I thought I would start the thread for a little change of pace....    ....Then I saw this on the news and was so pissed off I thought eff it. Still waiting for an explanation from someone, anyone, who was in a position of power at any point since 1991. Why was this neglected threatening a Massillon landmark?

The Rezzy/dam situation was not being neglected.  As was mentioned in one of the newspaper articles, some studies were conducted to determine what course of action to take.  When I was in office, we knew something had to take place and we were communicating with the State.  There were no letters sent to City giving us an ultimatum, while I was there.  Why this was done this time, I don't know.

[buddyh]

The Rezzy/dam situation was not being neglected.  As was mentioned in one of the newspaper articles, some studies were conducted to determine what course of action to take.  When I was in office, we knew something had to take place and we were communicating with the State.  There were no letters sent to City giving us an ultimatum, while I was there.  Why this was done this time, I don't know.

Frank, I don't for a minute doubt your concern for the city, but when you were in office and, as you say, something had to take place, why was nothing done?  Am I missing something?

[F.H. Cicchinelli, Jr.]

Frank, I don't for a minute doubt your concern for the city, but when you were in office and, as you say, something had to take place, why was nothing done?  Am I missing something?

We were going to do something.  However, my term of office ended before we could recommend what course of action to take.  Remember, I haven't been mayor since December 31, 2011.  I am still perplexed why the State has recently given the City a three week ultimatum.

[Shreve Legal Team]

Because the state of Ohio is incompetent and our gub'nor is too busy doing the bidding of Les Wexner, George Soros, Wall Street, Bush political machine, etc, to run a functional state gub'ment. His run for President was an embarrassing display and he should refund Ohio taxpayers because everyone knew it was a sham to split the primary vote, help El Jeb Bush, and stop Trump.

Team Kasich pushes for junk like the TPP deal and open borders that do the following wonderful things:

Bring more drugs
Lower wages
Destroy Communities

He and his ilk do not care about anyone except their big donors. The state of Ohio gub'ment is still bloated, inefficient, and ineffective.

The GOP and Dems are totally establishment hacks in Columbus beholden only to their big donors and there's not much difference between them.

If Massillon wants or needs something done, it takes acts of passion and a bully pulpit to do it because Johnny lives in a gated community in Westerville and could care less about you. And the Dems are tucked away in Cuyahoga County or Bexley and could give a crap about Massillon or you.

I formally support Renacci for gub'nor.
Mary Taylor is more of the same.
Same with Husted.
Mike DeWine? Good grief.
Dems? Don't want Cleveland or Andy Ginther's corrupt version of Columbus running the state. Ginther/Mike Coleman are basically the same as Kasich. And Cleveland Dems? LOL.

On another subject, the US Army Corp of Engineers handling of the Zoar dam was incompetent, too.

[chiefy jones]

I agree with buddyh, I know your passion for the city of Massillon, but you say you haven't been mayor since '11, they're saying this has been going on since '91....That's 20 years.

[Shreve Legal Team]

There were no letters sent to City giving us an ultimatum, while I was there.  Why this was done this time, I don't know.

2 possible reasons for this happening in 2017:

1) State of Ohio is incompetent (see their Buckeye Lake dam performance for a primer)

2) State of Ohio knows the only way to get the Kathy Cavernous Potholes regime to do anything is to force them to do something through dramatic action like an ultimatum

[F.H. Cicchinelli, Jr.]

I agree with buddyh, I know your passion for the city of Massillon, but you say you haven't been mayor since '11, they're saying this has been going on since '91....That's 20 years.

I'm not sure what specifically goes back to 1991.  The studies that were conducted to determine what course of action to take, originated in the late 2000's.  That was stated in one of the recent newspaper articles.

[The Butler]

2 possible reasons for this happening in 2017:

1) State of Ohio is incompetent (see their Buckeye Lake dam performance for a primer)

I'll go with this one.  There had to at least be some informal conversations from ODNR that there was a deadline. 

And the city needs to blow in a call to the Muskingum Watershed District to see about some financial assistance since Stark County is by far the largest contributor of their stormwater assessment.  MWCD is flush with cash from all the fracking.

[rwgrier75]

When I just want to do some relaxed fishing  (not really caring if I catch anything or not)  I come down to the Rezzy.  Now I've caught my share of bass, crappie, bluegill.  I really enjoy it there.  And there are a lot more people that fish the Rezzy than just me.  Repair The Rezzy!!!   Is there a way to post a pic. here?

[Spize]

I'll go with this one.  There had to at least be some informal conversations from ODNR that there was a deadline. 

And the city needs to blow in a call to the Muskingum Watershed District to see about some financial assistance since Stark County is by far the largest contributor of their stormwater assessment.  MWCD is flush with cash from all the fracking.

I call Kasich and say "you want it fixed?  You fix it bitch"

F the man

[buddyh]

We were going to do something.  However, my term of office ended before we could recommend what course of action to take.  Remember, I haven't been mayor since December 31, 2011.  I am still perplexed why the State has recently given the City a three week ultimatum.

Thanks.  I didn't intend to criticize you or put you on the spot.  From what I read, this appears to be a long-running issue and I thought that you, with your long time in office, could shed some light on it.  I understand that, as Mayor, you couldn't just snap your fingers and make everything all better.