Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Bob,

Several people who follow your website here have reminded that you have not yet retracted your statement or provided the Columbus Dispatch article to support the statement you made on this website on November 2, 2001.

In your lengthy posting entitled a little history, you stated, ?“Enter then School Board President and Administrators quotes in the Columbus Dispatch that those nasty folks with PATA are against OUR schools.?”

You can continue to ignore my request and I?’ll keep asking for a retraction or the Columbus Dispatch article you referenced. It is your choice, Bob. And, I think Tim Bryant wishes a response from you too.

Yawn

Mark, Please move on with this ad Nausem hammering of these ''requested retractions'' and leave Mr. Harding alone. I would rather he put his efforts into providing the public with the excellent information his organization places on this web site. The average citizen would have no idea that some of this stuff goes on in our community if not for PATA seeking information from many sources and making it public. I have observed that the majority of the information here is from many different sources cross refernced on topics of concern. It is also apparent that education and research into these issues is important as they cite many professional publications and works to back up their positions on growth issues and in fact have offered them to the public in a ''PATA borrowing library'' Additionally,much of the information is from public records from the city which are accessible to all but require a persitance and determination to get copies of.

Of course it is helpful if the copier at city hall is in working order or there is not an unannounced holiday for the city hall employees when seeking this information. I admire the efforts of this organization and thank them for bringing to light some of the goings on in our community which the public should be aware of and the press often misses.

Please let Bob alone on this miniscule retraction issue. I'm sure Mr. Yocum would request a retraction from Bob in a formal manner if this was a big deal to school officials other than Mrs. Carlier and yourself. These school officals should have enough on their plates without your community soap operaish concerns.

By observer

Are Facts Boring to You?

I wonder if Bob Harding and observer are the same person.

It really is a very easy question to answer.

Please reference the Dispatch article you referred to in your comment, ?“Enter then School Board President and Administrators quotes in the Columbus Dispatch that those nasty folks with PATA are against OUR schools.?”


By Mark W. Uher

ANSWER

I THINK IF BOB H. MADE AN ERROR HE WOULD ADMIT TO IT, I KNOW WHEN HE AND JEFF HAD PUT SOME MISLEADING FIGURES ABOUT PICKERINGTONS TAXES IN THEIR NEWSLETTER THEY WERE BIG ENOUGH TO ADMIT THE ERROR AND TRIED TO CORRECT IT.
BRUCE ROOKSTOOL