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Reader Responds to Business Journal Editorial
DearĀ Editor:I find it atypical of the media elite (which you used to not be part of) in trying to put a positive spin on the fact that Canfield Township's contract with the Sheriff allowed Mr. Wellington to hire back 3 more officers. True, you go on to show forward thinking about the differences in why some townships have police forces and others do not. How some townships will not be able to afford patrols while others can. You even take a walk on the plank to suggest that regionalization is worth looking at, and such "...elected officials will be regarded as leaders".What you FAIL to point out, is that one does not have to be an "elected official" to be a leader. Since the begining of the reform movement in this county over ten years ago with the Peat-Marwick blueprint, I and a host of others have been trying to get Canfield Township and other townships to pay the way for sheriff's patrols. Canfield should be paying in excess of $500,000 not $205,000, but that is another story. $500,000 for 10 years is...well, you do the math (remember, just in Canfield Township). For ideas like this, I was called a "naysayer." Sometimes, the media and those same "elected officials" even said it was nothing more then a "drop in the bucket." The issue of sheriff's patrols being paid for by Canfield Township residents even defeated Debbie Taylor as Ed Reese used it as a last minute campaign dirty trick against her in the primary of 2000.Since I'm on the subject of reform and we are discussing Canfield -- lets look at this. How about the Canfield Fair Board taking over the financial and moral responsibility of running 4-H? Furthermore, why not get that same fair board to pay a portion of the revenue collected during the fair towards the general fund as other county fairs do all across the state. Why, well why not?Sincerely,Samuel M. Moffie"