City of Pataskala Mess

UPDATE August 9,2006:
Pataskala Street Levy fails in Special August 8, 2006 Election.
FOR 614, AGAINST 830.

The Pataskala Comprehensive Master Plan dated November, 2002 includes the following statement in the background information:

Facing strong development pressures from these western municipalities [Reynoldsburg and Columbus], the Village of Pataskala and Lima Township determined they had three future interests in common. First, most citizens from both entities were satisfied with their community and did not want major change or expansion. Secondly, the citizens enjoyed the rural nature of their living environment. Third, if changes had to occur within their community (such as increased industrial or residential development), the citizens wanted to be able to control and have a voice in the manner of such expansion. These common beliefs led the Village of Pataskala and Lima Township to propose a merger,...

The feeling I get especially after the Pataskala levy campaign of May 2006, is that there is a big push to encourage development to build commerce, etc. I think the government of the new city is not really concerned with what was the original intent of the merger of the village and Lima township. This needs to be looked into.

See Pataskala Comprehensive Master Plan

Also, we might as well look at all the documents about the city of Pataskala. Documents

And, The official City of Pataskala website