Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-05
It's News
To Me
By O. ]. Pecord
OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR RoULET
Dear Mayor:

Dear Mayor
AS 1 read of your rejection of your brain child in
Mondays City Council meeting the words of Omar about the
potter and the pot occurred to me
plan you last year at time when
things looked for the 2man Council plan sponsored by
DR. Gtteau turned down by you this year when no oe
plan threatening your
At the time that viewed dissatisfaction with
your plan year proposed Mike Damas and the
Veterans Committee the thought occurred to of us that
hasn't been months since said that you would not
seek reelection
That makes two subjects which have given us
right to question sincerity.
were sincere last year when you advocated the
o-caled "Rouet Plan in opposition to the Mayor man
Council pan sincere last Monday when you turned
thumbs down on the same plan advocated by another
If sincere when you said you would not again
ed just in the nick of time Immediately before draers
filed petition about which of you knew absolutely
nothing
POLITICS
You know Mr. Mayor we enjoy watching occasionally
participating in little politics but it it in
evitaby does that when man becomes political to the point
sacrificing principles sincerity truth and few of
the other virtues which normally in people,
he loses something of human respect and what worse
Nobody ever accused you of being politician AS
matter of fact while we have not always eyeoeye
you of the important and political is
which have occurred since first drafted for
office respected you for beliefs and admired
for holding for them when felt that
you completely wrong.
But nowadays Mr. Mayor begins to particularly
since have refused to abide with council pan
that slipping and that anxious to hang
on to your own councmanc job as you are TO perpeuae the
political method which first brought you into office
This Mr. Mayor does not by signify that do
not that Consistency the hobgobn of small minds
On the other hand do not that with plan
advanced advanced plan last be credited
with sincerity, when at time when other plan of
fered order to the people of Toledo clear alternative
and choice, you kill your own political child.
THE REAL ISSUE
course this isn't the question The question is was
whether City Council should place the Roulet Plan
vanced by Mike Damas the ballot
How far if at ALL Council influenced by the opinion
of of the spectators the Council meeting the
question Nor the question of whether issue
bearing the method of eectng councmen should be
initiated by petition by legislative resolution Neither is it
question of precedent of the other sdeghts which
upon the issue it worried its through the
climaxing council session.
The real issue is it has always been - just how
far the people of Toledo going permit the PR
of the members of city council and lot of people
to influence Council before they catch with them
And that Mr. Mayor is the question that keeps humping
around in the spot between particularly when OBJ
that you have become hroughly infected with
political virus the point where sincerity like that
few of fellow council members has become be-
of what has occurred in the past few months
After ALL the people of Toledo have right to expect that
gentleman of repue and character would not sell him
self short for the sake of political party for the temporary
gain that might from bad move which might be of
momentary value because it expedient.
One thing is for MIR. Mayor, hope that will
not be forced to look upon do Mr. Ramey
victim of party loyalty. You missed the this
in so doing have made your candidacy Gas top dog)
paign issue.
OLLIE PECoRD