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Why is there no mention regarding people of interest who were behind the speed traps and shady politics plaguing New Rome 'til it was discorporated? I'm not suggesting they require a Wikipedia entry of their own, and may they be forgotten in time, but having names rather than an ambiguous, amorphous "town council" would lend weight to this entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:84:302:F2F0:3123:A108:B8A0:C10B ( talk) 17:52, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Though New Rome was just dissolved as a municipality by a court order, I'm going to wait a little while before I delist it in Category:Villages in Ohio and move it into Category:Ohio history, to wait for the body to grow cold. Appeals can take years, though in this case there aren't any plausible grounds.
There's also an interesting question that I don't know has been dealt with on wikipedia yet—what do you do with the demographic information on an article about a municipality once it ceases to exist? It's unlikely that its paltry 70 people would be later treated as a census-designated place, but who knows. I s'pose at the very least the information could be kept as the last recorded data ("former demographics," "former geography"?) of the now non-existant municipality. Postdlf 01:30, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Does this article need an edit for pov? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haakonsson ( talk • contribs)
I do remember a village clerk, maybe the one who embezzled the money, claiming that "we just enforce the laws", and all complainers were just sore about being caught. New Rome should be a textbook case of how government, even in the USA, can turn totally corrupt and take decades to get rid of Radio Sharon 13:24, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I recall reading that New Rome actually lowered the speed limit on US 40 in violation of state law. Because US 40 is a state owned road, the state (through ODOT) is the only governmental entity empowered to post and change speed limits. A municipality can request that the speed limits be changed. As I understand things, New Rome failed to do this. They posted the lower speed limits on their own. -- WildcatRay
Both of these are blatant POV without descent citations and even then need rewrites. I'm not saying you're wrong; simply you need to write with multiple points of view. I'm tagging for POV and needed citations.
In support of statement #1 quoted above: "All council members were appointed to office by other council members. None of the appointments were registered with the Franklin County Board of Elections, as required by state law." New Mayor Walks Out of Meeting Amid Chaos, Columbus Dispatch, January 27, 2002. Also, "[The defendants] have agreed that they cannot challenge the attorney general's allegations that the village has failed to properly follow applicable election laws for at least two consecutive cycles for (at least) one elected office in the village..." June 30, 2004 Order dissolving New Rome, Judge David Cain, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
In support of statement #2 above: "[New Rome] takes in more than $300,000 in traffic fines annually from tickets written on a 1,000-foot strip of West Broad Street. Almost all the money is spent on the police." Intimidation? New Rome Police Visit School Of Councilman's Grandchildren, NBC4 (Columbus, OH affiliate) website. "‘The village expended $309,385, or 82 percent of its general-fund budget, to support a police force whose primary purpose appears to be writing traffic tickets,’ the audit [conducted by the State of Ohio] found...‘[T]he fact remains that the New Rome government doesn't serve an important purpose.’" Erase New Rome, Petro says, Columbus Dispatch, May 9, 2002.
These news links were provided in the article's first external link, under the description "Includes stories of dealings with New Rome police, as well as many news links documenting New Rome's decline." Did you think this was all made up? You obviously didn't bother to read any of the news before making your assumptions. Postdlf 23:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
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Why is there no mention regarding people of interest who were behind the speed traps and shady politics plaguing New Rome 'til it was discorporated? I'm not suggesting they require a Wikipedia entry of their own, and may they be forgotten in time, but having names rather than an ambiguous, amorphous "town council" would lend weight to this entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:84:302:F2F0:3123:A108:B8A0:C10B ( talk) 17:52, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Though New Rome was just dissolved as a municipality by a court order, I'm going to wait a little while before I delist it in Category:Villages in Ohio and move it into Category:Ohio history, to wait for the body to grow cold. Appeals can take years, though in this case there aren't any plausible grounds.
There's also an interesting question that I don't know has been dealt with on wikipedia yet—what do you do with the demographic information on an article about a municipality once it ceases to exist? It's unlikely that its paltry 70 people would be later treated as a census-designated place, but who knows. I s'pose at the very least the information could be kept as the last recorded data ("former demographics," "former geography"?) of the now non-existant municipality. Postdlf 01:30, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Does this article need an edit for pov? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haakonsson ( talk • contribs)
I do remember a village clerk, maybe the one who embezzled the money, claiming that "we just enforce the laws", and all complainers were just sore about being caught. New Rome should be a textbook case of how government, even in the USA, can turn totally corrupt and take decades to get rid of Radio Sharon 13:24, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I recall reading that New Rome actually lowered the speed limit on US 40 in violation of state law. Because US 40 is a state owned road, the state (through ODOT) is the only governmental entity empowered to post and change speed limits. A municipality can request that the speed limits be changed. As I understand things, New Rome failed to do this. They posted the lower speed limits on their own. -- WildcatRay
Both of these are blatant POV without descent citations and even then need rewrites. I'm not saying you're wrong; simply you need to write with multiple points of view. I'm tagging for POV and needed citations.
In support of statement #1 quoted above: "All council members were appointed to office by other council members. None of the appointments were registered with the Franklin County Board of Elections, as required by state law." New Mayor Walks Out of Meeting Amid Chaos, Columbus Dispatch, January 27, 2002. Also, "[The defendants] have agreed that they cannot challenge the attorney general's allegations that the village has failed to properly follow applicable election laws for at least two consecutive cycles for (at least) one elected office in the village..." June 30, 2004 Order dissolving New Rome, Judge David Cain, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
In support of statement #2 above: "[New Rome] takes in more than $300,000 in traffic fines annually from tickets written on a 1,000-foot strip of West Broad Street. Almost all the money is spent on the police." Intimidation? New Rome Police Visit School Of Councilman's Grandchildren, NBC4 (Columbus, OH affiliate) website. "‘The village expended $309,385, or 82 percent of its general-fund budget, to support a police force whose primary purpose appears to be writing traffic tickets,’ the audit [conducted by the State of Ohio] found...‘[T]he fact remains that the New Rome government doesn't serve an important purpose.’" Erase New Rome, Petro says, Columbus Dispatch, May 9, 2002.
These news links were provided in the article's first external link, under the description "Includes stories of dealings with New Rome police, as well as many news links documenting New Rome's decline." Did you think this was all made up? You obviously didn't bother to read any of the news before making your assumptions. Postdlf 23:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)