ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. • “I moved out here to get away from the city.” • “Not in my back yard (NIMBY).” • Ninety percent of the people who show up at meetings come here to bitch.” The three previous quotes are the […]
To the editor: More of the same. “It’s a mental health issue.” “There will always be evil people.” “Everyone has a right to arm themselves.” “We can’t deny everyone because of a few bad people.” Always excuses why we need to stand pat on rules that are in place after the Brady Bill was allowed
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Ain’t no pink fag legislator gonna say I can’t have guns.” — The Fugs, 1968, “Johnny Pissoff Meets the Red Angel.” While it seems just about everybody rightly these days is discussing and debating the issue of guns in
To the editor: Re: How has Salem Townshop gotten away with 5-mill road levy? One has to look back into the history of the townships around Salem to understand the problem. When the millage issue came up for renewal in neighboring townships their supervisors at the time felt their township would remain a rural farming
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat. If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.” — The Beatles,
To the editor: On Thursday, Jan 25, two Sandy Pines members reported finding a deceased cat in a live trap located on Sandy Pines park property. Photos and video of the cat were immediately posted on social media. Word of this situation spread to the public, national animal rights groups and led to local TV
To the editor: You have been mixing up terms and Watson’s potential ordinance. First, the term dispensary is not used any more in Michigan. The term is now Provisioning Center (which is one of the five licensed facility types in Michigan). Second, Watson officials have explicitly stated they are not interested in permitting provisioning centers
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. The recent evidence of anti-marijuana decisions in northeast Allegan County should remind citizens of the ancient fable of the boy in the Netherlands holding back the approaching water by putting his finger in the dike. Despite so much talk
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Before he rides off into the sunset, many of us should take a little time to offer the handshake of appreciation to Wayland’s interim city manager, Larry Nielsen. It is entirely possible that new City Manager Josh Eggleston will
