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Dog ‘N Suds was the place to go for Wayland teens in the ’60s
“The music is played for love Cruisin' is made for love I love it when we're cruisin' together” — Smokey Robinson “I got a letterman's sweater With a letter in…
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Democracy Tree: Proposal 1 money trail was a one-way street
by Amy Kerr Hardin The Michigan roads proposal, billed as "road kill" after its resounding defeat Tuesday, was paved with cash, but it flowed in mostly one direction. Regardless of…
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Ranger Rick: Is Baltimore’s mess just a hint of things to come?
The media, in its consuming quest to be first and usually get it wrong, presumed it had a great story of police brutality on a long time criminal, Freddie Gray,…
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Monday Moan: As they say on Shark Tank, ‘I’m out’ on Prop 1
By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net More than 20 years ago and after sitting through and asking questions of the late-State Senator William VanRegenmorter's "pitch" at Wayland City Hall, I voted against…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Let us be glad about saving a local treasure
‘Twas a little more than three years ago when my wife suggested I do a weekly historical column to highlight events and people 25, 50, 75…
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The Muck Starts Here: We’re going there in a handbasket
By Barry Hastings Congress fiddles with sequestration of military funding while the world burns. Americans see whatever news directors determine will be the story of the day. There's no way…
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Democracy Tree: State legislators gut 14th Amendment
by Amy Kerr Hardin It must hurt — the mental machinations and intellectual inconsistencies necessary for Michigan’s GOP lawmakers to time and again churn up conspiracy theories about federal government…
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Army Bob: Defeat ISIS/ISIL now or deal with version 4.0 later
What is in a name? ISIS or is it ISIL or is it Islamic Terrorism or “The B Team?” Quite frankly there is a lot in the name we use…
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Democracy Tree: New angry white male political porn queen
Democracy Tree doesn’t typically stray into dust-ups acros the pond, but here we make an exception, because this story needs telling. Step aside Ann Coulter. Fox News babes, you can…
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Ranger Rick: Some observations about the roads debacle
Well, Proposal 15-1 will soon be upon us in another week. We can vote ourselves more taxes (some estimates indicate an average Michigan household will experience $800 per year increase…