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Democracy Tree: State Rep. Gamrat and the Old Wild West

by Amy Kerr Hardin The diabolic duo of Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat just can’t seem to give it a break. Over the past few weeks, the freshmen lawmakers,…

Editor March 14, 2015

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Army Bob: I support Dorr road millage as a taxpayer and resident

The Dorr Township road millage will be on the ballot May 5. In the spirit of full disclosure, I reside in Dorr Township and I volunteered to serve on the…

Editor March 12, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Are we wasting money on a ‘road to nowhere?

The economy is booming! That’s what we keep hearing. Stock market climbing! What’s the problem? Where are the jobs? Unemployment is higher than what is reported by the government, according…

Editor March 10, 2015

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Monday Moan: Wayland School Board: Live within your means

jeffsalisbury@charter.net I’ve been thinking about the expression “living within one’s means” – and the economics of personal and family budgets — and how it translates to the economics of school…

Editor March 8, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: The U.S. should bring back the draft

"Such subtle covenants shall be made, 'til peace is war in masquerade." — John Dryden by Barry Hastings Seems as though everything this administration does in our wars (we're fighting…

Editor March 8, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: I was an unpopular editor back in the day

Yet another saga from my tempestuous editorship at the Albion Evening Recorder: The summer of 1983, I was in my fourth year as editor and still doing a little sports…

Editor March 7, 2015

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Democracy Tree: For-profit sharks swarm public sector pool

by Amy Kerr Hardin Aramark cited privatized food services as a major growth area in its fourth quarter 2014 report, specifically in the lucrative North American sector — “As reported…

Editor March 7, 2015

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Army Bob: Christianity matured over the years, Islam didn’t

President Obama tells us we should not be on our high horse and criticize Islam for the atrocities committed in the name of Allah by various Islamic radical groups today.…

Editor March 5, 2015

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Trayvon Martin’s, Michael Brown’s actions causes of deaths

I’m sure most of you reading this have been stopped by police in some manner, most of us in traffic violation situations. The officer asks for the appropriate information and…

Editor March 3, 2015

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Monday Moan: No such thing as free lunch or college tuition

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net The headline in the Allegan County News read, or almost shouted: PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE ASSOCIATE DEGREES TO ALLEGAN COUNTY STUDENTS and then opened with this… “The…

Editor March 1, 2015