Editorial – Page 10

I don’t get Leighton buying old school and property

October 15, 2022

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Did I miss or badly overlook something, or did the Leighton Township Board Thursday night poop the bed by spending $650,000 to buy the old Moline Elementary building and surrounding property? If I...

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Yes, Townbroadcast plans to do election picks ‘n pans

October 11, 2022

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. ’Tis the Silly Season, and newspapers traditionally have made endorsements of political candidates and issues just before elections. Townbroadcast will continue this tradition for several reasons. Some may ask what right does David...

Dorr Trustee Tuinstra’s bad govt. gift keeps on giving

September 24, 2022

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Next time, Hubert, ever the gentleman, offers his seat to a woman in a public lavatory… There is considerable misunderstanding.” — Vivian Stanshall, “Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.” Though I’ve been accused by...

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Both sides presented valid arguments about golf carts

September 19, 2022

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. It is my custom to comment on the big issues of the day and rarely do I shrink from such responsibilities as an editor. However, I confess to not taking a stand on...

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Reasons for Chief Garnsey’s departure clarified in letter

September 16, 2022

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a clarification from attorney Rob Howard of Bos & Glazier, PLC of Grand Rapids, regarding Wayland Police Chief Mark Garnsey's departure late last month. Mark Garnsey To the editor: Chief Garnsey began discussing retirement with the city in March of this year. He has been...

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What is the truth about the departure of police chief?

September 7, 2022

"You can't handle the truth." ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. I have long railed against the common modern process of officials dancing around or avoiding the truth in the public arena, a process I’ve called “corporate lying.” I...

Forums, listening sessions just don’t cut it any more

August 30, 2022

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “…Go to the people. Ask the hands that serve the machines of America. Ask these thousands of folks, who wouldn’t say no to yesterday, or yes instead of knowing it all.” — The...

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Govt. helped with student debt more in bygone days

August 25, 2022

To the editor: I'm seeing lots of older folks my age complaining about the $10,000 in student debt cancellation announced this week. But when people my age say the government didn't help pay for their college education, they are highly mistaken. The No. 1 reason that tuitions have gone up...

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Maybe abortion issue will finally be decided Nov. 8

August 22, 2022

The Pro-Life and Pro-Choice forces have been duking it out in the United States for almost five decades, and the most disappointing characteristic about the battle is its binary nature. Black and white. Life and death. War and peace. The flawed thinking is that if you’re pro-choice you’re pro-murder and...

One shouldn’t have to resign post to run for mayor

August 17, 2022

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “It’s a drag being a cop. I think I’d rather be the mayor.” — Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, 1966, “Help, I’m a Rock” Jennifer Antel I had to do a...

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