Editorial – Page 18

Here’s my 2-step cure for our unfair elections disease

June 18, 2021

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Save our republic! Because the two-party political system in the United States has deteriorated, I hereby call for all elections below the state level to be non-partisan. Furthermore, I call for all elections...

So it’s true board-supt. relations are not good

June 13, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. Yes, the cat is out of the bag. Though Wayland Union Schools Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds apparently is not leaving for Kalkaska after all, the real news is that she is looking for work...

Is the state going to take over gravel pit regulations?

June 6, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Politics makes strange bedfellows,” — adapted from Shakespeare’s, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” The Michigan Legislature is seriously considering a new law that would hand over decisions on and enforcement of gravel mining...

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‘Big Gretch’ is living inside State Rep. Johnson’s head

May 26, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Rep. Steve Johnson Our State Representative, Steve Johnson, “The Maskless Marvel,” appears to be so obsessed with making Gov. Gretchen Whitmer look bad that he’s willing to make taxpayers pay for her alleged indiscretions....

Have we finally gotten past the political mask issue?

May 23, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. Sometimes doing what seems to be the right thing can have unintended negative consequences. In the wake of new and significantly changed Health Department guidelines on wearing masks during the pandemic, announced by Gov....

So Lady Wildcats are not among the best in state?

May 16, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled onto the Michigan High School Softball Coaches’ installment this week of ranking the top 10 teams in all four divisions. Conspicuous by its absence was any mention of...

Is this the most worthless warning sign in America?

May 9, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Who was that masked man? “I don’t know, but I wanted to thank him.” — A late 1960s commercial for Pizza Rolls, featuring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, who asks, “Have a pizza roll,...

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Dorr Twp. Trustee comes off as a male chauvinist pig

April 30, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. Dorr Township Trustee Chandler Stanton just might have pooped the bed Thursday night at the board meeting. Stanton, who was elected without opposition in the primary and general last year, spoke and voted in...

George Floyd trial yielded painful lesson about trust

April 22, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. George Orwell “The news is what someone else doesn’t want you to know.” — Attributed most often to William Randolph Hearst “In a totalitarian society, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George...

Dems didn’t start the fire on federal revenue sharing

April 16, 2021

So municipalities in Allegan County soon will be getting a total of $22.9 million in the federal stimulus package, or American Rescue Plan signed into law last month by President Joe Biden. Steve Shoemaker of Leighton Township certainly offered an interesting take on the news of the windfall when he...

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