Editorial

Some corrections on school bond issue information

November 16, 2016

I wanted to offer you some corrections to the information you posted Monday night regarding our bond proposals vote. I agree there was not much discussion and by the way, the closed session (as stated by the board but guessing some did not hear or understand) was to briefly discuss...

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So just what did school board decide about bond?

November 15, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. I got it wrong Monday night when I reported that part of the first proposal of the bond issue will be for constructing a new K-5 elementary on property near the transportation building. I’ve...

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There have been ‘misogynists’ before Donald Trump

November 13, 2016

To the editor: I will try once again to add some insights, not as an attack on liberals, but as a means to quell some of the distress espoused about our next president. First, I would like to bring to light that Donald Trump is not the first (so called)...

Once again: ‘Liberal media’ phrase is an oxymoron

November 11, 2016

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. The first installment was published in January 2015 and is updated here: One of my pet peeves over the last 20 years has been the continued assertion that the media is liberal. Having...

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The real threat to democracy is school privatization

November 5, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: David Britten is a former Pine Street Elementary Principal who now is serving his last year as superintendent at Wyoming Godfrey Lee Schools. He penned this column and Townbroadcast is reprinting it as a letter to the editor. Forget about the presidential election, already. The real threat to...

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WHS grad, history teacher predicts election outcome

November 4, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: Michael Johnston is a 1972 graduate of Wayland High School, a retired history teacher at Kenowa Hills High School and former editor of a labor newspaper. Folks, get your barf bags, and booze bottles. A nightmare is about to begin! I’ll be puking out my back windows coming...

Four recommendations for Dorr Township races:

November 2, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “You’re running with a bad crowd.” — My fishing buddy Jim Wasserman, upon catching a trout in a chub-infested stream in 1978 My biggest takeway from the Dorr Township candidate forum was the...

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Has author’s prophetic ‘post fact’ society been realized?

November 2, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: Shelly Sulser, former ace reporter in bygone days for me and now executive editor of the Battle Creek Shopper News, penned this timely letter this week and has granted me permission to reprint it. by Shelly Sulser Back in August of 2008, yours truly was executive news director...

If I could vote in Nov. 8 election: Recommendations

November 1, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra recently circulated a flyer recommending trustee candidates for the Nov. 8 election. I’m doing the same on a larger scale, prompted by my motto: “I report what I see...

Recommendations: If I could vote in Nov. 8 election

November 1, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra recently circulated a flyer recommending trustee candidates for the Nov. 8 election. I’m doing the same on a larger scale, prompted by my motto: “I report what I see...

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