Editorial – Page 46

Recommendations, if I could vote in Nov. 8 election:

October 28, 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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If I could vote in Nov. 8 election: Recommendations

October 25, 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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Planning Commission was unfairly stereotyped on pot issue

October 12, 2016

As chairperson of the Wayland Planning Commission I see it as my responsibility to defend the Planning Commission when it is wrongly portrayed in the media. The editorial made some over-generalizations that do not reflect accurately on what transpired at the meeting. The planning commission did not “parrot” opposition. In...

Tiresome, ignorant fears about marijuana persist in these parts

October 11, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story, it is an editorial by the editor. “…Your old road is rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand For the times they are a' changin'!” — Bob Dylan Too many local officials in...

Kudos to citizen, DPW chief, City Council on tree actions

October 4, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Kudos are in order for citizen Gail Hollinger, Department of Public Works Superintendent Cole Lutz, City Manager Tim McLean and the Wayland City Council for solving a problem quickly and efficiently. Kudos to Hollinger...

Martin looks ahead with solar; Wayland stuck with phone surveys

September 26, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. There are two very different things going on right now in two local school districts. One is a visionary, forward-looking policy decision in Martin. The other is continuation of a tired old practice in...

Don’t let Tuinstra rule the roost on Dorr chickens issue

September 20, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. I resolutely urge everyone in Dorr Township who wants to raise chickens to raise a ruckus at the Dorr Township Board meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. Those...

Bill Melching was good at what he did as financial watchdog

September 17, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. As Wayland Union Schools Finance Director Bill Melching rides into the sunset at the end of this month, it should be noted more than parenthetically that he did a terrific job as business manager...

Government promotes distrust when playing ‘I’ve Got a Secret’

September 13, 2016

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “I don’t trust guvmint… I trust the people.” — George W. Bush “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind “Secrets...

Straight ticket voting issue shows politics makes strange bedfellows

September 10, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Yes indeed, friends, politics makes strange bedfellows. Despite the Republican State Legislature’s passage of a law to outlaw straight-ticket voting and Attorney General Bill Schuette’s desperate efforts to make it stick, voters in the...

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