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State Rep. Smit’s honors ceremony manufactured

October 27, 2023

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. State Rep. Rachelle Smit State Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville) raised a few eyebrows Friday by honoring two local men recently acquitted of charges they were in on a plot to kidnap and even murder...

Rep. Smit trying to be nice about our disagreements

October 18, 2023

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. State Rep. Rachelle Smit Townbroadcast was not kind to State Rep. Rachelle Smit of Shelbyville in a recent editorial, maintaining she is at least partially ignoring the will of the people statewide in joining...

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Guest editorial: School bus driver shortage explained?

October 15, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: I noticed this today on Facebook, and I choose to share it with readers, particularly those who work for schools. So many these days bemoan the shortage of bus divers, substitute teachers and even teachers. Perhaps this anonymous letter can shed some light on the problem: As a...

GOP legislators’ election lawsuit just a power grab

September 30, 2023

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. The Republican Party has been earning a reputation lately for bypassing the will of the people. Eleven members of the GOP in the House of Representatives have filed a lawsuit to overturn statewide ballot...

‘Liberal media’ has become my favorite oxymoron

September 20, 2023

My friend and colleague Robert M. Traxler, author for more than a decade of the Townbroadcast “Army Bob” column, this week has inspired me to once again reveal my favorite oxymoron. For those who don’t remember, an oxymoron is the string together of two words that seem to be contradictory....

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I don’t think private would be better than WAEMS

September 16, 2023

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I am opposed in no uncertain terms to privatizing essential services to the public. Which is why I would speak out against any local municipality doing such an awful thing. We have been hearing...

Customers are absorbing costs more than businesses

September 10, 2023

“The love of money is the root of all evil.” — The Apostle Paul “When companies don’t pay workers a living wage, taxpayers pick up the tab.” — Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Businesses...

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We must respect each other in battles on the gridiron

September 8, 2023

We have sons in football at Hopkins and we played the third game Thursday night against Belding. It was a tough match between the JV teams and they both played well and hard but I was blown away again with the amount of disrespect and unsportsmanship shown. Last week we...

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Let’s show 4-H kids that we care at Allegan County fair

August 29, 2023

To the editor: Go to your local fair, walk past the rides and the games and find those livestock kids. Have a conversation with them, ask them about their animals. You just may learn something and have your faith in our future restored. We fill the bleachers on Friday nights...

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Can state legislators somehow tweak 2 laws?

August 22, 2023

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. When the Michigan State Legislature goes back into session soon, I urge lawmakers resolutely to tweak a couple of laws they passed in recent times. In both cases, they actually meant well, however, the...

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