Editorial – Page 53

Selden helped smooth rough waters after coming to Wayland

October 9, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The news about Wayland City Manager Mike Selden’s departure was bittersweet. It was bitter in that the Wayland is losing one of its better administrators throughout its history of almost 50 years as a...

Nanny state government could help ‘Bring ’em back alive!’

October 3, 2015

The Republican Party has been popular over the last 35 years with opposition to “Nanny government.” Yet at times it is guilty of the crime itself and has failed to understand there are times we the people act like spoiled children and deserve the Nanny. The GOP on one hand...

Democratic Party has to be rooting for Cindy Gamrat to win GOP primary

September 24, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. The Allegan County Tea Party held a forum Tuesday evening for the eight candidates for 80th District State Representative in the special election Republican Party primary Nov. 3. Six of the eight showed, and...

Little time to file, little time to run for special primary election Nov. 3

September 15, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. “If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let you do it.” — Mark Twain Perhaps it does make a difference, which might explain why our state and federal governments have been doing their damndest...

Gamrat-Courser scandal puts rigged 2-party system on trial

September 10, 2015

ACHTUNG: The following is a not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Regardless of whether they are expelled or censured, the Gamrat-Courser fiasco in Lansing demonstrates the continuing collapse of the American two-party system. Democrats and Republicans for too long have failed to work...

Martin Twp. could face legal consequences with pot ordinance

September 2, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “All of your children are poor unfortunate victims of lies you believe. A plague upon your ignorance.” — Frank Zappa The Martin Township Planning Commission Tuesday night was only delaying the inevitable when it...

Let’s tell 2 new legislators to ‘git er done’ on roads and fireworks

August 25, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. I have a terse message for the two (likely) new state legislators from this area before the August 2016 primary election: Roads and fireworks. The recent news that the State Legislature again kicked the...

Tea Party has used GOP, must be set adrift by Republicans

August 20, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. The sordid sexual tales of State Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat actually have much wider implications than just the futures of these two embattled political figures, the...

Voters, all-powerful GOP will have to remove renegade Gamrat

August 14, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. I watched and heard State Rep. Cindy Gamrat (R-Plainwell) apologize Friday afternoon for her personal conduct in having an extra-marital affair with fellow State Rep. Todd Courser. Gamrat, who represents Hopkins, Martin and Watson...

Scandal reveals we must insist on majority rule in all elections

August 7, 2015

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. The salacious political debacle involving State Reps. Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser demonstrates depressingly how low our precious electoral system has fallen. The game is rigged, most folks don’t care and these awful...

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