Tag: Local Elections

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Army Bob: We are being controlled by language

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by Robert M. Traxler George Orwell warned in his book "1984" that language is used to control the people. “He who controls the language controls the masses: ” Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, a favorite of the socialist/progressive folks.  Violate the law and if you are a politically incorrect felon, the mainstream media...
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Local Right to Life warrior Rusty Dutkiewicz, 92, dies

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Mary Louise (Rusty) Dutkiewicz of Dorr, the matriarch of the family that owned and operated Dick's Market for 65 years, died Tuesday, Nov. 2. She was 92. Despite her obligations and activities with the local grocery, Rusty perhaps was best known as a fierce champion of the Right to Life...
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Norm Taylor’s candidacy for council? ‘I hope he fails’

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in November 2008, “right-thinking radio” host Rush Limbaugh immediately commented, “I hope he fails.” I have the same sentiments about recently retired Wayland Schools...
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Let’s make all of our local elections non-partisan

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Because the two-party political system in the United States has deteriorated so badly over the last four decades, I hereby call for all elections below the state level to be non-partisan. Yes, under my...
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Let’s insist local voters use absentee ballots in primary

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I resolutely urge area township and city clerks, and for that matter, the Allegan County Clerk, to begin a massive public relations campaign immediately suggesting voters in the Aug. 4 primary make their selections...
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Village, city councils, a school board also to have votes

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Despite all the hoopla over state and national races and proposals, there will be other local elections in northeast Allegan County Tuesday, Nov. 6. Those other elections include Wayland City Council, Martin Board of Education and the Villages of Martin and Hopkins. City of Wayland — Mayor Tim Bala Tim...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Town-gown voting issues troubling

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The Republican Party is mired in a series of controversies involving accusations of voter suppression. The Republican Secretary of State who is running for governor of Georgia is taking a lot of public relations and legal heat for purging 53,000 people from the voting list for the Nov. 6 election....
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Army Bob: Media hates Trump because he didn’t pay to play

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by Robert M. Traxler Our friends in the Democrat Party are parroting the line that the swamp President Donald Trump needs to drain is found at the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in New York City. Washington D.C. is just fine; the real concern of thinking people should be...
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Recommendations: If I could vote in Nov. 8 election

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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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Democracy Tree: Here’s how to follow the Michigan GOP money

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by Amy Kerr Hardin There’s a new easy-to-use tool now available to follow the money in Michigan politics: “Right now, it can be difficult for a member of the public to find the true answer to the question of who’s given the most to my representative. The idea behind this new...
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