Local Government

Incumbent Evans facing nonpartisan opponent in Hopkins Twp.

October 10, 2016

Though it’s a race between an incumbent Republican and a previously defeated opponent with no party affiliation, the Nov. 8 general election contest for township seems unusually interesting. Mark Evans, who is completing his 20th year as supervisor, is opposed by independent Calvin Tuinstra, who has larger than usual number...

Councilman says Wayland has lost $1.5 million in state funds

September 19, 2016

Wayland City Councilman Rick Mathis Monday evening told his colleagues that the city has lost about $1.5 million in revenue sharing from the state since 2003. Mathis said he learned of the situation while attending a Michigan Municipal League seminar earlier this month. He said 14 cities have banded together...

Democracy Tree: So Meijer has state legislators in the bag

September 8, 2016

by Amy Kerr Hardin Members of a Michigan-based political action committee thinks they have it in the bag with their timely $20K contribution to state lawmakers. It was recently disclosed that Meijer Inc. PAC greased the palms of Republican Senators on the same day the Commerce Committee was about to...

Boot, Sewers do battle for Dorr clerk; Senneker no-show

July 26, 2016

The showdown between Dorr Township Clerk candidates Brian Boot and Debbie Sewers was the only contest in Tuesday night’s forum at Crosswinds Community Church. Supervisor Jeff Miling was left alone in the arena for evening when his opponent, Patty Senneker, failed to appear. No reason was given for her absence,...

80th District: Choose Whiteford over ‘Scandal-less Gamrat’

July 19, 2016

EDITOR"S NOTE: My motto ever since launching this on-line rag has been, “I report what I see and hear. And sometimes I comment on it.” With that in mind, the following is the second of a series of political endorsements or positions for the Aug. 2 primary election, which is...

Ranger Rick: Chicago’s Democratic Machine runs out of gas

July 19, 2016

Both Chicago and Detroit are twins in that both are in dire straits – both essentially bankrupt (more expenditures than revenue) – to you Marxists and liberals, that means there isn’t enough money to pay your bills, so deficits are always showing up on the yearly ledgers. How did this...

Columns

Army Bob: Same old political mantra occurs every 4 years

June 23, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler Every four years we revisit the same trite statements: • The United States is the most divided we have ever been. • The American economy is horrible. • The rich are getting richer the poor are getting poorer. • Our infrastructure is falling apart. • Racism...

Salem Township showed the way in dealing with dust control

June 15, 2016

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. At the risk of being misunderstood again, I submit another example that taxes are necessary evils surfaced this week in Hopkins Township. I hear tell from the Penasee Globe, some residents appeared at...

Monday Moanin’: Education needs investment, support

June 5, 2016

BOULDER, CO (June 2, 2016) – The father of the common school movement, Horace Mann, proclaimed universal education to be the bedrock of democracy. Education is the “great equalizer of the conditions of men” and the “balance wheel of social machinery,” he said, and it deserves significant public investment. Mann...

‘Sounding of the Siren’ event for Gun Lake is May 17

May 4, 2016

A “Sounding of the Siren” public celebration to recognize successful collaborative partnership and fund-raising effort to purchase a severe weather siren to enhance public safety in the Gun Lake area will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. The event will take place at the Yankee Springs Recreation Park,...

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