Local Government

Yes It Is, It’s True: Let’s not let politicians pick their districts

April 22, 2016

Today our story is about redistricting. It is not that long ago and not that far away. The year was 2002 and elections were planned for August and November for state-wide offices and Congress and U.S. Senate. The rules insisted that a committee of five people come up with a...

Steven Johnson is 4th candidate to succeed Rep. Yonker

March 22, 2016

There are now at least four candidates who intend to run for 72nd District State Representative in Lansing. Steven Johnson, a resident of Wayland Township and a South Christian High School graduate, appeared before the Wayland City Council Monday night to announce his candidacy. He joins Ryan Gallogly, Tony Noto...

Two 72nd District state rep. candidates visit Wayland Council

February 1, 2016

It was the Night of the Politicians at the Wayland City Council meeting Monday evening. Five people seeking office later this year paid visits to the council, two of them candidates for state representative, another seeking the Allegan County Sheriff’s post, one seeking re-election as Circuit Judge and a likely...

Democracy Tree: Lisa Lyons worst GOP lawmaker in Michigan

January 28, 2016

She’s at it again — the Michigan lawmaker who likened public school teachers to “pigs” while she served as chair of the House Education Committee in 2013, recently topped that feat as the current chair of the House Elections Committee by insulting her fellow GOP lawmakers through offering a bait-and-switch...

Leighton Township should deny rezoning request for air strip

January 16, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. I urge the Leighton Township Board and Planning Commission to deny a rezoning request to accommodate an air strip near 144th and Kalamazoo Avenues. My position is very similar to my opposition to...

Democracy Tree: Emergency manager law a monstrous hoax

January 12, 2016

by Amy Kerr Hardin The very first sentence of Public Act 436, Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law — not the second or third, or some obscure subsection buried within — the actual primary legal premise of the act, is a bald-faced lie. The leading statement of the preamble has proven to...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Martin pot battle a harbinger of things to come

January 6, 2016

It should have been a surprise to no one Monday evening that the Martin Township Board would adopt an ordinance specifically to forbid dispensation of marijuana. This is the same community that a little more than 25 years ago voted against allowing restaurateur Gordon Lyons of Carriage Stop to sell...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 197

December 30, 2015

25 Years Ago — Dec. 31, 1990 The Penasee Globe published one holiday edition to cover the two weeks in between Christmas and New Year’s. “Bygone Days” last week published contents from “We Live Here” last week, so there is no information from the week of Dec. 24 to Dec....

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 196

December 23, 2015

25 Years Ago — Dec. 24 and 31, 1990 The Globe published its annual joint edition over the holiday weeks, this year focusing on the “We Live Here” theme of highways. Pat Staley wrote a story about the origins of construction of and plans for the U.S.-131 expressway between Grand...

So let’s all ask for absentee ballots next August and November

December 17, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Anybody with an IQ above mineral life understands if you want people to do the right thing, you make it easy or convenient for them to do it. The people behind recycling have used...

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