All Blog Posts Tagged 'Lapeer' (82)

Last month our letter invited everyone, regardless of political doctrine, to come to our March 3rd meeting to see what our meetings are all about. Our meetings try to keep everyone informed about things happening in our government that may impact all of us.

We bring in experts on matters to give you the facts. You’ll hear the pros and cons of the matter and then you can make up your own mind on how to proceed on the issue. You can ask the experts questions to thoroughly understand the…

LAPEER — Unless his owners file an appeal Lefty will be put down. After listening to six witnesses Wednesday and Thursday, visiting District County Judge John Conover granted the Lapeer County Prosecutor’s Office’s motion to have the pit bull euthanized.

Without additional court action, Lapeer County Animal Control officials will put Lefty to sleep Feb. 19.

“No matter what that ruling is,” Conover said, “some of you are going to be…

We always try to promote and encourage good communications with our State and Federal lawmakers. Jusst as we encourage you to keep in contact with Legislators, we also welcome news and other communications from them as well. Though we may disagree with this particular vote from Rep. Miller, we very much respect her as a Congresswomen and thank her for taking the time to reach out to our group. Below is the letter from Rep. Miller:…

   Recently, Lapeer Schools voters were sent a combined campaign piece from Mike Nolan, Mike Keller, Peggy Bush, and Denise Becker urging voters to re-elect them into office. According to their flyer, these four have are responsible for everything from balancing the districts budget, to creating Capstone AP, to putting in district wide wifi. What a bunch of poppycock.

  While of late, these four have joined the newer board members in approving 3 year Superintendent Matt…

   While we do understand that many of our roads are in need of repair, there are several problems with this road millage as proposed. There are numerous reasons we we should NOT support this ballot initiative, but here are some of the biggest. 

1. Our  Governor and Legislative leaders have stated a willingmess to raise State Road taxes in the upcoming Lame Duck session of the Legislature,

2. Our County Road workers are in the middle of a big budget contract that goes through…

LAPEER COUNTY — In an article headlined “Without millage county’s roads will go from bad to worse,” on Page 1C in The County Press’ June 22 edition, the amount of money raised annually by the propose road millage was incorrect.

Rick Pearson, managing director of the Lapeer County Road Commission, said, if the 1.85-mill tax is approved by voters in November, it will raise $4.8 million annually based on 2013 property…

Thank you Metamora village DDA for paying $300,000 towards the PRIVATELY owned business. You must have learned well from the GM/Chrysler Bailouts  --

  From the June 9th County Press  --

 Metamora DDA pledges $300,000 toward White Horse…

For the past 5 years I have listened to liberals, pundits, talking heads and political leaders describe the intellect of Barak Obama as being beyond compare. He, purportedly, asks the most pointed and intelligent questions, he has "hands on" involvement in all important matters, he has a most curious and inventive mind and he is able to reduce complex concepts to simple explanations instantaneously.

However I am beginning to suspect that these claims are, perhaps, slightly…

Our Representatives are home from Washington for a summer recess, currently there are two extremely important issues that will be brought up in September when they return that could have a profound effect on the future of our country. They are the Defunding of Obamacare and Immigration Reform. Depending on which way our Representatives vote could determine if we remain a Constitutional Republic or continue down the path of big government socialism.

Many…

I’d like to discuss an issue that is critically important to the future of our health care system here in the United States…Obamacare. Since Obamacare cannot be repeal without Republican control of the executive & majority control of the legislative branches of government, the only viable solution is to defund the entire law to prevent its implementation. Since the Constitution grants the Congress the ultimate “power of the purse,” Congress can refuse to fund…