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- 11. Roads, MDOT & Taxes - News and Resources
- (Roads & MDOT)
- ... vocacy group. “It’s devastating. You could go out and buy full coverage and still be stuck with $50,000 in coverage if a guy hits you.” The Detroit News: Opinion: Whitmer's gas tax can't guarantee fixe ...
- Created on 05 January 2021
- 12. After Two Years in the Township Glue Trap, WLPS Met by Lawyered-up Board, Fantasies of Pot Shop Future for WLPS' Prime, 'Base of the Electronic Billboard' Property..
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... s Comments from the ensuing discussion, in no particular order. Dignan to the Board. "Instruct the attorney to return an opinion in two weeks, despite $250/hour cost and attorney's advice that the i ...
- Created on 25 November 2020
- 13. Links to Reporting about America (slowly) Voting Trump Trash to the Curb
- (Elections)
- ... tion. But those were her opinion, Powell's Michigan attorney argues in a new record filed Friday in federal court. And just because the former Donald Trump campaign counselor indicated in one ...
- Created on 04 November 2020
- 14. Disinformation in the Service of Fascism
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... rge Lakoff 9/30/2021 Opinion: Katie Porter’s epic takedown of Kyrsten Sinema reveals an important truth, by Greg Sargent, The Washington Post However the battle over Presi ...
- Created on 01 November 2020
- 15. Township Issues: David Gordon's Writing and Speaking
- (Front Page)
- ... Calls to the Public. 8/5/2020: Beliger Defeated in Bid for Northfield Supervisor 6/18/2020: Pot Public Hearings Postponed to July 15 5/26/2020: Opinion: ...
- Created on 20 October 2020
- 16. "They're Domestic Terrorists:" Michigan Militias and the Hate Flags of Snakes
- (Front Page)
- ... erica Fireside Chat, Australian Brodcasting System 10/9/2020 Man accused in Whitmer kidnapping plot defended Confederate statue at June, West Michigan Civile War Statue protest, by Samuel J. Robinson, ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 17. Some Clarifications on the Retention / Equalization Basin Plans
- (Sewers)
- ... a legal notice in the online Ann Arbor News, knowing full well most people do not read legal notices. One trustee, Jackie Otto said they got a legal opinion that the Board did not need to let us know ahead ...
- Created on 03 July 2020
- 18. A Shit's Progress
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... nbsp;Trump’s future looks rotten, Opinion by Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post It is not clear how many people are going to pay to belong to a seditionist’s Mar-a-Lago Club or stay at any of hi ...
- Created on 09 June 2020
- 19. Seven Days of Rage
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... st Op-Ed, by Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times Before Donald Trump became president, most newspaper op-ed pages sought to present a spectrum of politically significant opinion and argument, which ...
- Created on 01 June 2020
- 20. Opinion: The Fart of the Deal
- (North Village Park)
- Giving Away Our Lakefront Park & Historic Firehall Editorial by David Gordon March 3, 2020 Dear Reader: I don't know for sure how best to rejuvenate downtown Whitmore ...
- Created on 26 May 2020
- 21. State Revenue Sharing Slashed 50% - Board Struggles to Adapt
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... Beliger, who favors spending for infrastructure (and the Manager), pushed for a vote to restart the clock immediately, but Otto said she wanted a written opinion from the bond attorney before proceeding. ...
- Created on 26 May 2020
- 22. The Importance of Remaining Distant
- (COVID-19)
- ... failing. We need everyone to hold the line as the epidemic inevitably gets worse. This is not an opinion. This is the unforgiving math of epidemics for which I and my colleagues have dedicated our live ...
- Created on 29 March 2020
- 23. Children are spared the worst. Why? - Nicholas Christakis, M.D.
- (COVID-19)
- ... … 24/ There are a number of possible biological explanations for kids’ relative lack of sensitivity to COVID-19: https://the-scientist.com/news-opinion/possible-biological-explanations-for-kids-escape-from-covid-19-6727 ...
- Created on 28 March 2020
- 24. COVID-19 News - Updated Daily
- (COVID-19)
- ... 20,000 attended the Luke Bryan appearance. Neither masks nor social distancing were required. 10/1/2021 Opinion: What the 700,000 flags I put on the National Mall really mean, by&nbs ...
- Created on 26 March 2020
- 25. Meetings in the Minutes: Sewers, WWTP, and Tetra-Tech
- (Sewers)
- ... is handling 1 million gallons/day, but the current average flow is 700,000 gallons/day. Willis said different engineers and people at the DEQ will give differing opinions, but he believes the basin is ...
- Created on 12 March 2020
- 26. 2/25/2020 Northfield Township Town Hall LiveTimeline
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... it [20m19s] Chockley: For three million dollars if anyone wants to buy it Dockett: That's one person't opinion Dockett: As far as I know he wanted the Township to have that property. Dockett: Th ...
- Created on 03 March 2020
- 27. 2/11/2020 Board of Trustees LiveTimeline
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... an accident, a Garbage Truck that slid into a ditch Zelenock: question about a sewer hookup, Aynes, Fink, ? Chockley: weighs in with personal legal opinion on statutes of limitations Dockett: asks a ...
- Created on 24 February 2020
- 28. The Majority Illusion
- (Planning)
- ... of most of his or her friends is shared by the population outside that circle of friends. Even though it is rare in the population as a whole, a minority opinion can be believed to be extremely popular. ...
- Created on 24 February 2020
- 29. 2004-2008 Supervisor Mike Cicchella Speaks Out about the Park
- (North Village Park)
- ... happened in Sylvan Township, where every taxpayer's Property Taxes were hiked 450% to pay the debt. As I see it the issues are: In my opinion, there cannot be any meaningful lake front pa ...
- Created on 23 February 2020
- 30. 1/7/ Special Board meeting LiveTimeline, Rude and Crude
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... s she looks at it as a basis for negotiating a better deal. Later in the meeting reveals the lie when Beliger's motion to sell, in the absence of all legal opinion, goes as far around the bend as it ca ...
- Created on 13 January 2020
- 31. 12/18/2019 Planning Commission LiveTimeline
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... ady dealt with in the past several years Roman: There's all these subcommittees... They should be coming to the Planning - Roman: in my view, and this is just my opinion, Roman: These subcommittees ...
- Created on 27 December 2019
- 32. 11/26/2019 Board of Trustees meeting Live Timeline
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... t Lippens: Our next step Lippens: We've been asked for our scoring evaluation It was the opinion of the committee that Chockley: but they should be able to come back with the financials really q ...
- Created on 26 November 2019
- 33. Pot Biz Legitimized at Four Hour Township Board Meeting
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... which lasted more than 45 minutes. It was obvious the Nov. 5 ballot proposal vote changed few minds though it did show that pro-pot is the majority opinion. Mary Devlin, a long-time resident and frequent ...
- Created on 19 November 2019
- 34. Michigan's Republican Gerrymandering Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Court
- (Elections)
- ... election maps drawn by state lawmakers, a decision that allows such gerrymandering to continue unabated. The 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by the court's other conserva ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 35. 3-26-2019 BOT Sewers-Up!
- (Sewers)
- ... 2019-03-26-Northfield-Township-Board-of-Trustees-meeting-Packet Our additions, from Township Attorney Paul Burns' January 8th report to the Board: 2018-12-05: Burns Opinio ...
- Created on 26 March 2019
- 36. Wastewater and Sewer reports, documents, records, everything
- (Sewers)
- ... gs Tetra-Tech-2016-03-21-WWTP-Northfield-Township-Wet-Weather-Storage-Tank-Preliminary-design-Final Tetra-Tech-2016-03-21-Sewer-Policy Tetra-Tech-2015-12-30-Northfield-Township-WWTP-Storage-Tank-Cost-Opin ...
- Created on 25 March 2019
- 37. 4-24-2018 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... for Fee Abatement Labor Attorney Opinion on Contractor vs Employee Burnham & Flower HSA Document 4th of July Fireworks Civic Event Application 2nd Floor Equipment Auction 4-24-2018 Northfield ...
- Created on 24 April 2018
- 38. 3-13-2018 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... two thirds of the annual wages paid to one of the Township's, in my opinion, underpaid employees. The Jackie Otto management genius legacy keeps on giving. More chickens came home to roost at this meetup ...
- Created on 23 March 2018
- 39. August 29th Northfield Township Board Meeting
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... to helping people who are on their own and don’t have a relative or friend to get them to work or a medical appointment." (from a 2016 interview by WHMI) [Opinion by Jim Nelson: What a contr ...
- Created on 29 August 2017
- 40. July 11 Board Meeting
- (Meeting Notes)
- [Opinion-JGN] The low point of the meeting could have been Jacki Otto's sneering dismissal of the interest Township Employees expressed in their salaries. But she topped that. The low poin ...
- Created on 08 July 2017
- 41. Wayne Dockett Pans Both Candidates after 2nd Round of Wannabe Managers Interviewed
- (Meeting Notes)
- Trustee Wayne Dockett: "I'm not impressed by what we have. I believe we should start over again without the Attorney. That's my opinion. I wanted to say that in closed session but if w ...
- Created on 30 May 2017
- 42. 4-5-2017 Northfield Township Planning Commission Rejects Cobalt Survey Offer
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... to direct the PC to go ahead with the survey during the Joint Meeting on March 28, but Roman and Infante disagreed. “There were a lot of opinions, but no vote,” said Roman. He said the PC ...
- Created on 06 April 2017
- 43. Northfield Township: An Unbiased View from our Former Planner
- (Opinion)
- ... In subsequent meetings, her recommendations were repeatedly dismissed as “merely your opinion”. DuMouchel's character was publicly besmirched by Township Manager Fink at the Dec. 8 Board meeting. (Li ...
- Created on 01 April 2017
- 44. 3-28-2017 Ambitious “North Village” Waterfront Park Plan Unveiled
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... plan by a two-to-one margin. DPG member Jack Secrist said that although a large majority wanted only a park, he felt that during the public workshop, “their opinions evolved with the things we talked ...
- Created on 28 March 2017
- 45. August 3, 2016 Northfield Township Planning Commission Biltmore Hearing
- (Meeting Notes)
- Biltmore's May, 2014 request for a Master Plan amendment was considered and discussed at this Public Hearing. Biltmore CEO David Stollman presented his case. The public presented their opinion. The Plannin ...
- Created on 04 August 2016
- 46. Green Oak Township Renews People's Express Contract
- (Opinion)
- ... e for Township Treasurer Lenore Zelenock, had expressed a negative opinion about Northfield Township's financial decisionmaking. At the July 26th Board workshop, Trustee Jackie Otto was the lone defe ...
- Created on 01 August 2016
- 47. July 12, 2016 Northfield Township Board of Trustees
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... they've been so barely readable for so long. In my opinion, there is no credible technical excuse. This is nothing more than an administration's policy of making it as difficult and miserable as p ...
- Created on 12 July 2016
- 48. LiveAgendas
- (Video)
- ... are opinion-free. They are ordinary pdfs; they can be downloaded and attached to emails. [CC] = Close Captioning. This normally shows up within a day of our posting the video. Google' ...
- Created on 01 July 2016
- 49. Candidate for Trustee: Janet Chick (R)
- (Elections)
- ... would likely win. These of course were comments not "opinions". Why would we want to put ourselves in the position of a costly protracted legal proceeding? It may never happen but ...
- Created on 01 July 2016
- 50. June 15, 2016 Northfield Township Planning Commission
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... a formal written legal opinion describing and prescribing the process which must be followed to properly consider the 2014 request by Biltmore. If a public hearing is required or if the legal ...
- Created on 16 June 2016
- 51. Rural setback variance approved at May 16, 2016 Northfield Township ZBA
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... of Appeals meeting Packet In a last minute change of opinion, Township Planner Vidya Krishnan recommended approval of the rural resident's request to attach a garage to their 1930s era home. Locati ...
- Created on 17 May 2016
- 52. May 10, 2016 Township Board: Arvin Sango Tax Abatement, Expanding Sewer System Capacity, "Million Dollar" Beach
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... the same way. What I heard during those eighteen minutes from Mr. Fink. First of all, he was speaking in defense of the Board. But he was claiming that the opinions that were expresse ...
- Created on 10 May 2016
- 53. 2019's World Famous Collection of Northfield Township Sewer and Wastewater Treatment System Documents
- (Sewers)
- ... al Tetra-Tech-2016-03-21-Sewer-Policy Tetra-Tech-2015-12-30-Northfield-Township-WWTP-Storage-Tank-Cost-Opinion Tetra-Tech-2015-03-18-Northfield-Township-WWTP-Capacity-Evaluation-Report Tetra-Tech-2014-10-27-Wastewater-Capacity-Summ ...
- Created on 29 April 2016
- 54. Fink: More Debt? - Yes, Please!!!
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... d his Board don't share that opinion. Fink sees it as a governmental anathema. Spending must be replaced by spending. Debt must be replaced by debt. $350,000+ in debt service mus ...
- Created on 25 April 2016
- 55. Sewers Top the Agenda: 3-29-2016 Joint Meeting of the Northfield Township Board and Planning Commission
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... WWTP Capacity Evaluation Report, packet pp49-74 [1.46MB] Appendix B: Northfield Township Wastewater Treatment Plant Drawings, packet pp76-81 [4.2MB] Appendix C: 12-31-2015 Tetra-Tech Cost Opinion ...
- Created on 25 March 2016
- 56. March 16, 2016 Northfield Township Planning Commission meeting
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... the Draft survey had been emailed to everyone several weeks ago. Commissioner Larry Roman said he had not received it. Planner Sally Hodges shared her opinions on community survey response, involv ...
- Created on 12 March 2016
- 57. Brighton Township Sewer Assessments Under Fire
- (Sewers)
- ... enforcing laws that require them to hook up to the system if they are within 200ft. of it. In Sarna’s opinion, township officials “are not representing the citizens of Brighton.” (DK) This is the entir ...
- Created on 02 March 2016
- 58. March 2, 2016 Northfield Planning Commission - Biltmore and the Living Water Church
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... know what the name of the Company was. After listening to Fink's version of events, Commissioner Stanalajczo said he believed the PC should have "a formal written opinion from our [Township] Attorney ...
- Created on 27 February 2016
- 59. February 23, 2016 Board Workshop report
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... ghted towers with somehow representing growth, a desire for growth, or our seriousness about growing. It's just my opinion but maybe what it really represents is Northfield's lack of seriousne ...
- Created on 26 February 2016
- 60. Stuck on Suburbia - the Update, Op-Ed by David Gordon
- (Meeting Notes)
- ... xpert he should have told the PC that their proposed letter was meaningless. It's not as if the Township Manager is reticent with his opinions; he jumps into every discussion he can. To me, kn ...
- Created on 23 February 2016