Alpena County is now scrambling after voters nixed a proposed tax hike that would have helped fill much of an expected more than $1 million budget gap. The tax was complicated, essentially asking voters to override a section of the state constitution known as the Headlee Amendment that ...
I voted! “We the People can vote,” unlike many in this world. I voted during the nine-day early voting period in February and then this past week in the August primary. Our county doesn’t have anywhere near the mass of voters as in other counties, who desperately need the additional time ...
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Like much of the nation, the concept of age and time has been on my mind a lot lately. Watching President Joe Biden struggle at the debate with Donald Trump several weeks ago ...
The biggest difference between officiating in Northeast Michigan compared to the Saginaw area is the travel. If I had a drive of more than 30 minutes to a game in the Saginaw area, it was a long trip. My shortest drive from my Hubbard Lake home was more 20 minutes, and most trips took ...
We were exceptionally discouraged to see voter turnout decline so significantly across Northeast Michigan when compared to the last non-gubernatorial primary in August 2020. Poll books showed turnout dipped from 38% to 34% in Alpena County, from 37% to 36% in Presque Isle County, from 54% to ...
It is summer vacation and the kids are home from school. Now may be the perfect time to do some serious decluttering and organizing with them. Note the reference with them, not sending them to their rooms to do it alone. One thing we know is that children grow in and out of toys and ...