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- 1. Opinion
- (Category)
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- 2. Demographics that Shock the Conscience
- (Front Page)
- ... ribe communities where minorities face a risk of violence or intimidation as well as communities where there are discriminatory practices designed to keep minorities out of white communities. 7/3/2021&n ...
- Created on 27 April 2021
- 3. Voter Suppression Redux
- (Elections)
- ... to mount a public-advocacy campaign to shift opinion. Instead, a senior Koch operative said that opponents would be better off ignoring the will of American voters and trying to kill the bill in Congress. ...
- Created on 04 April 2021
- 4. Livingston County Continues, Then Cancels State of Emergency Allowing for Virtual Meetings
- (Front Page)
- ... in more than 20 U.S. states. 4/1/2021 Opinion: Here’s why Michigan’s covid spike is so scary, by Abdul El-Sayed, MD, The Washington Post Cases are multiplying faster than they were la ...
- Created on 29 March 2021
- 5. Covid-19 Vaccines
- (COVID-19)
- ... size to the next one, since, depending on the details of production, some particles can be more infectious than others. A better dosage measure for adenovirus-based vaccines, he argued in a recent opinio ...
- Created on 17 March 2021
- 6. Law Explainers: Treason vs Sedition, RICO, Qualified Immunity
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... ch millions of opinions by case name, topic, or citation. 406 Jurisdictions. Sponsored by the Non-Profit Free Law Project. About the Free Law Project Started in 2010, F ...
- Created on 02 March 2021
- 7. What about the 60% of your Township Neighbors, those who voted for Trump??
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... contempt for the majority of Americans. You kept him in business with your support. 4/7/2021 Opinion: The GOP can’t be saved. Center-right voters need to become Biden Republicans, ...
- Created on 09 February 2021
- 8. Loving Trump's Hate. "We're not Racists" is America's Big Lie
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... munity … Will the apartments beautify the area or lower its aesthetic value?” 4/8/2021 Opinion: Republicans are learning that there’s more to capitalism than tax cuts, by Catherine Rampbe ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
- 9. Haters and Traitors, the Sedition Thread.
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... place us!” 4/6/2021 Opinion: What an analysis of 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Capitol insurrection tells us, by Robert A. Pape, The Washington Post The Jan. 6 assault o ...
- Created on 11 January 2021
- 10. Trump Banned, Deplatformed, Parler Dehosted, Parler's Origin
- (AmericaUnravelling)
- ... nsfer. Gotta love suckers who stay suckered. 1/10/2021 WSJ Opinion: Twitter Cancels Trump, The Wall Street Journal Social media shutdown: Twitter permanently suspe ...
- Created on 10 January 2021
- 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