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Allegan Township ordinance denies jail at the Dumont Complex!
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY: at Allegan News Online
At the commissioner’s July 16 meeting, McNeal was quick to discount the viability of a downtown site.
“It won’t fit. It won’t fit. It won’t fit,” he said, pointing to the evaluation of the location reported in May. Sounds like Steve McNeal is having a fit, doesn’t it?
Commissioner Steve McNeal, an outspoken proponent of the Dumont location, was quick to point out that if local municipalities could say “no” to the county, then the jail would never end up anywhere. No it means the jail will go where the “people” want it to go, not where 6 county commissioners think they know better then their constituents! And that is only “if” the people even want to vote in a new jail. You don’t even know that yet, commissioners!
“I’m certain the legislature’s already dealt with this; local units can’t dictate to the county,” McNeal said. Probably not when it comes to your statutory duties, but you want to build a complex in a township that has zoning requirements, and I will bet you must abide by those requirements. I could be wrong, but it don’t think that is the case. You will have to go through the process of a zoning variance as Supervisor Steve Schulz suggested. Then the public hearing then the people putting up a fuss, then the zoning board turning you down and then you start from ground zero all over again.
It has been said the greatest volume of sheer brainpower in one place occurred when Jefferson dined alone… HOW DID JEFFERSON KNOW?????? Especially read the last quote from 1802.
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,
we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.
A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government..
Thomas Jefferson
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
‘I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered..’
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Are the people finally waking up?
CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY Poll: Public losing trust in President Obama
Nepotism should be banned from all taxpayer run enterprises. Governments, schools and all public agencies, for all board members and administrators immediate family members.
A sampling of nepotism policies from local districts
This will at least put an end to any perception of wrong doing even if that is not the case. There would be no doubts and favoritism would not be possible. There would be no doubts and favoritism would not even be possible for family members of those in authority. There are enough other public run entities that these immediate family members can search for a job there, where their immediate family members who are in decision making roles do not work, thus, there would be no perception of special favors to their family members. All the excuses that ” I didn’t know my child was applying for that job,” or “they are qualified for this job too,” or “I had no knowledge that they were hired,” etc.
Even if all of those statements are true, there is doubt in peoples minds. Once this situation is remedied, those doubts could no longer even be possible, because their children would have to apply for a job at a place other than where their parent, or immediate family member worked. Let them go down the street to the next school district, next local government to be a secretary, etc.
Lets put government back on a sound track of ethics and fairness for ALL people! Where ethics, perception by the public, are all satisfied once again. We need true leaders who put the public first, as in “public servants”, instead of the status quo of self interest.
We need to take our government back from those who are usurpers to regain the peoples trust. Throw the bums out! From the national level all the way down to the local level. Qualified, ethical people who look out for the interest of the people and not for themselves. That is what a “public servant” is, and we have lost sight of this because of too much corruption on all levels. People see this everyday and think this is normal politics. NO, this is “corrupt” politics and we must stand up and take it back from those who corrupt it.
Nepotism response in GR editorial: Click Here
“Freedom of Information Act” papers came today concerning the person who turned me in for a bogus sewer and drainfield violation, because of my comments on this site and opposition to the sewer.
It saddens me to see some people in this town scraping the bottom of the barrel with their dignity. From my almost “forced” resignation from our Rec program, to the voicemail I have calling my wife a “bitch”, to the bogus complaint about my bathroom and sewer system, you people have hit an all time low. I would also like to thank the entire Dorr Township government for ripping this community apart to which there will be no recovery.
County Commissioner Paul Van Eck is totally incorrect with his statement on the sewer project, according to Allegan County Health Department!
Paul Van Eck, the county commisisoner said at the July 2nd, 2009 town board meeting that township ordinance is “sovereign” over State law about having to hook up to a public sewer if you are within 200ft if the township has an ordinance that says you only have to hook up if you have new construction. This is NOT TRUE according to the Allegan County Health Department. (Listen to Tammy at the end of the video what she blurts out) She wants to make sure people beleive that it is voluntary, so she has people tell you things, and then we follow up with those who make those decisions and find out that this information is absolutely NOT CORRECT. They want this sewer project in badly, don’t they. (See email below from the Allegan Health Department)
Dorr Township supervisor, Tammy VanHaitsma, grabs for more power to control Freedom of Information documents before public documents leave the township offices! She wants to track these documents to know who is requesting them. Oh My!
Tammy VanHaitsma the Dorr Township supervisor grabs for more power to reign in our elected Dorr Township Treasurer who does not take directions from the supervisor. The supervisor has no power over the other elected officials in their elected duties as the treasurer. Their authority is given by Michigan Statute and no one has any authority over them in their functions within their departments.
ei. The supervisor first of all has no authority to give orders to any board member what to do, other than what the board delegates to the supervisor. For some reason, this supervisor thinks she is the “supervisor in a factory”. Well, that is not how government works Tammy, so please learn your limited powers as given by the Michigan legislature.
Here they are:
1. You chair the boardroom and facilitate the meeting. You are one of 7 equal votes on the board. Thats it! No more power other than this. For you to tell a board member they can or can not talk to the public, is ludicrous, with your meeting policy. (May or may not!) Why any board would give you that power is beyond me. Once the chair recognizes a member, they can ask you or anyone else anything they want in that board room, unless you call them out of order because they may be off topic. But to get your permission first, if they want to ask someone a question? NO way.
2. You have the authority to appoint members to some boards and commission, but they must be approved or rejected by the board. Not much power here, only the appointment. If board members are not impressed with your appointments, or do not want to vote in another one of your cronies, bingo………………………they all vote No and you have to find another person to appoint. Now that would be a site for sore eyes, to see that one! I know you were taught by Don Kaczanowski not to question his appointments and just rubber stamp whoever he wanted, and follow his lead, but that is not how an ethical good functioning board normally operates. Dorr Township has been paralyzed for decades with boards that function like this. You can see by just taking a good look around town and your eyes will not deceive you.
3. You, as the supervisor have the authority to call a special board meeting. The clerk must then post this meeting within at least 18 hrs. before the meeting on the township office doors. bingo, thats it, not much here either. Did you know if a majority of other board members want to call a special board meeting without you when you are on vacation, and conduct township business when you are gone, they can? YUP. They must notifiy you the best way they can, but a special meeting can be called without you. That would be a site to see too!
4. By statute, you are the chief assessor. If you are not certified by the state of Michigan,(which we know you are not) the board hires a certified assessor as an employee for the township, and that person is sub-ordinate to you as the chief assessor under the statute. This current board never hired an assessor when you were elected. Don Kaczanowski just told everyone that he was staying on as the assessor for $26,000 per yr. for a part-time 21 hr. a week job, with benefits, and no one ever questioned him. I wonder if that would ever work in the private sector. Me telling my boss I am going to run this department with out him offering it to me and then just doing it? Probably wouldn’t happen is my guess!
5. You prepare the annual budget, with the boards approval to accept/modifiy it and pass it.
Thats basically it… there may be a few other small responsibilites I missed somewhere, but sorry, unless the board votes to delegate more authority to you, you have no authority by statute to tell the other elected 6 board members what to do, period! From telling them to meet with you to go over a mission statement, to telling Janice Saunders what she can and can not do as the Treasurer. But obviously you don’t know that, because you were well taught by Don Kaczanowski, another power hungry usurper for over 29 years! Tammy, do you know who has all the power? Its the elected board, by a majority vote, NOT YOU!
Our last supervisor, Don Kaczanowski ran this township for almost 30 years thinking he was a boss too, until we all started coming into his kingdom (boardroom) and watched as he usurped his power. If anyone wants to see a truly professional board who do not overstep their statutory authority, check out Byron Townships board sometime. As a matter of fact, click here to see the flow chart Byron Township board set up on their website for all their constituents to see who the boss really is! Notice that their supervisor is not a step above an other board member.
Other townships have all their information out on their websites for everyone to view and download without the township officials knowing what they are downloading. Tammy VanHaitma wants to control all this by tracking all this information going out so she knows what you are asking for, etc. She said this has started to concern them since the sewer project! Wow, is it because we want to know what you are doing Tammy? How you are going around our petitions we signed to stop this multi million dollar sewer project you so desperately want to go through regardless of what the people want?
Something is NOT RIGHT with this picture. I have been riding this town board since January 2008 to get all their information online for all to see, but they have fought me the whole time. I put up my own website to make this information available after they make us jump through all the hoops, filling out forms, paying for copies, paying for their time to go through records, etc. which makes it very hard to get this information. They even refuse to send us electronic files of all these documents, and this doesn’t make sense either, because as most intelligent computer users know, if its on a computer, its only 1 click away from a word or pdf document, yet they will not do this for us because they want to keep track of information, plus they have told us they don’t know how to create a pdf.! Thats just another one of their famous excuses they give to us, so we don’t have electronic files to upload onto my website. They want you to go up to the townhall and go through all the rig-a-ma-roll to get access to all this public information.
Below, you will find what a transparent township website should be like. Everything available at your fingertips. Once the Dorr township website has every document you can read online, we will be satisfied. But until then, we the people want all public information easily accessible. After all, we are entitled to this and this is what the Freedom of Information Act is all about:
It is the public policy of this state that all persons, except those persons incarcerated in state or local correctional facilities, are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and public employees, consistent with this act. The people shall be informed so that they may fully participate in the democratic process.
Notice the FOIA policy does not say anywhere that it must be tracked by public officials, it says we are entitled to full and complete information and that the people shall be informed. The tracking part is added by Tammy VanHaitsma, our power hungry Dorr Township dictator (supervisor).
I have videos of her power grab too. CLICK HERE to see Tammy grabbing for POWER & CONTROL!
Roger Swets, the Dorr Township Sewer attorney, says that the State law that will force us to hook up within 200 ft. with system failure only applies if the Township has an ordinance to that affect is NOT the whole TRUTH!
6 DDA board members vote to bond (borrow) $957,000 as the maximum for the “deceptive so called voluntary” sewer project down 142nd and the private road of Hickory.
D. Mark DeYoung made the motion to go forward with bonding $957,000 to have funds to construct their so called “voluntary” sewer project after we have petitioned this twice to stop it. To get around the petitions, the DDA will borrow the money and loan it to the Township where the township will have everyone pay this back with accrued interest over the next 40 years, to pay back the DDA.
The Allegan County Health Department Director, Bill Hinz said that the State law will override any township ordinance, if they are within 200 ft. of the sewer trunkage, and if their septic system fails. Bill Hinz told us today, July 8th, 3 hrs. before this DDA meeting that the Allegan County Health Department will NOT issue any repair permits to fix your septic system if it fails, therefore, this project is not VOLUNTARY, as the State law will force you down the road to hook into this system and those who petitioned this twice and won, do not want or need for this price in this hard economic time.
Tammy VanHaitsma and the township bond attorney, Roger Swets keep telling those who do not want the sewer, that it is voluntary. How do these people sleep at night? This is the most deceptive board in township history.
D. Mark DeYoung, the county commissioner, made the motion to proceed with this $957,000 bonding. He and his wife, Elise (Fifelski) DeYoung, will get their sewer for FREE when they run the trunkage down their private road (Hickory Rd.) to get into the back door of Dorr Elementary school. Good for you Mark, no conflict of interest there at all is there? See this map! I sure hope you can sleep at night!
You people are a total disgrace to what a public servant should exemplify.
Those who sit on the DDA board and voted:
YES’s -notice almost all are connected somehow with the government who voted to borrow this money, with the exception of Seth, who just took his seat after replacing Marsha Brower who resigned the DDA board because of all things going on with this board. Harold Schumaker just took his seat last month after replacing Norm Fifelski who opposes using any DDA money for this project as well.
YES-Tammy VanHaitsma-Dorr Township Dictator (Supervisor)
YES-Jodi Brummel- Dorr Township Clerk
YES-D. Mark DeYoung- County Commissioner
YES-Billy Fifelski- Owner Marathon Gas Stations and Asst. Dorr Township Fire Chief
YES-Harold Schumaker- Part Owner of Village Auto Body with Bob Wagner, Partner in RS&S Investments with Bob Wagner and Dorr Township Fire Chief
YES-Seth Leyendecker- Branch Manager Byron Bank (first time sitting on the DDA as a full member with voting rights)
No‘s
NO-Greg Damveld- Owner Dorr BP Gas Station and Convenience Store and Towing Service
Absent DDA board members:
Marsha Halloran
Cathy Merren
Just take a look at the votes, and watch who they replace next because he did not tow their line? Can you guess who will be next to go? I bet you will never be able to guess in a million years!
