A resident just emailed me and told me how they think this board sleeps at night!
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Foreclosures in Dorr Township just from this weeks Allegan News. The township board just does not get it.
| Foreclosures in Dorr Township | |||
| date foreclosure listed in Allegan News | Parcel # | address | info |
| 12/10/09 | 05-016-020-10 | 4321 20th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-017-031-10 | 4245 21st st | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-021-009-00 | 4142 18th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-024-012-00 | 4133 14th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-024-018-00 | 4133 14th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-032-010-00 | 3658 20th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-280-009-00 | 1830 142nd ave | Stans Bar |
| 12/10/09 | 05-340-141-00 | 4138 Sandy Dr | |
| 12/10/09 | 05-370-006-00 | 1840 Sunset Dr. | |
| 12/10/09 | 19-014-033-00 | 4248 26th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 19-019-018-00 | 2729 138th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 19-025-007-00 | 3950 24th st | |
| 12/10/09 | 19-030-006-10 | 3516 140th st | |
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Dorr township waste taxpayers money on swampland purchased from a members in-laws for $125,000
Don looks kinda upset with me when I ask him questions about his great land purchase from his in laws. He must think its insinuation when I ask him questions concerning the townships land purchases? I am not insinuating anything, I am asking a fairly simple question that I want answered. I as a taxpaying citizen of this township and the other taxpayers of this township have the right to know what they are spending our money on and I intend to get answers to all my questions, whether they like it or not. This is what the freedom of information act says:
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. My participation is asking questions most people are afraid to ask because they may get yelled at like I am, but I can handle it. I will be the scape goat for this abuse. I am not intimidated by arrogant public officials, because I believe they work for us! They are elected to serve the electorate, we do not elect them so they can serve their own selfish needs, wants and dreams.
$125,00 divided by 18 acres is $7000 per acre for this piece of very low swampland purchased from Don Kaczs in-laws with Dorr Taxpayers money. Not only did the towns people get taken to the cleaners on this piece of crapland, but this 18 acre parcel of land is now off the tax rolls because its owned by you and me as taxpayers, and there are no tax revenues coming into the township, so we get screwed twice. Thanks alot Don! You need to be fired as the assessor of Dorr Township, but this corrupt board protects your job for some reason. Leighton township fired their last assessor a few years back and they put ads out for a new assessor and they found someone to do their township assessments for alot less and saved that township money, this township board would do well to follow suit and do the same thing, but we know they won’t and that is a whole other problem we have with them.
Don Kaczanowski stayed on as the assessor after last years election. He works only 21 hrs. per week as the assessor, but what can you actually be doing when there is nothing being assessed? He has a salary of $27,000 per year plus dental insurance at $91.25 per month premiums paid 100% by you the taxpayer for this part time job! He receives a pension as well. Do you get this for a part time job at 21 hrs. per week? Time to clean the house out. Hopefully the board can see all the fat in this position and do as Leighton Township did and save us some money in these tough times?
All the dollar amounts listed above I received from the township offices under the Freedom of information act, but I still have to pay for this information, because they refuse to put all this information online for free like most other townships do. I have been pushing them to do this too, but they love to fight me, so I just pay the cost and put it here online for all to read. Someday, we will have all this information all online for free for everyone to view. Lets hope this is soon. I really hate to pay for information that should be given to me, as this is public information.
Sentiments about Bob Wagner being removed from the Dorr Township Planning commission have not diminished!
I was very pleased with the responses to the letter about Bob Wagners illegal holding tank. I received many letters, emails & phone calls thanking me for the information I provided. It was not all my doing, I had a lot of help. Most of the mail & calls were very nice. Some were not so nice, but I didn’t write the letter hoping to win the Nobel Peace Prize or popularity contest.
I would like to say a very sincere Thank You to Mr. Fred Sellers from the DEQ for a job well done. We need more people like you.
At the Oct. 15th Dorr Township board meeting, a letter was read by Bernie Schumaker that many of us signed and sent to Bob Wagner asking him to step down from the Planning Commission, but Bob Wagner rejected our request, so Bernie read that letter to the board asking them to remove Bob Wagner from both the planning commission and zoning board of appeals for malfeasance under the Michigan statute for removal of a public official (definition: malfeasance- misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official)
As we expected, the township board, protecting their own, did not remove him and just said it was a personal matter. Also at this board meeting, there was the usual non-payers for the sewer project ranting and raving about how much Dorr needs this sewer. A little less hot air and some money would help a lot more. How about an account at the bank for donations from all those non-payers and all 7 of the township board members who will not pay one penny for this multi million dollar project. Either put up, or shut up, thats what I say.
Is Tammy Vanhaitsma a visionary or dictator? I think any person who is elected to serve all the people, then goes against the will of the majority of people who opposed the sewer to get what she wants, and then forces us who signed petitions and won to stop this, that is the perfect example of being a dictator.
Jo Ann Graczyk
Letter sent to Mr. Bob Wagner asking him to do the right and noble thing and resign, which he rejected and this township board said is a personal matter! Personal matter hog wash! This is an ethical matter and needs to be addressed to restore ethics back into the local government.
