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Dorr Township should use same rules for all. Globe does not publish the whole story!
This editorial was sent into both the Allegan News and the Penasee Globe. The difference is, the Globe edits what you write so the people do not get the whole true story where the Allegan News publishes what you send them. Kundos to Allegan News, no confidence in the Globe to report the whole truth. So, when you read the Globe, beware of getting the whole truth. The Globe edits your letters so the public reads only what the Globe wants them to read, not what you send into them to publish.
Here is what the Globe published after they edited the letter that was sent in.
By Advance Newspapers
May 10, 2010, 9:39AM
Did democracy work in the Dorr recall election?
All seven board members were being recalled because just a few months back the people who were in a $1.5 million dollar sewer district followed the law and gathered signatures on a petition to stop this unnecessary project.
The petitions were presented to the board. We had the majority number of signatures to stop the sewer project, completely separate from the road reconstruction project which we all favor. The petitioners had the majority sign those petitions, yet they LOST!
That was the final straw that broke the camel’s back in this recall, when the Township Board robbed the people of their votes, via their signatures on these petitions.
Now, after this recall election, the seven board members got their majority and they WIN!
So if we use their same rules they used on us only a few months back, will they now tell us they must leave office? Probably not, and they shouldn’t. We just wished they would use the same rules for every election and petition drive, but they only seem to use the rules that benefit themselves, which brings apathy and disillusionment to voters who say it doesn’t matter what the people want, you can’t fight city hall. That is called apathy, and that is exactly what our government wants you to believe.
Many of us fought hard to reveal the inconsistencies in how this board operates, but the people have spoken. That’s all we can ask for and the majority has spoken, the way it should be.
Bernard Schumaker
Dorr Township
Link to the story that ran in the Globe
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Here is the actual letter that was sent in to them.
Did democracy work in the Dorr Recall election?
All 7 board members were being recalled because just a few months back the people who were in a $1.5 million dollar sewer district followed the law and gathered signatures on a petition to stop this unnecessary project. The petitions were presented to the board which we had the majority number of signatures to stop the sewer project, completely separate from the road reconstruction project which we all favor! The petitioners had the majority sign those petitions, yet they LOST!
That was the final straw that broke the camels back in this recall, when the township board robbed the people of their votes, via their signatures on these petitions.
Now, after this recall election, the 7 board members got their majority and they WIN!
So if we use their same rules they used on us only a few months back, will they now tell us they must leave office? Probably not, and they shouldn’t. We just wished they would us the same rules for every election and petition drive, but they only seem to use the rules that benefit themselves, which brings apathy and disillusionment to voters who say it doesn’t matter what the people want, you can’t fight city hall. That is called apathy, and that is exactly what our government wants you to believe.
(This is the part they edited out) The people have spoken in this recall election, I just hope from now on, this board and all future boards wake up, and use the same rules and laws for everyone, including themselves, after all, no one is above the law, including elected officials. Many of us fought hard to reveal the inconsistency’s in how this board operates, but the people have spoken. That’s all we can ask for and the majority has spoken, the way it should be.
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Dorr Township Recall Results from May 4th 2010
www.Dorr-Recall.com an archived website from history
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