Some Questions for Les from a Third Warder

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Les Johnson, candidate for the Third Ward, is scheduled for an interview at WMOM tomorrow at 9:00 AM by Mike Tanis.  He will likely find himself uncontested in his debate due to a scheduling conflict he had at his scheduled debate; sort of like the interview he had in front of the personnel committee in April, when he was handed the Third Ward Councilor seat with no votes from anyone in the Third Ward. 

 

I don't have anything personally against Les Johnson, but he does seem to be a scofflaw when it comes to the laws of our City and our State.  Here's some cases in point.

 

1)  He fell into the Public Safety Committee with CC Peterson and Chairman Castonia.  In a three month process involving a lot of tinkering with semantics and syntax, they developed the "Cat Feeding Ordinance", a totally unnecessary law that 'criminalized' the provision of food or water to cats except within ones own domicile.  This law went into effect at the beginning of October, and was made to address the plague of cats in the downtown area reported anecdotally by a couple of citizens.

 

In downtown-delinquents-that-cater-to-cats we noted that Mr. Johnson's business AJ's Party Port, has had a dog bowl posted outside his business since last year.  Since that ordinance went into effect one month ago, he has maintained that "dog" bowl filled with water and cigarette butts outside the business.  The fact that he is providing water to stray cats by doing so may be questioned, but if someone noticed a cat taking a sip from that "dog" bowl, he would technically be afoul of the law he created.

 

As I see the intent of that law, the Public Safety Committee wanted to prevent the provision of food and water to stray/feral cats.  But one of the law's crafters, continues to proudly do so in defiance of it.  Why does he do so?

 

2)  Les' civic involvement should be commended since he currently serves on the City Council, the Downtown Ludington Board (DDA), and the Board of Review, but after that commendation it should be scrutinized.  The conflicts with law and "of interest" was discussed in detail in more-hats-for-les.  It would be nice to hear him defend the appointment's legitimacy and his ability to serve in each of those three public organizations, against the local ordinances saying otherwise.

 

3)  I would like to hear how he proposes to create, fund, and build support for the walkway he has mentioned from the waterfront through to the Fourth Ward along PM Lake.  This has been a dead issue since about 2001, and it seems even less wise to do so now.  It might make him some allies in the Third Ward who would benefit from the walkway (like him), but there is also opposition to such a costly development without any pressing need to do so.

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 Sohn jhay ..Using the actions of a totally different person on this forum to present a reason to vote or not vote for a completely different person, Is a seriously stupid idea dude. Also speaks to the point I made in another thread on this forum. 

Dulci... I believe we have an age issue, not an English as a second language one.

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Could be generational.....cheeky young punks.....   :-)