Governing Bodies Behaving Badly, LDN Edition

[XLFD]

Two Letters to the Editor appearing in the Friday September 23, 2011 edition of the Ludington Daily News concerned two different things but both illustrated the same problem. 

 

The first was intriguing because of the writer, recently retired PM Supervisor Gene Jorissen.  It exposed a recent problem he noticed was occurring at PM Township meetings, in regards to the pushing of various things through the board without adequate notice and perhaps against protocol.  Mr. Jorissen, as the head of that organization for 18(?) years, expressed his concerns as a proven leader, who thought the public is now being shortchanged by their current system.  His leadership can be said to be a direct contrast to some others in the area.

 

The second berated the recently passed cat ordinance in the City of Ludington by a local married couple.  Exactly how many people have looked at our City's handling of a non-problem this summer and concluded what a vile policy and complete waste of resources it was.  They bring up many of the points that have been bantered around here the last three months, and echo the general distaste for the eventual conclusion that any humanitarian should harbor.

 

Both citizen writers soundly critique the actions of both legislative bodies of the two nearby areas; PM's problems could be a direct result of losing the leadership of Mr. Jorissen.  Ludington's could be the result of having no leadership to speak of.  What say you on either topic?

[Eve Alone]

Those are great points that Mr. Jorissen raises.  I hope the new PM Supervisor corrects it.  I think we can see now why PM Township fared so well during his service.

[AQUAMAN]

The "fixed agenda" seems to be gathering more momentum now that City Hall has the same contagious disease, or is it just others' imaginations, like Jorissen? a long and trusted township employee/supervisor....everyone should start waking up to this atrocity around our neighborhood, or just expect more corruption and divisive behavior to continue and expand.

[Willy]

I read that in the paper. I'm suprised the local paper doesn't make this an issue and write an article about this type of behavior. I forgot it's the LDN and they don't do any type of controversial reporting.

[AQUAMAN]

You just witnessed the most controversial printing the LDN ever does, it's the Readers Forum. They scrutinize those letters quite carefully and don't print all for us to see either, just a scant few that walk a tightrope where locals are concerned. I'm quite surprised at Jorissen for this exposure of his fellow PM Hallers, at least he wasn't necessarily part of the problem too. Any local paper should be a banner for justice and truth for all, freedom of the press is a right and obligation to be proud of, not ashamed of and run from when city hall stomps it's feet.

[XLFD]

The reader's forum does seem to be the most cutting edge part of the local paper.  Through this forum, we heard of many well-thought arguments over local topics, like the ongoing wind debate, and stuff that the editorial board of the LDN would be afraid to touch because of controversy. 

 

The lead editorial at the top of page 4 rarely touches on anything close to home, and is often written by other journalists.  The day that this forum was shown, it had the LDN editorial board backing a new Civilian Conservation Corps (that's 'corpse' to Obama) with a proposed stimulus package, so as to rebuild the infrastructure.  Wasn't that what shovel-ready projects were all about?

[AQUAMAN]

I'll bet that I & my neighbors dogs have created more "shovel-ready jobs" than Obama to date....lol.