July 4 update and No Bridge
People of Clinton County
July 4th. Monday. The Avenue of Flags was up. At a distance they looked good.
Wait. Look at them closely. They are full of holes, tares, rips, mold and mildew. No self respecting “True Veteran” would be seen putting them up. Whats wrong with people?
No one seems to care but me and a few of my friends. The ones that used to care for the Flags, and still wish we did.
If you do not care do what you are doing. Nothing!
If you care, demand that they be taken care of by some one that cares.
If the Avenue of Flags dies out, which it will if left this way, you will have no one to blame but yourself.
Think about it. Do you really want this to happen?
Erick Richards
No Bridge
Alaska had its Bridge to Nowhere and now the Michigan legislature is considering building a bridge for no good reason.
Paying lofty sums to build yet another bridge to connect Canada and Detroit during a time of economic crisis is both staggeringly wasteful and unforgivably irresponsible when we already have two perfectly sound bridges and a tunnel connecting the two countries in the Detroit area.
Am I now to believe the same Senate and House that again and again deeply slashed funding for our schools and universities discovered we can now afford to build a redundant bridge?
Is this why they decided to impose taxes on senior pensions so they can afford this boondoggle bridge?
I thought voters made it clear that they wanted the bloated and inefficient government downsized and curtailed; not expanded and taking on more debt.
Everyday we read about fraud, waste and inefficiencies in government. Wouldn’t our leaders time prove more beneficial and create more jobs for the citizens of Michigan by focusing on streamlining and removing redundant regulations instead of enhancing the size of government and the bureaucracy?
We do not need the bridge; we cannot afford it and we need to stop enabling our politicians who believe they can spend our tax money like there is no tomorrow.
Please call your state senator and representative and let them know what you think of their next “best” idea and tell them to get to work on the people’s business; because we all deserve better representation.
Michael Trebesh, CPA