Posts Tagged ‘ Traverse City ’

Houston, we have a GO!

March 30, 2009
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I have pulled the trigger, burned up my credit card limit and  reserved the 46 seat luxury cruiser to take us from Traverse City To Lansing on April 15, 2009 for the Tax Day Tea party!! Consider that you wont have to drive, fill the gas tank, look for...

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The RIGHT way to limit smoking – Update

February 10, 2009
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In January, I reported on a Traverse City business which had made a choice to limit smoking to certain times and days. It drew a little conversation from a typical fascist liberal who felt it should still be the government’s responsibility to limit individual rights. Well in following up...

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So you think community responsibility is easy?

January 29, 2009
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[The author is a retired attorney, who volunteered to participate in a citizen audit of the operations and finances of Traverse City in October 2007.  The committee members spent hundreds of hours interviewing officials, citizens and reviewing records.  Its report will be submitted to the TC Commission in early...

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If you think this is bad, just wait for the "Fairness Doctrine.."

January 11, 2009
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If you think this is bad, just wait for the "Fairness Doctrine.."

This weekend, protesters staged outside of the Carmike cinemas in favor of the showing of Kevin Leffler’s film “Shooting Michael Moore.”  Leffer himself was present wearing tape over his mouth symbolizing the censorship aspect.  It seems that after it was announced the film would show here, in the area...

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The RIGHT way to limit smoking in your environment..

January 9, 2009
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Fortunately, Michigan has not yet seen passage of the smoking bans presented and approved by the House nor the Senate.  The debate as to WHY these bills did not see the governor’s pen can go elsewhere for now.  The pressure will most certainly result with the  passage of SOME...

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