Balanced Budget?
Did you know that Grand Traverse County will not have a balanced budget this year?
View ArticleWest Side Library Services?
There IS a way that the west side can be served by the TADL system that would be unique,k and cost the taxpayers next to nothing! Imagine an agreement between a private business enterprise, and the...
View ArticleOverruns..
Recent news about cost overruns with the Hammond road project demonstrate the necessity of maintaining a stable cash reserve in all areas of government. Were it not for a sufficient funding promise up...
View ArticleWest Side Library services lacking
It seems to me the residents on the Long Lake side, but not near enough to the Interlochen could use a nearby library. Try driving to woodmere in the winter
View ArticleA New Jail?
At the County Commission candidate forum last night, one of the candidates (incumbent) mentioned a new jail as being needed. As there is a deficit looming is it something we can afford? Or conversely,...
View ArticleIs 30 Million for a new Jail approipriate?
Voters must wonder about the possibility of a 20 or 30 year bond to provide state of the art jail facilities. Can we afford it at this time? Are their other possibilities? What does it cost to house...
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