A Quick Tour Of Mullett Township
Mullett Township News & Views-Promoting Open Government in Mullett Township
There is also the Mullett Township Party Line or you make drink the Kool-Aid from the Topinabee Development Association "Artesian" Well
Mullett Township is a general law township in Cheboygan County, Michigan. The population was 1312 in the 2010 US census. The township and Mullett Lake are named for John Mullett, who with William Burt, surveyed much of the area between 1840 and 1843.The commercial center of the Township is the quiet unincorporated Village of Topinabee located on the west shore of Mullett Lake on M27 highway. The village is a trailhead for the DNR Trail with off-street parking and restrooms.The village has a Post Office, Convenience Store with gas pumps, Public Library with 24 hour outdoor WiFi, an artisan-owned woodwork shop, a breakfast cafe and a bar and grille. Township owned buildings include the Library, Township Hall and Fire Hall, and an unused former school building on Lea St.Recreation needs are served with a beachfront park and covered picnic area, free public boat launch at the north end of the village, a small public access to Mullett Lake across from the Nokia Cafe and tennis court, ball-field, and playground equipment at a public park located up the hill on Lea St.The east side of Mullett Township is largely rural, with no commercial development. Township services include a Fire Hall and volunteer East Mullett Lake Fire Department.
Mullett Township Clerk Evades FOIA Request
On April 15, 2011, blog coordinator Carl Muscott requested in writing a six month subscription to ALL public documents created, issued, or disseminated by the Mullett Township Board to allow this blog to publish said documents. A $20 CASH deposit was refused at that time.
Another written request to Mullett Township Clerk Rachel Osborn was answered with this reply on June 11, 2011.
"You will need to specify the documents you are interested in obtaining so a cost estimate can be given to you for a six month period. Every document has a different length so we would need to know which documents to estimate?
Although I always know that Ms Osborn is going to be uncooperative with any issue that does not serve her own needs, I am not a physic and cannot determine the number of and length of public documents the Board might generate in the next six months.
Ms Osborn then attempts to charge both labor and copy costs for documents that should have been included in this subscription. Her legal counsel had previously advised that if she is making a copy for the public record, an additional copy does not involve any labor beyond pushing a button twice.
Ms Osborn also directs the FOIA requester to travel to an address in Koehler Township to pickup the documents. Delivery of documents by US Mail has been available since our country was founded.
Does Ms Osborn wish to respond to this legal request or does she want to continue to usurp the law?
