tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861495236877591552024-03-19T05:18:05.978-07:00Topinabee-Mullett Township
A new service for residents and visitors, a You Tube channel Mullett Township Board Meetings is now available. carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-74589444882175146522016-02-14T09:54:00.000-08:002016-02-14T09:57:30.307-08:00♚You're the Queen ♚♚NO, You're the Queen♚<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">These two Mullett Township Board members, Supervisor MaryAnne Gale and Clerk Rachel Osborn were apparently rehearsing to take their act to the Jerry Springer Show before the 2015/2016 Budget Workshop started. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">♚You're a Queen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">♚No, you're a Queen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In truth, they should just take off the gloves and use the proper label; it starts with a B....and ends with H.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Mullett Township Board Meetings no longer warrant attendance by anyone outside of the Topinabee Development Association. Like a black person in the segregated South in the 1960's, you can sit at the counter, but you will never be served unless you are the TDA. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The only attendees are TDA members, </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">employees attending </span></span>under threat of firing, and "diehards" who should know better.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That leaves a very small group of electors to cast votes for more of the same at the next election. The East Mullett Lake attendees concerned about roads were dissed and never came back. The lighting district SAD hearing attendees were also dissed, their opinions ignored-NO lights or fewer lights, and the Board voted to proceed.</span></span><br />
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At least 19 trees destroyed to install a "flush" and forget TDA Streetscape storm sewer. This polluted storm water run-off flows directly into Mullett Lake next to a public beach. Storm water run-off is the leading cause of beach closures in Michigan. Tom O'Hare and the TDA followers don't care. Their children don't swim at the public beach; your children do. </span></span><br />
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<br />carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-45087342434961732262016-01-24T10:49:00.001-08:002016-01-24T11:06:57.290-08:00Topinabee's Paul Bunyan and Babe-The Blue Ox<div class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3812" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3814">Napoleon once said, 'What is
history, but a fable agreed upon?” Mr JW Earhart's letter in The Straitsland Resorter “Some history of
improvements made to Topinabee” was more fable than fact. JW reminisced after
reviewing the Topinabee Centennial tabloid from 1981, a collection of local
recollections and vintage photos. As a northern Michigan native I always enjoy
our locally produced histories but we shouldn’t accept these remembrances of
our forefathers as scholarly works.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3822">JW repeated one of the local stories
immortalized with a plaque on the side of the Topinabee Library stating the
Mullett Board “borrowed” $8,500 to buy the MCRR Depot and beach in 1958. The
Cheboygan County Clerk Register of Deeds has a different story recorded within
the legal property records. In 1958, James Wozniak, a Mullett Board member, and
his wife Catherine were the sole grantees named on a deed from the MCRR and
NYCRR. Six years later, in 1964, the mortgage was discharged identifying the deed
holders as the Wozniaks and Louis Nims. JW might remember Nims as the owner of
the MCRR passenger car that sat on the Topinabee siding for years? Only then,
in October 1964, was the depot and beach property finally deeded from the
Wozniak’s to all the Mullett Board members named individually and Mullett
Township. The entire Mullett Board may have had the “foresight’, but James and
Catherine Wozniak put their signatures on that mortgage in 1958 and JW’s fable
never even mentioned their names. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3830">Mr Earhart may still believe the
fable perpetuated with a plaque on the Township Hall stating that Chief
Topinabee’s name means “Big Bear Heart”. After verifiable sources including
Pottawatomi tribal histories proved that Topinabee translates to “He who sits quietly”
there was discussion of correcting the error. The Mullett Board decided Topinabee’s
own “Paul Bunyan” fable would remain on that public building. That is no
surprise in a community where the sign above the entrance to the township hall
says “established 1900’s”. Any time last century is accurate enough. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3836" style="line-height: 115%;">JW Earhart’s comments on past volunteerism was a
lead into creating a fable that the TDA has selflessly contributed “pro bono”
work to refurbish the Topinabee Beach Park at a cost he “uncertainly” refers to
as $350,000. Gratis is free and pro bono means “for the public good”. <span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3838"> </span><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3840"> </span>The $400,000
park project, funded by taxpayers and a MNRTF Grant was far over budget before
ground was broken. Numerous scope items were cut, later requiring donations pay
for benches, tables, grilles, and the wasteful fake artesian well where another
misleading plaque resides. TDA founder Thomas O'Hare stated at a MNRTF Board
hearing in June 2015 that the first stage of an MDOT Storm Sewer never
disclosed as a scope item and sized to handle the TDA sponsored Streetscape was
in that over-budget recreational project. We do know the park is still substantially
closed to sportsmen in winter, has serious legal and safety issues, and has cost
more than $500,000 to date. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3836" style="line-height: 115%;">Was this really all for the public good?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3836" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apparently</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not. The <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MNRTF Board agreed with the majority of people in Mullett <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Township and did not award <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">any grant to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">install more Streetscap<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e storm sewer and pave over more <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">grass in Topi<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nabee <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">allegedly for <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">needed</span> parking</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv5973778905" id="yiv5973778905yui_3_16_0_1_1453643561353_3836" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The MNRTF Grant application scored in the bottom 25% of t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he 117 <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">development <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">applications <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">submitted</span> in 2015. Thou<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sands of dollars of design work and $2,500 wa<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sted on <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a</span> Grant Wr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">iter for <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what is </span></span>a si<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mple on-line application based on need and facts t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hat must meet a criteria. </span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span> </span> </span></span> </span></span></span></div>
carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-63115490013569014562015-12-09T06:05:00.001-08:002015-12-09T06:05:56.919-08:00Is Topinabee's BIG Heart A Medical Condition?<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="abody">This is not a trick question. Who is more likely to
lie, cheat, and steal; the poor person or the rich one? You’ll find some
answers in an article by Daisy Grewal published in the Scientific
American on April 10, 2012 that referenced numerous studies. The
article says it’s tempting to think that the wealthier you are, the more
likely you are to act fairly and think about what others may need. But
research suggests the opposite is true: as people climb the social
ladder, their compassionate feelings towards other people decline.<br /><br />
With Warren Buffet’s “Giving Pledge” encouraging billionaires to
pledge at least 50 percent of their wealth to philanthropy or charity,
we might think all wealthy people are altruistic. Forbes reported 1826
billionaires in the world this year and Buffet’s pledge has only been
adopted by 137 billionaires. Less than 14% of the world’s wealthiest
people are willing to give away 50% of a wealth that is measured in
thousands of millions of dollars. Does that poorest billionaire with
only one billion</span><span class="abody"> dollars, which is one thousand million dollars; really need that second 500 million dollars to be happy? Apparently yes.<br /><br />
Berkeley psychologists Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner ran studies
looking at whether social class, as measured by wealth, occupational
prestige, and education influences how much we care about the feelings
of others. In one study they discreetly observed the behavior of
drivers at a busy four-way intersection. They found that luxury car
drivers were more likely to cut off other motorists instead of waiting
for their turn at the intersection. This was true for both men and women
upper-class drivers, regardless of the time of day or the amount of
traffic at the intersection.<br /><br /> Keltner and his colleagues
published studies looking at how social class influences feelings of
compassion towards people who are suffering. One study found that less
affluent individuals are more likely to feel compassion for others.
They are more likely to agree with statements such as, “I often notice</span><span class="abody">
people who need help,” and “It’s important to take care of people who
are vulnerable.” Previous research had shown upper class individuals are
worse at recognizing the emotions of others. Did you think the
wealthiest would be the most giving and the neediest the most selfish?<br /><br />
There is speculation that wealth and abundance may give us a sense of
freedom and independence from others. This self-focus can combine with
the fact that upper-class people may be more likely to endorse the idea
that “greed is good.” These attitudes can predict participants’
likelihood of engaging in unethical behavior.<br /><br /> I was not
surprised to find who had “fudged” the facts on the Mullett Township
MNRTF Grant application. With that application denied, their Christmas</span><span class="abody"> socks are as empty and barren as the concrete under the</span><span class="abody"> Topinabee Christmas tree.<br /><br />
We may have a dearth of billionaires in Cheboygan County, but we do
have the same growing inequalities in incomes found across the country.
There are the lakeshore associations and the locals employed to cut
their lawns, install the docks, and serve the meals when they dine out.
There are the wealthier retirees with defined benefit pensions or plump
501Ks and retirees subsisting on Social Security and part-time work
trying to make ends meet.<br /><br /> There are of course exceptions to
every rule and many in our communities, wealthy or not, have hearts
bigger than any purse. At the December Mullett Board meeting in
Topinabee, that “Small Community With A Big Heart”, Supervisor Gale
stated she would no longer allow “non-employees” to decorate the
Topinabee Library for Christmas. Non-employees? Those remarks insult
every volunteer that picked up a shovel, carried a ladder, coached a
youth team,</span><span class="abody"> served a meal, picked up trash,
or those thousands of other deeds done freely by those of us with hearts
and minds open to helping. Supervisor Gale also apparently found fault
with the Topinabee Library float in the Indian River Christmas Parade.
All volunteered time, materials, and equipment and that is the thanks
she gives? Why would any elected official thwart grass roots volunteers
who take action without the need for organizations, meetings, and award
banquets?<br /><br /> When communities find that grass-roots volunteerism
has died, point the finger at people like Supervisor Gale who helped
kill it off. There is no place for Mrs Scrooge in Topinabee. I’ll turn
my back on our local scrooges and wish everyone who has given selflessly
of their time or resources a blessed and Merry Christmas and a
prosperous New Year.</span></span></span><span class="abody"> </span>carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-75142394900985142042015-11-11T05:50:00.000-08:002015-11-13T17:07:47.895-08:00Mullett Fudges the Facts on Grant Application <div style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many
of us are blessed to have the capability to give of our time and
resources to family, friends, and the community. It truly is better
to give than receive. The Michigan Natural Resource Trust Fund
(MNRTF) practices charity annually by giving millions of dollars of
revenue received, most from oil and gas leases on public lands, as
grants to needy recreational projects while spending a sizable amount
acquiring and creating even more public lands. In 2014 the MNRTF
gave about $6.5 million dollars in recreational development grants
and spent about $18 million dollars to acquire private land for local
governments ($8,880,000) and the DNR ($9,369,900). Unlike us, the
DNR’s annual charity giving returns a large share of the funds to
themselves; 100% of acquisition grants were funded while only 34% of
recreational development grants were successful.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember as a
child sitting on Santa’s knee at the JL Hudson Department Store. I
assuredly fudged the truth and said I had been a good boy in the hope
of finding those toys on my Christmas wish list under the tree. Santa
brings toys to good little girls and boys and the MNRTF Board
delivers their grants to those who follow their rules. The MNRTF
Board encourages trails, picnic pavilions, fishing piers, playscapes,
boat launches and signage and rewards buzz-words with points. On-line
applicants are coached on the point system used to score applications
and the applicants and projects are largely self-policed. Outright
lies are treated the same as fibbing to Santa.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 2013
Topinabee Beach Park project gained points with a never built
“fishing/viewing pier” and instead delivered a large storm sewer
sized for the TDA’s envisioned MDOT “Streetscape”. That secret
storm sewer was the second most expensive component of the Topinabee
Beach Park recreational improvements completed in 2013. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> When the
secret could no longer be hid, quoting the June 2015 minutes from
the MNRTF Board Meeting held in Alpena: “<i>Mr. O’Hare further
stated that as to the storm water runoff issue, there has not been an
effective storm water system in place to handle the runoff from the
highway to the parking areas and surrounding areas. A drainage system
does exist along US-27, but it is decades old and is environmentally
outdated. When the park was constructed, it incorporated a modern
stormwater system that addressed the immediate concerns, but it also
had the capacity to accommodate runoff from this project should
additional stormwater systems be added, as is part of this plan. It
was also designed to accommodate any future streetscape
improvements</i>.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Contrary to Mr O’Hare’s spin, the park’s
lawns, trees, sand beach and a playground did not create immediate
concerns or any need for a storm sewer. It was not until this year
that Mr O’Hare was forced to disclose the plan was to eventually
dump polluted M-27 storm water into Mullett Lake next to the beach
where your kids swim. Mr O’Hare has now publicly admitted the next
phase of the MDOT storm sewer again hides within another Mullett
Township “recreational improvement”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The “recreational
improvements”, a proposed paved parking lot allegedly needed
because of increased park use will accommodate only 15 vehicles. It
includes the grant seeking buzz-words; kayak rack, rain-garden and
interpretive signage. The truth is the new parking lots will only
accommodate about half as many vehicles as the existing gravel lots
that naturally filter storm run-off. This MNRTF Grant application is
simply another attempt to use a MNRTF recreational grant to install
sewers for a future MDOT grant funded project that will not pay any
costs outside of the M-27 right of way.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mullett Township
Board has now fudged formal Resolutions of Collaboration saying
Mullett Township shared use of recreational assets and parks,
including costs and maintenance, with both Burt and Tuscarora
Township. This Resolution has absolutely no basis in fact. It is
fabricated only to gain MNRTF points. Did these two townships join
the conspiracists in Mullett Township ? Are both the Burt and
Tuscarora Township Boards going to sit on Santa’s knee and also fib
that they have collaborated on shared township recreational costs? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Update: November 13, 2015</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A FOIA request to Tuscarora Township</span></b><br />
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Please
provide any recreational facility "collaborative agreements" between
Tuscarora and Mullett Townships and any documents that substantiate the
paragraph submitted to the MNRTF, re: TF 15-0009 Grant Application. </div>
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The
following "events" were submitted to the MNRTF Board as "collaborative"
events shared by Mullett and Tuscarora Townships. Please provide any
documents identifying and substantiating which, if any, of these events
that Mullett and Tuscarora Townships collaborated on. Evidence of that
might include written collaborative agreements,
invoices showing shared costs, advertising "tear sheets" identifying
township sponsors, etc., or any documentation that substantiates the
above paragraph that states "Tuscarora and Mullett Township, for
example, coordinate in the provision, scheduling, and programming at
their two main parks (Topinabee Beach Park and Marina Park)". </div>
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Marina Park and Topinabee Beach Front Park Events<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4935" /> Art and Wine Night<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4937" /> Family Fun Night<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4939" /> Pizza of the North Competition<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4941" /> Rubber Duck Races<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4943" /> Lobsterfest<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4945" /> Battle of the Bands<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4947" /> Entertainment Tent<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4949" /> Topinabee Fireman’s Association Annual Chicken BBQ<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4951" /> Topinabee Community Church Annual Picnic<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4953" /> Farmer’s Market<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4955" /> Friends of Topinabee Library Board Meetings<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4957" /> Story Time in the Park<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4959" /> Bass Fishing Tournaments<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4961" /> Walleye Fishing Tournaments<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4963" /> Host Station for Michigander Bike Ride<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4965" /> Host Station for Dal-Mac Bike Ride<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4967" /> The Big Chill Winter Festival<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4969" /> Private Family Parties and Picnics<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4971" /> Annual Lapeer Michigan High School Track Team Field Trip<br class="yiv0151315949" id="yiv0151315949yui_3_16_0_1_1446829108048_4973" /> NMARN and TDA Annual Community Rummage Sale<br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The November 10, 2015 response from Tuscarora Township Clerk Sue Fisher: Records requested denied because "Record Does Not Exist" .</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A FOIA Request to Burt Township:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please
provide any recreational facility "collaborative agreements" between
Tuscarora and Mullett Townships and any documents that substantiate the
paragraph submitted to the MNRTF, re: TF 15-0009 Grant Application.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The November 12, 2015 email response from Burt Township Clerk Donna McDougall</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span>Hi Carl,<br />Burt Township only contracts with Mullett Township for fire protecton services and library services.<br />If you have any other questions, please let me know.<br />Thanks,<br />Donna McDougall, Clerk<br />Burt Township<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From May 2014- </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Motion
by Kathy Flory to enter into an agreement with the Great Up North
Alliance in cooperation with the PURE MICHIGAN campaign. This campaign
will promote Cheboygan County
including all nineteen townships. Mullett Township agrees to a
contractual arrangement in the amount of $2,000.00 per year for
2014-2015-2016 to support the funding of this campaign.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pure Michigan Campaign (Great Up North) Mullett's Participation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is the Great Up North Marketing Alliance (GUNMA) back for another $2,000 "donation". Where are the results? What was done? Where are the invoices? How many Pure Michigan spots were run and where? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If Tom O'Hare believes so strongly about marketing Cheboygan as the Great Up North; let him fund it himself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the very least, the following 3 Mullett Board members benefiting professionally or personally from tourism related businesses and/or employment income derived from tourism should recognize the conflict of interest and recuse themselves from motions or votes to fund GUNMA.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Supervisor MaryAnneGale- Owner of Bed & Breakfasts and Butterfly House on Mackinac Island</span></span></div>
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Accusations have been made recently about the Cheboygan
County Commission being anti-development for not supporting the “Great
Up North,” GUN, group, which is trying to promote the county.</blockquote>
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of the main players in GUN, Tom O'Hare, has come out attacking the
commission for its lack of supporting economic development and
questioning why the panel does not do it.</blockquote>
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County Commission Chair Linda Socha has broken the silence and has responded to those attacks, which she says are unfounded.</blockquote>
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want to make sure we have cops on the streets and safe communities,”
she said in an interview with the Cheboygan Tribune. “This is one of our
priorities as far as economic development is concerned.”</blockquote>
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said the county's role in economic development is one of streamlining
the process for permitting and making it easy for people to get what
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are conservative in that we don't want to be restrictive. We want to
make sure it is done right and done legally,” the commission chair said.
“We want good people who can work with people. We want to make sure
people are comfortable. … We have cleaned up the permitting. Our intent
is good. We are aiming to be good for the public.”</blockquote>
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She said other groups should take over the funding of economic development.</blockquote>
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county’s role is making sure the regulatory system is in place (for
economic development),” Socha said. “Economic development should include
the chambers and bureaus for marketing and the EDC is meant to help
with financing. The CEDG could be a good thing if every time they came
up with something they didn’t run to the county to fund it. That isn’t
how it works. That is what irritates the public.”</blockquote>
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She said the county supports other groups that can help with economic development.</blockquote>
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“We
have NLEA (Northern Lakes Economic Alliance) and the DDAs have tax
increment financing. Three of them capture money out of county tax
money. That is a loss for us. In a way that is economic development,”
Socha said. “We have our own website, we support the marina and the
airport. We formed the airport with the city for economic development
and they don't fund it. We also formed the marina with the city which
they also don’t support. We also support NEMCOG which does Pure
Michigan.”</blockquote>
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She said with all of this, the taxpayers are saying enough.</blockquote>
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“You
get the same taxpayer paying five times,” she said. “How many times can
you take it out of the same taxpayer?” Taxpayers' dollars to the county
also have been flat as well. “Our revenues are flat. We need to finish
what we need to do. We have enough money to do that,” Socha said. “These
unelected groups are trying to wag the dog. This has nothing to do with
meeting with constituents. … Groups want us to be the bank for
development. I believe we are playing the right role.”</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over two years ago, the Mullett Board held a Special Meeting and in public view, illegally transferred public park property recently purchased from the DNR to Mary Nissley. </span></span> </div>
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PROPOSED MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING' </div>
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The Mullett Township Board of Trustee met at the Mullett Township Hall
in Topinabee, Michigan at 7:00pm on June 9, 2013. The following board
members were present: Mary Anne Gale, Rachel Osborn, and Dennis
Dombroski. John Brown and Kathy Flory were excused.</div>
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The meeting was opened by Mary Anne Gale and Dennis Dombroski led with the Pledge of Allegiance.</div>
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Public Comment was opened at 7:01pm and was closed at 7:03pm.</div>
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<b>Motion to pay for the movement of the ADA Driveway in the Topinabee
Beach Park at a cost of approximately $1,000.00 several feet West to
make room for the driveway at the Nissley Property, to plant 10 foot cedars and re-grade the slope on the East Side of the
sidewalk/driveway in the park by Dennis Dombroski and seconded by Mary
Anne Gale, motion passed.</b></div>
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<b>Motion to give the Nissley's an easement tied to their parcel number of
their property with a survey of the driveway and to draw up a legal
description including the trees of same, by Dennis Dombroski and
seconded by Mary Anne Gale, motion carried.</b></div>
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<b>Motion by Mary Anne Gale to pay Timothy MacArthur all attorney fees for
the settlement of the Nissley property issue, seconded by Dennis
Dombroski, motion passed.</b></div>
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<b>Motion by Dennis Dombroski to pay for the 10 foot cedars to replace
those on the West Side of the Nissley driveway with a cap of $5,000.00
for the expense of those trees. Seconded by Mary Anne Gale, motion
passed.</b></div>
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Respectfully submitted,</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On August 12, 2015, faced with continued pressure from this "watchdog" and the public disclosure to the DNR that their June 9, 2015 motions contravened the MNRTF Grant "non-conversion" of use agreement, the Mullett Board discussed the issue in secret in a closed meeting and then publicly rescinded the motion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why was this discussion done in secret? All the facts should be public. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is the Board acting like criminals and hiding behind attorney/client privilege? Is there something to be ashamed of? Like the thief caught with their hand in the till, perhaps you can't handle the truth? Lot's of questions are unanswered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, 63 days after that secret meeting, reality has not changed. The gate still remains locked on this "public" access to the Topinabee Beach Park.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This access off Beeson St, a legally recorded Mullett Township ingress/egress easement granted originally in 1958 by the railroad and eventually purchased from the DNR remains locked. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here could be a </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">winter park access that has been denied to </span></span>ATV and snowmobile riders by the TDA Park closure. Call Supervisor MaryAnne Gale, 231-627-6624, and ask her to remove this gate and the lattice fence before winter. </span></span></div>
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MULLETT TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA<br />
EAST MULLETT TOWNSHIP HALL OCTOBER 6, 2015 7:00PM<br />
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Call to order at 7:00pm<br />
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Pledge of Allegiance<br />
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Public Comment<br />
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Close of Public Comment<br />
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Approval of Minutes for the September 1, 2015<br />
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Treasurer's report<br />
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Expense report for 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2015-2016<br />
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Timothy V. Small Lot Split revisited<br />
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Bowes Land Division<br />
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Lot Split Ordinance consideration by board: take a look at #9 and the new one<br />
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Carl Muscott appeal <br />
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Approval of snowplowing of the DNR Public Access at $512.86 for the season<br />
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Re-instate Connie Ogg as a possible fill-in person for the Library<br />
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Approval of the overage of the Fitzek bid because of the changes made in the soffitt arrangement<br />
on the library: <span style="background-color: yellow;">original bid was $6420.00, with the changes a total of $11,500.00, need approval<br />
of the amount of $5,080.00<br />
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Letters in support of the Beach Park Improvements<br />
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Letters in support of the Topinabee Public Library<br />
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Board Comments<br />
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MULLETT TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA<br />
MULLETT TOWNSHIP HALL SEPTEMBER 1,2015 7:00PM<br />
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Thank you to the Friends of the Library for a very successful Book Sale: Also thanks to Brian and<br />
Patty King who gave their time and help with the set up of the book sale.<br />
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Call to order at 7:00pm<br />
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Pledge of Allegiance<br />
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Public Comment<br />
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Close of Public Comment<br />
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Approval of minutes of August 4, 2015<br />
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Approval of minutes of August 12, 2015<br />
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Treasurer's report<br />
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Discussion of Splits<br />
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Fitzek final invoice for the roofing of the Mullett Township Hall and
the Topinabee Fire Hall. There is the extra $600.00 for the
underlayment and also the sofit and facia which is another $700.00 not<br />
covered in the original approval of $19,700.00. A total of $1300.00 due for approval.<br />
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Discussion of proposal of Resolution to gain an additional 20 points for the MDNRTF Grant<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is this another secret Resolution?? No-More likely Tom O'Hare's already public request to increase the match on the Parking Lot Grant. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the last two Resolutions authored by the TDA and approved by the Mullett Board, but never published. All in an attempt to gain 30 points on the MNRTF Grant Application for the TDA Streetscape parking lot and storm sewer extension. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Collaboration" DNR Definition: A formal agreement for local units of government to share, operate, and/or maintain a recreational facility. </span></span>carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-3298599327221577402015-08-12T22:15:00.000-07:002015-09-03T06:13:47.289-07:00Now You See It-Now You Don't-Greed vs Need<div class="" data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3421">
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<span style="color: #4c76a2;"><i><b>After some brief public comment, t</b></i></span><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849">he Mullett Board voted to go
to a closed session with legal counsel Tim MacArthur. A</i></span></b><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849"><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849">fter a closed door deliberation, </i></span></b>the Mullett Board reconvened to an open meeting. </i></span></b><br />
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<b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849">Trustee
John Brown introduced an agreed upon motion "</i></span></b><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849"><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849">To protect Mullett Township
property interests </i></span></b> ....". Unanimous Board approval. Trustee Dennis Dombroski then
moved to rescind his motion of June 9, 2013 "<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3618">to give the Nissley's an easement" and Supervisor Mary Anne moved to rescind her second on that motion. </span></i></span></b></div>
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<b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3618"><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3618">After 2 years of encroachment, </span></i></span></b>Mullett Township residents and visitors again have the entire park, including the area in green, to use. We do have some unrecoverable costs: $1,000 change order on ADA walk, $5,000 worth of cedar trees and unknown legal and survey fees because of the 2013 Board motions. </span></i></span></b><br />
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<b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3618">Mary Nissley needs to find a parking space on her own lot. Most of us don't expect to be allowed to park our vehicles on our neighbors' property. Mary Nissley has lots of room available within her lot, out-lined in red on this sketch. </span></i></span></b><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3865"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3850" style="color: #4c76a2;"><i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3849"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439435117994_3618">She still has a privacy fence encroaching on public property, red arrow, and of course the infamous "boat hoist" that annually spends more time sitting in the Topinabee Park than in the water. </span></i></span></b><br />
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Mullett Township Board of Trustees met at the Mullett Township Hall
on August 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. All Board Members were
present: Mary Anne Gale, Rachel Osborn, Kathy Flory, Dennis
Dombroski, and John Brown.</span></span></div>
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meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance
was recited by all in attendance.</span></span></div>
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Comment was opened at 7:01 p.m., with Carl Muscott</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> offering
advice to the township board on how to handle the Nissley property
matter <span style="color: red;">(the advice was taken) </span>, <span style="color: red;">(Mary Nissley's Attorney)</span> Carl McPherson countered the advice</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> , Mary Nissley petitioned
the board to handle the matter before the board in a neighborly
manner</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"> (stated she wanted additional free land as the proposed easement did not adequately protect her privacy from the park and trail<b> </b>)</span></span></span></span></span> .</span></span>
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Brown made a motion to go into closed session regarding the Nissley
property issue with a second by Dennis Dombroski, on a roll call
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeas:
John Brown</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dennis
Dombroski</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary
Anne Gale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kathy
Flory</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rachel
Osborn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nayes:
None</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
closed session was commenced at 7:14 p.m.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"> (Carl Muscott protested the closed session contravened the Open Meeting Act)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Motion
by John brown to come out of the closed session at 7:39 p.m., seconded
by Dennis Dombroski, motion passed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On
a motion by John Brown to give Tim MacArthur of MacArthur Law Firm
permission to take the necessary legal steps to protect Mullett
Township Property interests, seconded by Dennis Dombroski, motion
passed unanimously.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On
a new set of information, the following motion made at the June 9,
2015 special meeting is hereby rescinded:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Motion
to give the Nissley's an easement tied to the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">parcel
number of their property with a survey of the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">driveway
and to draw up a legal description including</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the
trees of same by Dennis Dombroski and seconded</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">by
Mary Anne Gale, motion carried".</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary
Anne Gale rescinded her support of the motion and Dennis Dombroski
rescinded the making of the motion by withdrawing</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the
motion to give easement to the Nissley's on a roll call vote</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to
rescind the entire motion:</span></span>
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<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeas:
John Brown</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dennis
Dombroski</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary
Anne Gale</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kathy
Flory</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rachel
Osborn</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nayes;
None</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Absent:
None</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
supervisor declared the motion passed.</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary
Anne Gale made a motion to approve the additional amount of $847.00
to the amount of $1353.00 to complete the hooded gutters being
proposed by "Bilt on Demand" for the Topinabee Public
Library, seconded by Kathy Flory, motion passed with two opposing
votes by John Brown and Rachel Osborn.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meeting
adjourned at 8:00 p.m.</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Respectfully
submitted,</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rachel
Osborn</span></span></div>
<div align="justify" lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mullett
Township Clerk</span></span></div>
<div lang="zxx" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Public comment opens with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">Bill Matus speaking</a> on “community
concerns”. The man seemed confused and his comments are mostly unintelligible. He seemed to be talking about "Tom" cutting down trees and was confused about who he should direct his insults to: Carl, Tom, Earl, or Erv? Insults delivered by proxy are never effective. Too bad
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has typically been Supervisor MaryAnne Gale who makes libelous remarks about attendees or comments made. This time the Mullett Township Board is all guilty of poor judgement allowing an individual to utter falsehoods for 8 minutes. He was then allowed to interject his remarks and argue with the next individual who attempted to address the board. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please click on time stamped links to redirect to youtube audio. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">1:35</a>,
the public comment returns to something that bears a resemblance to a
government meeting. Dennis Jonski inquired about the progress if any, of the
request to topcoat the Chapman, Sutherland, and Patterson streets that the
residents have waited half a dozen years to see done. There were also questions
on “Spirit Park” and LED streetlights. Cheboygan County Road Commission (CCRC) Manager,
Brent Shank is introduced at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">2:51</a>. Mr Shank and the Board discuss Devereaux
Lake Rd. Trustee Brown receives permission to speak at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">7:33</a> and mentions that CCRC
Board member Ken Paquet ran on a platform “more than” 6 years ago to fix
Devereaux Lake Rd. After a protest rally, the prelim engineering plans were
done and promises were made. Promises don’t fill potholes. CCRC Manager Brent
Shank explains the MDOT and federal funding snafu’s. Crack sealing is approved
for several local streets in Topinabee. Shank promises the Chapman, Sutherland,
and Patterson streets will be top-coated in July. Is that 2015? The brining of
gravel roads is approved at 22 cents a gallon. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">19:26</a>, Mullett Township
Supervisor MaryAnne Gale asks if there is anything else Mr Shank wants say about
the CCRC annual report? No. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">19:56</a>
Supervisor MaryAnne Gale reads prelim information on the approved DNR lease for
Spirit Park. The strictly worded language places many restrictions on the
development including approval from adjacent land owners. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">23:39</a> Trustee
Brown asks for clarification on the agenda item: trimming/remove tree from Lea
St and if they are on a county ROW. Starting at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">24:41</a>there are more letters
from TDA read advocating removing trees and paving over Topinabee. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">24:46</a>, a letter from MaryJan Miller, TDA
member and current recreation committee member, advocated park development in
the community. Three minutes and one second. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">28:04</a>, a letter from Fudgie” Jim
Earhart is read followed by a letter from Jill Lutz who had opposed the loss of
trees but has now drank the TDA Kool-Aid and now supports the park project. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nlpvsxFOA" target="_blank">31:01</a>,
Clerk Osborn opens discussion on renewing the Charter franchise. Trustee Brown
asks if it is a revocable or irrevocable agreement. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Supervisor MaryAnne Gale starts discussion on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">Woodruff St dock</a>. Phil Welch says that new dock with discount would be $6975 and old dock might
need $175 repair before being moved to Boy Scout Park. There is some discussion
with Trustee Brown and CCRC Manager Brent Shank about the option of a
fabricated skid dock based on DNR plans. Decision made to repair and install
existing dock and investigate options for later replacement. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">12:00</a> Treasurer’s
report. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">13:28</a> Supervisor MaryAnne Gale asks if there is an expense report.
Clerk Rachel Osborn says no. Mike English gives Topinabee Fire department
report at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">13:35</a>. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">15:03</a>, Supervisor
MaryAnne Gale just “wants to make a comment” that there has not been a report
from the East Mullett Fire Department. She states she and Trustee Dombroski had
discussed having one administrator for both departments. That sounds like a
loosely veiled threat. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">15:28</a>, Mullett Township Civil Counsel starts
discussion on township hall lease agreements. The draft agreements will be
emailed to the Mullett Board later in the week. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">23:58</a>, Mullett Township
Civil Counsel educates the Mullett Board on the new FOIA laws that take effect
July 1, 2015. He discusses the MTA based FOIA policy and procedures and the
summary which are about almost the same length. Maximum of 10 cents per page
for print. Requests can be requested on electronic media. A uniform billing
process and charges for everyone. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">36:15</a>, Mullett Township Civil Counsel
advises that FOIA Coordinator is not a statutory duty. Supervisor Gale mentions
at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">37:30</a> that Clerk Osborn received additional compensation for FOIA
Coordinator duties. Supervisor MaryAnne Gale asks about how labor charges can
be defined. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">44:48</a> Trustee Brown asks about the timeline for implementation
of the new FOIA policy. Mullett Township Civil Counsel is booked for next Board
meeting. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLt2XdmqIo" target="_blank">46:43</a>, discussion starts on new streetlight district…..continues... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Board discussion continues on light district. Mullett
Township Civil Counsel plays devil’s advocate at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">1:36</a> with an option, adopt
the ordinance before the existing district runs out of money. Discussion ensues
and the board will vote on a new district at next meeting. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">14:30</a>, Supervisor
MaryAnne Gale asks about how people can opt out of the lighting district. Is
there any benefit to your property value? At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">17:00</a> the question of an ordinance
for dog fencing is asked by Supervisor MaryAnne Gale. Jim Haslock asks the
Mullett Board to OK lot splits at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">19:13</a>. At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">21:00</a>, Trustee Dombroski asks are
you combining these with platted lots? Haslock has problems hearing the
question. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">21:33</a>, Haslock admits there were 2 parcels that P & Z denied
permission to build pole barns. Haslock says his intent is residential homes. At
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Avc2DpcBcU" target="_blank">34:20</a> the Board does some needed work and approves soliciting bids for
Township/Fire Hall roof replacement, as two separate bids, and the Library roof
and gutters. Pay the bills with one held because Clerk Rachel Osborn allowed a
contractor to work without proof of
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As often as not, the conversations before and after a meeting are more interesting than the meeting. Tom and Mary O'Hare were defending their improvements to Topinabee as a community driven initiative. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This plan says only Tom O'Hare-Prime Development and despite Mary O'Hare stating they do not always get what they want, the design still seems to be going to plan and Mullett Township residents and stakeholders continue to be excluded from comment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The O'Hare's defended themselves as tree-savers and determined to save as many of the remaining trees as possible. Tom O'Hare then said the number of trees lost was fabricated. Here are the facts based on his favorite engineering firm, the one that Tom says "works for the come", Wade-Trim. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tree inventory based on topo
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Park 2013.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">60" Oak May 2014 where more pavement is planned</span></span></td></tr>
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<br />carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-43652316709377973572015-05-07T09:08:00.000-07:002015-05-07T20:14:56.797-07:00Supervisor MaryAnne Gale sez TALK to the Hand<div dir="ltr" id="yiv3291465873yui_3_16_0_1_1430921114205_4300">
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This
is an open letter. I wanted to publicly address some issues while
Supervisor MaryAnne Gale is unable to exercise her "talk to the hand"
maneuver and "I'm going to stop you right there" as she did during the
last public meeting comment period. The Mullett Board under Ms Gale's
leadership has reached new lows serving as an example of a
dysfunctional government unit with a single agenda: implement Tom
O'Hare's master planned "streetscape". If the definition of government
is a group of people that governs a community, then the Topinabee
Development Association is the governing body in Mullett Township. The
TDA controls some board members and the others follow or capitulate. It
doesn't matter if this is done to avoid breaking rank or out of fear of
possible retaliation in their private or professional lives. I know
well the actions of those anonymous supporters of the TDA who seem
always armed for personal attacks. They hide behind anonymous bloggers
on the web and unsigned letters shoved under doors. Welcome to Topinabee
"A small community with a big heart".</div>
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The
end result of this Board serving one master is the needs and issues
important to the rest of the community are ignored. The lack of
attendance by east Mullett taxpayers at last months east Mullett meeting
was proof of that. The first east Mullett meeting was packed.
Supervisor Gale did nothing. She took comments under "advisement". In
fact, she did nothing and also told attendees they were out of order and
"shushed" them like children. They left and never came back. </div>
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I
would like nothing better than to wash my hands of Mullett Township as
my patience has also been exhausted. I was fortunate of an opportunity
and means to invest in Indian River, but I am unfortunately still a
Mullett Township taxpayer. The Mullett Board deserves only the same
disrespect they show their constituents. Ms Gale continues her pattern
of favoring any TDA crony or friend's request and publicly attacking
anyone who has an opposing view. She continues to publicly insinuate
that issues are fabricated, perhaps staged, and there is just the one
lone complainer. Meanwhile, in the opinion of many, the heart and soul
of the community, the Topinabee Beach Park was forever destroyed with
the loss of almost every tree and the virtual closing of the winter
access enjoyed by generations of users. It will now always be locally
referred to as the TDA park. Now, the MNRTF and Mullett taxpayers are
again being tapped with a fraudulently presented "need" for more parking
hiding a storm sewer that will serve the TDA "streetscape".</div>
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Personally,
other communities over the past 4 decades have always welcomed my
business investments, however modest. I recorded over 40 real estate
transactions; deeds and sales agreements; buying, improving, and selling
properties in Pinal County, AZ alone in less than a dozen years. I
invested in real estate in Mullett Township to again improve property,
build, and sell homes. I envisioned a slower pace of selling here but
could not in my wildest dream imagine what now serves as local
government in Mullett Township. Behind closed doors deceit and hidden
agendas piled upon incompetence. Supervisor Gale cannot maintain
consistency of action or policy from the beginning to the end of a
single meeting. From the simplest task; rental of a township garbage
container, to the inability to maintain public grounds, a failure to
retain employees, to publicly admonishing and attacking fellow Board
members, to the inability to reach a compromise to enact a blight
ordinance; failure piled upon failure. Supervisor Gale's way or the
highway with her repeated refusal to compromise. The Boy Scout restrooms
design was the perfect example of this obstinate behavior in the public
view. </div>
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Instead of the respect that every citizen should enjoy, I am treated
like scum by some Mullett Township elected officials and an association
of lakeshore property owners who rightfully feel they control the
community. I have been harassed with a bogus criminal trespass charge
for legally accessing the Sutherland road-end for a swim. The Mullett
Board openly encouraged that behavior by looking the other way while all
evidence of the public access has been removed by adjacent property
owners and an attempt was then made to quit-claim public property to
private lakeshore owners. I was the victim of a falsely filed felony
stalking and harassment charge made by Mullett Clerk Rachel Osborn for
asking a question in the Post Office lobby. For employment, I have
previously passed criminal and financial background checks from local,
state, and federal enforcement agencies, but I now have two bogus
criminal charges on-record in Cheboygan County courtesy of Mullet
Township. </div>
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I
am sure Mary Anne wishes I was a problem that could be quieted with the
simple threat of firing. Unlike employees, some on the Mullett Board,
and too many in Topinabee, I am not intimidated by people who feel they
are superior and wield power. The big fish in Mullett Township are very
small fry in the outside world. </div>
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<li id="yiv3291465873yui_3_16_0_1_1430925186472_3775">I
haven't seen publication of the synopsis of the April 7, 2015 Board
Meeting minutes. The April 6th Election Commission minutes were
published in the April 16, 2015 Resorter. The Board still has a public
policy of publishing a synopsis of Board meetings. Were the minutes
published?</li>
<li id="yiv3291465873yui_3_16_0_1_1430925186472_3775">The March 3, 2015 minutes state: Motion to table the new Street Light District Resolution until such time
as the Mullett Township Board of Trustees needs funds to pay the street
light bill, offered by Kathy Flory and seconded by Dennis Dombroski,
motion passed. That is not factual. The "Street Light District" was tabled. Please listen to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLrctkunbc" target="_blank">audio clip</a>.</li>
<li id="yiv3291465873yui_3_16_0_1_1430925186472_3775">After
listening to the majority of the attendees at the Street Light District
hearing voice opposition to changing or adding more lights, the Board
was still going to proceed until it was clarified that the existing fund
surplus could not be used to buy new lights. The Board then tabled the
new district and stated there would be no change until the present
funding was exhausted. No lights added or removed. Clerk Osborn and
Supervisor Gale continued to answer to a Mr Bud Garlick, TDA Board
member, who had called from Florida to ask if his new streetlight was
installed. Now, Clerk Osborn is requesting the Board enact a resolution
that will empower her to change the existing contract with Consumers
Energy. This would give her sole authority to add lights wherever she
wants. I encourage the board to not give Clerk Osborn this authority.
</li>
<li id="yiv3291465873yui_3_16_0_1_1430925186472_3775">Mullett
Clerk Osborn's proposed minutes for April 7, 2014 Board Meeting posted
on-line make no mention of her attempt to get that resolution empowering
her approved. Clerk Osborn is becoming well-known for her public
exaggerations and out-right lies uttered in support of her and the TDA's
agenda. As a Mullett Board member, representing Mullett Township, or
was it the TDA, she stood in front the Cheboygan County Commissioners
and stated the Topinabee Beach Park usage had almost doubled since it
was renovated (no facts or study to prove this) and that the beach
offered the only ADA access within 90 miles. Devoe Beach and Camp
Petosega both utilize the same ADA walks as Topinabee. I suggest the
Mullett Board rein in this fabrication and exaggeration as you attempt
to gain out-side support for the TDA agenda. We all know Clerk Osborn
has a well documented history of "forgetting" to do what she doesn't
want to do. </li>
<li id="yiv3291465873yui_3_16_0_1_1430925186472_3775">Trustee
John Brown requested the Tax Review Board minutes be posted on-line. A
tab was labeled as such, but like much information on the Mullett
Township website, nothing was published there and now the tab has also
disappeared. </li>
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There
are some citizen petitions presently in circulation in Mullett
Township. Past petitions presented to the Mullett Board, notably a 200+
name petition asking to preserve the TAC swings at the beach and 20+
Topinabee residents requesting zoning restrictions on pole barns to
protect residential neighborhood property values were ignored. I hope
that the Mullett Board will revisit the resolution enacted that
apparently empowered the TDA to represent all Mullett taxpayers. There
was no petition presented in support of that resolution, just Tom and
Mary O'Hare saying they represent us all. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What did those east side Mullett Township residents
who boycotted the April 7, 2015 Mullett Township Board held at the East Mullett
Fire Hall miss? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The road show version of the Topinabee Development Association,
AKA the O’Hares, David Ogg, and the O’Hare relatives’ the Zaineas. Time stamps, <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">00:24</a>, will re-direct you to the archived audio recording on youtube. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Public comment begins at <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">00:24</a> with a letter read by Francine
Zainea. Erv Crawford continues comment at <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">3:05</a>. At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">8:30</a> Supervisor Gale takes
Mr Crawford’s comments under advisement. Moses Zainea has his comments including
the need for more lights for safety heard at <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">10:05</a>. At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">11:18</a> MaryAnne opens the
floor to <i>Tom</i>, Tom O’Hare, who then admonishes
the reporter to get the facts straight and calls comments made about the
streetscape “preposterous”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">16:00</a>, with a “mm’mm” from Supervisor MaryAnne
Gale, an unidentified speaker attempts to make a public comment. At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">17:25</a>, with
a “STOP” from Supervisor MaryAnne Gale, this public comment is interrupted and
stopped. Less than 1 minute and 30 seconds allowed if you disagree with the TDA
"streetscape" plans. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Supervisor MaryAnne Gale says “I’m going to interrupt you” because
she wants to defend and support Tom O’Hare and his in-laws, the Zaineas. “They’ve
had family in this area for over 100 years”. At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">18:10</a>, other attendees
are allowed to interject their comments. That's OK if you are a TDA supporter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">20:10</a>, the Mullett Board is advised
the present maintenance work, servicing restrooms, etc is costing an estimated
$60 an hour as done by a private contractor. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">20:58</a>, an indignant Topinabee Development Association
President Mary O’Hare asks the infamous “Just curious, if Mr Muscott and Mr
Crawford are residents of Mullett Township”? She knows the answer. Why sound ignorant by asking. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After the two individuals reply, a little voice from a little man in the back
says “Why don’t you stay out”. At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">21:43</a>
the message from the TDA road show continues. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
genealogy would make us all more comfortable with these statements by
TDA members meant to gain ownership of local issues with numbers like
100 years and six generations in Topinabee loosely bandied around. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Personally, I don't think that your "roots" in a community, however deep, mean much. I'll recognize, protect, and nourish a young sapling before I worry about a dead tree that has deep roots. If Tom O'Hare's family has been involved in Topinabee for 100 years and six generations, they have certainly failed in their responsibilities to keep the village growing and vital. Did Tom and Mary belong to the Topinabee Athletic Club? Did they help out at the Big Chill? Did they put in or take out the public docks or help install the TAC swings. They did none of that and instead have worked to destroy all that made Topinabee a vital community. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did they ever do anything other than tear down a historic cottage to build a McMansion and then with an ego that apparently has no boundary, hire a design firm to design the "Proposed Village Enhancement Master Plan" AKA "Topinabee Village". </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over 100 years of family history in Cheboygan County? Sorry, that is the Muscott genealogy, and it goes deeper than 100 years. </span></span></div>
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Index of Marriages in
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Volume II, 1887 - 1925<br />
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<span class="gstxthlt">H. </span>H. <span class="gstxthlt">Allen, agent Topinabee,
is back, feeling much better after his vacation, relieved </span>by Bro. <span class="gstxthlt">Muscott. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I'll leave Tom O'Hare to publicly prove his statement: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"100 years and six generations</span></span> in Topinabee". Annotate your statements with some verifiable sources. While we all wait for that, back to more Mullett Township monkey business...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clerk Rachel Osborn begins reading public letters at <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">22:22</a>. If you’re paying taxes on the east side, you can skip this as
it is all about Topinabee. NEMCOG with no skin in the game endorses the TDA streetscape plan. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">23:57</a> a letter from Keith Hadden, owner of the Topinabee Hardware is
read that is critical of the entire “streetscape plan”. He does not want his or
his wife’s name used or associated with the plan. At <a href="https://youtu.be/oWHQsan27ic" target="_blank">25:20</a>, a letter from Jill
Lutz critical of the plans is read. Additional letters parroting Tom O’Hare and
the TDA dogma are publicly read…watch for Part 2 coming soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part 2 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At <a href="https://youtu.be/zhKXtTh394Y" target="_blank">8:14</a>, Supervisor MaryAnne Gale begins a marathon
discussion of another un-needed policy-a rental agreement for the East Mullett
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part 3</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The discussion of another of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Supervisor MaryAnne Gale un-needed and ignored after approved policies,
a rental agreement policy for the East Mullett Fire Hall continues for another 10
minutes, well, actually 9 minutes and 55 seconds. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At <a href="https://youtu.be/sTNaCYDE8AE" target="_blank">9:57</a> Supervisor MaryAnne
Gale starts the “approval” to install a streetlight for the newest TDA Board
member, Bud Garlick of 558 Giauque Beach, Topinabee and 827 Wexford Blvd,
Venice, Florida. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How does that work, Clerk Rachel Osborn? The Mullett Board “freezes”,
places a moratorium on the existing illegal “light district” agreeing to not add/remove
or change anything until the existing surplus in the light fund is exhausted
<i>unless a TDA member wants a new light paid for by all</i>? It was all out of order
and while some individuals like that little voice from the back of the room can
comment freely, others can’t. Sorry, my bad, there are again different rules
for TDA members. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, it must go something like this: Bud calls from Florida 941-496-8370;
Rachel probably knows the number by heart. Hi Bud,… oh, you want a new
streetlight? Yes, I can do that. Do you need anything else? OK, let me get that
done for you. Let me have your email address just in case we need something in writing
to prove you belong to the TDA. <a href="mailto:Sbgar21@gmail.com">Sbgar21@gmail.com</a>?
OK, consider it done and you know we are always here to serve the TDA. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That scenario is all conjecture, except for the addresses,
email, and phone number. It must be pretty accurate though because Clerk Osborn
stated previously that “Mr Garlick called from Florida and wanted to know if
his light was installed yet?”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are at least four issues here. Number one-The Board
agreed to not add or remove any lights at this time. Number two-The requested location
to install a light is a private road. Number three-Is Bud Garlick entitled to demand
a streetlight be installed just because he is a TDA member. Number four-The resolution
that Clerk Osborn attempted to get approved would give her the authority to “change”
the existing contract with Consumers Energy without any limits. </span></span></div>
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That “change” is not limited to one light. She would be able
to add or remove lights on her whim. Tom and Mary O’Hare need one. Done. O’Hare
in-laws Moe and Francine Zainea want a few more for “safety”. Done and done. The
TDA wants to start adding more lights for the TDA Streetscape. Done, done, done
until the needed “Streetscape” lights are all installed. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">The submission of the TDA parking lot/storm
sewer plan to the Cheboygan County Capital Improvement Project list and raises
for the election officers begins at <a href="https://youtu.be/sTNaCYDE8AE" target="_blank">16:00</a>. Board comments start at <a href="https://youtu.be/sTNaCYDE8AE" target="_blank">19:45</a>. Trustee
Brown asks that the Board of Review minutes be placed on the Mullett Township
blog. Supervisor MaryAnne Gale says I’ll do that. The “tab” is there now; where
is the information?? Are we still waiting on Paul Chapoton to update the blog? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">There
is then some discussion on Devereaux Lake road. There is no motion or resolution
to do anything and the few minutes spent on road issues demonstrates that Supervisor MaryAnne
Gale and Mullett Clerk Osborn place a much higher priority on implementing a
$10 East Mullett Fire Hall rental fee or getting TDA Board Member Bud Garlick’s
yard-light installed. </span></span></div>
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carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-5698918357113380552015-04-19T21:30:00.000-07:002015-04-19T21:30:33.407-07:00Mary O'Hare-Still Curious After All These Years<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Topinabee Development Association</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> President Mary O'Hare is "just curious". </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the "public comments" at the April 7, 2015 Mullett Township Board Meeting, TDA President Mary O'Hare can no longer control her curiosity or her animosity and asks: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are Mr Muscott and Mr Crawford "residents" of Mullett Township? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was she really that ignorant of the residency of those two people? No.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She was just indignant that anyone would dare publicly question, oppose, or criticize those other meeting attendees who waxed poetic about the "efforts" of volunteers, AKA the TDA. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How dare anyone contradict the letter read by her sister, Francine Zaniea?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How dare anyone contradict the speech by her husband, Tom O'Hare?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How dare anyone comment on her brother-in-law's statement that they were new to the area? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How dare Mary O'Hare abuse the public comment period of a public hearing to ask? </span></span><br />
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carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-25831344580356877692015-04-17T07:26:00.001-07:002015-04-17T07:42:02.883-07:00Mullett Township Clerk-Look, But Don't Touch!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How did Mullett Township's Topinabee Lakeside Beach Park project completed in 2013 include 290 feet of 18" storm sewer sized to serve the proposed TDA sponsored "Streetscape" curb and gutter?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a 10 day delay, Mullett Township Clerk Rachel Osborn reluctantly unrolled the Fleis & Vandenbrink plans for "viewing". Click on this link to hear the conversation as a request is made to photocopy one (1) double-sided page...</span></span><br />
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carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-5327580415441970552015-03-31T11:57:00.000-07:002015-04-08T19:48:08.759-07:00Tom Sez Improvements Will Improve Topinabee<span class="abody"><b>As printed in the Cheboygan Tribune March 19, 2015</b></span><span class="maintitle"><b><br /></b></span><span class="maintitle"><b> Topinabee development supported</b></span><span class="abody"> </span><br />
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Regarding the recent article “Township seeks support from county,” on
the Mullett Township grant, it should be noted that TDA (Topinabee
Development Authority) meetings have large crowds in attendance usually
filling the town hall. </span><br />
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<span class="abody"><br /> They voice strong support for plans to
improve the community, insuring it doesn’t deteriorate like many other
Northern Michigan communities.</span><br />
<span class="abody"><br /> The TDA has approximately 100
dues-paying members. Since a “member” usually consists of a household,
it means actual membership count is probably double that.</span><br />
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streetscape initiative commencing in 2008, funded by numerous donors,
was the result of interested members of the community coming together
to develop a plan to work in concert with Mullett Township to attempt
to arrest the decline of Topinabee businesses.<br /><br /> While the plans may not be perfect, no one else has bothered to develop plans of their own for the central business district.</span><br />
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<span class="abody">What critics like to do is sit back, criticize and question the effort
made by others. But in terms of one project, if summertime crowd size
is any indication, the new beach park in Topinabee is an outstanding
success.</span><br />
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<span class="abody"> The following organizations/individuals have submitted letters
of support for the Beach Park Improvement Grant: <i> Congressman Dan
Benishek, Inverness Township, Cheboygan Area Schools, Burt Township,
Tuscarora Township</i>, Indian River Sports Center, Carl Parvanoff, Travis
Conners, <i>Representative Peter Pettalia, Paralyzed Veterans of America,
State Senator Wayne Schmidt, Northern Lakes Economic Alliance</i>, Lake
Shore Beach Association, <i>Indian River Kiwanis Club</i>, The Friends of
Topinabee Library, <i>Indian River Chamber of Commerce</i>, Mullett Lake Area
Preservation Society, <i>Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle Educational Service
District</i>, TDA, Giaque Beach Association, <i>Inland Lakes Schools,
Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce, Top of Michigan Trails Council,
Northern Michigan Council of Governments</i>, Chris and Boots Wright, <i>Burt
Lake Trail </i>and of course, grant sponsor, Mullett Township.<br /><br /> That’s a pretty good showing for a community the size of Topinabee!</span><span class="abody"> </span><br />
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carlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-68710567386799883952015-03-25T08:18:00.000-07:002015-03-25T09:07:19.806-07:00TDA PLANS FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: large;"><b>Topinabee invites you to join us along the shores of Mullett Lake in norther</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><b>n Michigan where the good life is always in season.</b></span></span><i style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></i><br />
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<i style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: medium;"><b>We enjoy a wonderful small town atmosphere with shops, re</b></i><i style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: medium;"><b>staurants,
and a local market and deli. But it’s the awesome natural beauty all
around that is the real reason we live here in our part of the Great Up
North. Come and visit us in Topinabee and you and your family will see
what we mean!</b></i><br />
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Township is submitting an application for a MNRTF Grant to make
additional improvements to the park area to include additional defined
parking around the area of the restrooms and at the north end of the
pavilion. It will include a rain garden and drainage to better handle
storm water runoff. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;"><b>A pathway will connect the pavilion and parking
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;"><b>A retaining wall will be built along the highway in the
parking area adjacent to the existing restrooms and the kayak rack will
be installed down by the lake so people have a place to put their
kayaks. </b></span><br />
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parking around the area of the restrooms and at the north end of the
pavilion being put to use.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b><i style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><b>Remember-the TDA Says: "it’s the awesome natural beauty all
around that is the real reason we live here in our part of the Great Up
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Tom (FOIA that) O'Hare thinks its all a big secret. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> Sorry Tom, your secret is out.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Mullett Township Board authorized a payment of $33,600 to Wade-Trim last year for preliminary design work on this year's version of Tom O'Hare's TDA/Topinbee Village Streetscape and a grant submission to MDOT for a Transportation Alternatives Program Grant (TAP).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please don't confuse this "streetscape" with 2010's Tiger II Grant "Green Corridor" "streetscape" application seeking $2.8 million dollars. Don't confuse it with 2011's downsized $1.2 million dollar Tiger III Grant "streetscape" application. Please don't confuse these applications with any of the numerous other grant applications, one actually submitted by the TDA without the Mullett Board's vote, by Tom O'Hare and his flunkies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How much did the 2010 </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tiger II Grant "Green Corridor" "streetscape"plan and grant application cost? Ask Tom O'Hare.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How much did the 2011 </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tiger III Grant "streetscape"plan and grant application cost? Ask Tom O'Hare.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What did Tom O'Hare get this year for your $33,600 in tax dollars paid to Wade-Trim? Not this application to the MNRTF for "various recreational improvements". That cost you another $2,500. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On December 17, 2014, a FOIA request was made to Mullett Township Clerk Rachel Osborn. The request was for the notes, meeting minutes, and some emails between "streetscape" committee members. The request also asked for the Topinabee Streetscape plans and the plans for the Topinabee Beach Park parking lot expansion to be furnished as PDF documents. An earlier FOIA'ed email from Wade-Trim clearly indicated that plans had been sent as PDF attachments to an email.</span></span><br />
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<i><span id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_10479" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1424457521396_6377" style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;">Referring to my December 17, 2015 FOIA request, my request for "streetscape" design plans was made as simple as possible:</span><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1424457521396_6377" style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_11662"><b id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_11760">A PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or other electronic form that is scalable and
reproducible with readily available consumer software is preferred</b>.</span><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_10491"> Clerk</span><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_10484"> Osborn's statement at Tuesday night's meeting that I requested large </span><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_10588">design plans was false. </span></span></span></i></div>
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<i><b><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_10448" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1424457521396_6377" style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;">5.Please provide a copy of the latest "streetscape"
design plans including the "parking plan" proposed as part of a MNRTF
Grant Application in the November 13, 2014 "Summary of issues resolved
to-date" <span class="yiv4152172021" id="yiv4152172021yui_3_16_0_1_1425560407424_11660">A PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or other electronic form that is scalable and
reproducible with readily available consumer software is preferred. </span>Paul
Repasky of Wade-Trim is welcome to directly forward this by email attachment
to:</span></span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is Mullett Clerk Rachel Osborn actually so technologically challenged that she cannot forward an email? Can we believe Rachel Osborn's LinkedIn Profile or is it as fabricated as the TDA Beach Park parking lot MNRTF Grant Application?</span></span><br />
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Clerk at Mullett Township</div>
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Clerk</h4>
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</header><span class="experience-date-locale"><time>May 1985</time> – <time>March 1997</time> (11 years 11 months)</span>Sales
Engineer selling real time manufacturing control systems (computer
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mullett Township </span></span>Clerk Rachel Osborn, skilled in all these disciplines, was apparently unable to push that little arrow icon and forward an email message until now. After paying $63.25 by the always required USPS Money Order and eventually receiving the 24" x 36" design prints, the most interesting thing was what was missing: the TDA parking lot plan. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An indignant email...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span id="yiv4876727588yui_3_16_0_1_1426136950475_8326">At
the March 3, 2015 Board Meeting, Mr Rapasky stated that MDOT had
"looked at the over-all plan that included all this", referring to the
parking lot, but "are not signing off on anything outside of their
right-of-way". </span>Clerk Osborn asked "did we mention this storm
water that will be in part of this parking lot that will eventually be
tied into the streetscape?". Clerk Osborn's states that the "storm water
is a large part of the cost of the parking lot"..."it's a big item" and
Mr Rapasky verbally concurs "it's a large part of the cost". Mullett
Township Supervisor Gale then asks of Mr Rapasky, "will the trust fund
(MNRTF) pay for a storm sewer?". Mr Rapasky replies "we're applying for
it ..(mumbles)(unintelligible)" . </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...sent to Clerk Osborn and CC'd to everyone from her fellow Mullett Board members to DNR Director Keith Creagh asking about the missing parking lot plans received a response. </span></span><br />
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<i></i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An email forwarded by Osborn; she mastered forwarding an email; from Wade-Trim's Paul Repasky with the "storm sewer" plans attached as a PDF. </span></span><br />
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<i><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426297861441_16990" style="font-size: 11pt;">Attached
please find a pdf copy of the storm sewer design working drawings. I
did not intend to mislead or not include these drawing. I have never
included them with the “streetscape drawings” due to their
incompleteness.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's a miracle. A 24" x 36" print sent as a PDF. What will they think of next? What does this "storm sewer" plan actually show?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It shows storm water drains along M-27, red arrows, connected with storm sewer lines, red lines, strung along M-27 from just across from the fire hall to just north of the pavilion. The red collector line is routed right through the last groves of trees near the pavilion. That only means more trees lost. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The big secret? The entire Topinabee Beach Park "recreational improvements" project being fraudulently foisted on the MNRTF is really the MDOT storm sewer hidden under some more asphalt paving. All those red-marked storm sewer lines hidden under the new pavement. A MDOT TAP Grant will not pay for this and the MNRTF should also not be paying for this with funds that are supposedly earmarked for recreational use. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It will result in a net loss of grass and more trees removed or killed and additional polluted highway run-off directed straight into Mullett Lake. Remember this promise. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Months of effort by a "Committee", more than $36,000 spent on design and grant writing, and the design remains essentially the same. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant Application 2015</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">February 20, 2015<br />Scope Item Quantity<br />Total Estimated<br />Cost Notes:<br />A Paved Parking Lot (9 Spaces) 7,024 sq. ft. $143,900 Includes stormwater<br />B Paved Parking Lot (6 spaces) 3,029 sq. ft. $21,179<br />C Rain garden 1,150 sq. ft. $10,000 Plantings, soil mix, retaining wall, storm sewer<br />D Sidewalk connecting from parking lot to pavilion and trail 335 sq. ft. $3,350<br />E Kayak/canoe storage rack 1 $1,500 Custom built, wooden<br />F Signage 2 $2,000 Interpretive/informational signage, recycled plastic<br />G Landscaping 1 $5,000 Utilize native plantings<br />Permit Fees: $650 DEQ Permit; County Soil Erosion & SC<br />MNRTF Sign: $100<br />Subtotal: $187,679<br />Engineering (These fees may not exceed 15% of subtotal): $28,152<br />Total Estimated Cost: $215,831</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">August 5, 2013-Motion to accept the proposal offered by Wade Trim for the Topinabee
"Village Center" Street Scape Plan for the Conceptual Plan and design
elements, preliminary Engineering and Landscape Architecture, Storm
Sewer Design, Itemized Cost Estimating, Project meeting, MDOT TAP Grant
Application for a total cost of $33,600. offered by Dennis Dombroski and
seconded by Kathy Flory, motion passed.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">September 2, 2014-On a motion by Dennis Dombroski to have a grant writer for Wade Trim to
pursue a grant from Michigan Department of Recreation Trust Fund at a
cost of $2500.00 for the parking lot which serves the library and the
beach area. Seconded by Rachel Osborn, motion passed with two opposing
votes: Kathy Flory and John Brown.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on
the internet, radio, television, or anywhere else; Federal law says that ad
must be truthful and not misleading. The Federal Trade Commission enforces
truth-in-advertising laws, and it applies the same standards no matter where an
ad appears. The FTC looks especially closely at advertising claims that can
affect consumers’ health or their pocketbooks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, our local governments do not answer to truth
in advertising laws when posting Public Notices. Mullet Township has posted notice
of a Public Meeting on Tuesday, “March 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., at the
Mullett Township Hall located at 1491 North. Straits Highway, Topinabee, to
take comments regarding the submittal of a Michigan Natural Resources Trust
Fund Grant Application. “The project will consist of various recreational
improvements at Topinabee Beach Park including parking and signage”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">These “various recreational
improvements at Topinabee Beach Park including parking and signage” are
actually a proposed two blocks long; off street; paved parking lot. The proposed
parking lot has always been an integral part of the TDA “streetscape”. Federal
TIGER Grants have dried up and a parking lot cannot be funded via an MDOT-TAP
Grant. It has now become “various
recreational improvements” in an attempt to mislead both Mullett residents and
the MNRTF Grant Board. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tom O’Hare of the Topinabee Development Association in his “Streetscape
facts of note!!” says that if a comparison is made between the present
undefined parking spaces in Topinabee and his finished “streetscape” there is a
“net gain” “of only about 6-7 new spaces”. A project that has been rehashed and
re-hatched year after year, at costs ranging from $1.2 to as much as $2.4
million dollars adds space for only 6 or 7 more vehicles? All of the asphalt
pavement, concrete surfaces, decorative elements, railings, retaining walls and
the inevitable environmental impact of increased run-off directly into Mullett
Lake from these impermeable surfaces to only gain “about 6-7 new spaces”? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again quoting that written statement from Tom O’Hare; “There is an
assertion in some recent letters and comments in the community that many trees
will be cut down when the streetscape plan is done. The truth is that, based on
Plan A (which does not relate to Block 5) there will be one tree (which is half
dead) across from the Market that will have to come down and one or two others
across from the foot of Portage Street that might also be impacted. In reviewing
the plan however, those two trees can probably be “worked around” if they are
worth saving and might not even be in the way.” O’Hare adds “13 new trees<b> </b>are included in the plan<b>”</b> and “The “net” outcome is an addition
of trees in the community!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In truth, before all the Topinabee Beach Park “improvements” began, a
Detroit based engineering firm, Wade-Trim, did a topographical survey and tree
inventory of that two block area including the beach park. Since that tree inventory was done, three 18”
maples, three 24” oak, two 27” oak, three 36” oak, two 42” oak, one 24” red
pine, one 40” willow, and one 33” oak have been removed in the name of progress.
The one majestic 60” oak tree, that allegedly “half dead tree”, has already
been cut down in anticipation of the parking lot. Seventeen mature trees cut
down in the name of “improvements” that has impacted forever the environment
and character of Topinabee and the TDA wants to slash more. Those two “work
around” trees are the only remaining publicly owned trees south of the
Topinabee Library. Adding “13 new trees”, spindly little four or five inch saplings,
is not a viable trade-off for this destruction of the environment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where is the Federal Trade Commission when we really need protection of
our health and pocketbooks? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your comments can be made at the March 3, 2015 Public Hearing, 7 PM at
the Mullett Township Hall. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mullett Township taxpayers may request a Free </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">map of the proposed Light District</span></span>, please specify JPEG or PDF. </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is the Mullett Board afraid of? The Truth?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The link provided here directs you to a page on this site with the 2015 Light District Assessment Rolls. The rolls were originally published on the "official" Mullett Township website (blog). Now that site only has this:</b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UPDATE: PM February 8th, 2015-The </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"official" Mullett Township website (blog) now has a link to a list of names. All valuations of parcels and any reference to mills has been removed. Was there too much truth?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To see your proposed costs, now apparently estimated at .34 mills, and the accuracy of your parcel records, click on this link to view the Mullett Board's bright idea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A large number of concerned citizens, Mullett Township residents and taxpayers, attended the February 3, 2015 Hearing with a scheduled 15 minutes to voice their comments to the Mullett Township Board concerning the formation of a Special Assessment Lighting District. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Board again ignored "best practices", provided no valid reason justifying a new district, any overview of the perceived benefits, or any proof of demand from the public that justified the Board initiative to form the district.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead, Supervisor MaryAnne Gale stated that the assessor, legal counsel, and the Board were there to answer any questions. What a legislative tool the Mullett Board has now adopted. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Board says they are going to do something and you are free to ask questions to try and determine what they plan to do. If You Ask No Questions-They'll Tell You No Lies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The lies will be discovered later. Meanwhile, you may now view the documents that allegedly allowed the Mullett Board to charge you taxes for lights for the last 65 years. The law that covered Special Assessment Districts then was Public Act 246 of 1931. A law that was enacted 18 years before the "Historic" Lighting District was formed was apparently ignored. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The notation MaryAnne in the upper left corner of the first document is there because Mullett Clerk Osborn provided these copies to Supervisor MaryAnne Gale. As of February 3, 2015, the January 22, 2015 FOIA request for these documents from Mullett Clerk Rachel Osborn was unfulfilled. Supervisor Gale provided the copies of a public document that you are now free to read. Miraculously, less than 24 hours after they were finally provided, they are posted here for the world to see. One less secret in Mullett Township goverment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first document, an excerpt from an unknown original dated February 3, 1949 says, "leave the lights on as-is until the hearing date". Clearly, street lights were installed and operating without benefit of any public hearing and the establishment of a special assessment district. The second "excerpt" allegedly sets a hearing date of February 15, 1949. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was the "light district" ever legal? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most likely not. If it was, would there be any real reason to form a "new" light district?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is this why Mullett Township Clerk Rachel Osborn did not want to make these documents public? Are these 3 pages the sum total of Clerk Osborn's extensive research into the historic "lighting district"? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We still have more questions than answers?? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The majority of the public attending the February 3, 2015 hearing opposed the lighting district for a variety of reasons. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some wanted dark skies, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">some wanted lights that caused less light pollution, </span></span>some wanted fewer lights, some wanted no lights. Some questioned the expense and why the proposed district was growing larger. Some questioned the obvious attempt to move from an assessment charge based on value to a fixed charge of "approximately $15 per parcel".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not a single person stood and publicly endorsed the district as presented. Did this influence the Mullett Board?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No. They think they are smarter than all the people in attendance. The Board initiative to establish a Special Assessment Light District forges ahead. </span></span><br />
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mills, by definition an ad valorem tax based on property value, is a
fixed assessment? I cannot believe that Clerk Osborn is that stupid. The
Resolution approving a hearing on the new district did not mention
actual cost. The hearing notice mailed out said: "The estimated
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be <b id="yiv1582470953yui_3_16_0_1_1421847669659_13221">approximately</b> $15.00 per parcel". The definition of "approximately" is "<span class="" id="yiv1582470953yui_3_16_0_1_1421847669659_13215">something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact; roughly". Read the documents.</span></span></span><br />
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can only surmise that both Supervisor Gale and Clerk Osborn colluded to
openly enlarge the district with the intention to <span class="">surreptitiously</span> change the method of funding the district. There is no ambiguity in the statement within Mr MacArthur's letter and Clerk Osborn's Notice of Public Hearing. Both state that the assessment for the first year will be approximately $15 and the Board will review and set the amount each year. That cannot be confused with the .4 mill currently paid. </span></span></b><br />
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current "lighting" assessments in Mullett Township at .4 mills, an
ad valorem charge based on value, range from .20 cents to $4.08 per
parcel. None of those amounts are "</span><span class="yiv1582470953" id="yiv1582470953yui_3_16_0_1_1421847669659_40012">approximately</span>
$15.00". To compare with another jurisdiction, my Tuscarora tax bill has
a .16680 millage for township lights. That's "approximately" 40% of the
cost I pay for streetlights in Mullett Township. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: red;">January 20, 2015-Are you still sitting there patiently waiting for the Mullett Board to answer a simple question? No answer from anyone. Supervisor Gale is quiet. Clerk Osborn is quiet. Treasurer Flory is silent. Trustee Dombroski says nothing. Trustee Brown has no answer. SIX days and counting. </span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: red;">The sounds of silence.</span> </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following email was sent to the full Mullett Board on January 15, 2015 asking for some clarification on the proposed Lighting District. I asked a question because it appears I and other Mullett Taxpayers may see a tax increase on "Lighting" on the next winter tax bill. Not 5% or 10%, but what appears to be an 18 fold increase. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What might cause this huge increase? A reduction of 90% in "Lighting" cost for Supervisor MaryAnne Gale and her cronies like Tom O'Hare. Read the email and then pull up a chair and wait here to see if any of the elected Mullett Township Board wants to answer a few simple questions from a taxpayer. One of the taxpayers who pays their salaries. One of the taxpayers they supposedly serve. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A monarchy not answerable to the people. A dictator is not answerable to the people. A tyrant is not answerable to the people. A despot is not answerable to the people. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do those labels describe Supervisor Mary Anne Gale or is she a servant of the public? Yeh, right.</span></span></b></div>
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Mullett Township Board, </div>
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I
am in receipt of a letter dated December 5, 2014 from the MacArthur Law
Firm and an enclosure postmarked January 8, 2015. I am not sure what
out of date address list you are using, but mine was sent to a Topinabee
PO box that has been closed for more than a year. I know the
treasurer's have an up-to-date mailing address. </div>
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The
un-numbered Resolution citing Public Act 246 of 1931 passed by the
Mullett Board on January 6, 2015 states, to paraphrase, the hearing is
to correct and make new boundaries to the existing lighting district and
sets a hearing date to determine costs. It does not contain any
language proposing changing an ad valorem assessment to a fixed
assessment cost. Mr MacArthur's December 5, 2014 letter and your
enclosure giving notification of the hearing make a similar statement
with the addition of "The estimated assessment for the first year will
be approximately $15.00 per parcel". </div>
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I am seeking some
clarification. This is not a FOIA request; it is simply a taxpayer
inquiry of a proposed change impacting Mullett Township property taxes
and hopefully avoiding this "Special Assessment" District from becoming
another fiasco like the Indian River sewer project.</div>
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All
of this process seems to be preordained. Other than the occasional
comment that Ms Osborn was working on a Lighting District, nothing was
publicly discussed or noted. The estimated $15 per parcel cost has
apparently been determined outside of the Board's public decision
process, without any public Board discussion, and a month or more prior
to the Resolution being approved defining a Lighting District. </div>
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More
alarming is the what appears to be the hidden agenda to change from an
ad valorem assessment to a fixed monetary assessment. </div>
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Is
this correct? Are you proposing changing from an ad valorem to a fixed
assessment while hiding that change behind what Clerk Osborn publicly
stated was just paperwork?</div>
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My
current holdings in Mullett Township are 8 vacant development parcels.
There are two parcels with assessed improvements. My current winter tax
bills from Mullett Township show an ad valorem assessment for "lighting"
of .4 mils. This assessed amount varies based on taxable value. The
"lighting" assessments per parcel range from .20 cents to $4.08.
Although I derive absolutely no benefit from any streetlights I do not
have a problem with these modest charges totaling $6.42 that does
provide some benefit to the community. </div>
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Your
estimated "approximately $15.00 per parcel" fixed assessment would
increase my contribution to a service that does not provide any benefit
to me and does not increase my property value in anyway from that modest
$6.42 to 8 parcels x $15, or $120. </div>
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of course understand ad valorem taxes can also seem unfair. This change
from ad valorem to a fixed assessment would, assuming my interpretation
and valuation numbers are correct, reduce Supervisor Gale's "lighting"
cost from $185.84 to $15.00. It would also reduce her crony, Tom
O'Hare's "lighting" cost from $218.92 to $15.00 and on and on for all of
those people living on the lake. The present proposal seems tailored
to benefit only the rich. If the ad valorem taxes are too high for those
lakeshore property owners
they always do have the option to sell their property and buy something
within their budget. </div>
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Meanwhile,
average homeowners, anyone with a taxable value just under $38,000 and
lower, will pick up the slack and see an increase in their "lighting"
cost. Some may see only a 40 or 50% increase. Others, if like me me they
own multiple parcels, may see an 18 fold increase or even more. While
Supervisor Gale and her cronies would enjoy a 90% reduction in cost,
Supervisor Gale's subjects have to pick up that deferred cost. </div>
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am sure their are many viable options. The most obvious, leave it
alone. Other options, if there really is any desire on part of the
public to enlarge the district is to recognize that streetlights have a
benefit to all Mullett residents and there is nothing wrong with
subsidizing some of the cost, a fixed percentage, from the general
revenue fund. A fixed assessment might be perceived as more fair if it
was somehow capped at a percentage of total taxes paid and likewise, an
ad valorem tax for lighting might be perceived as more fair if it was
somehow capped using some agreed upon criteria. </div>
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Most
northern Michigan residents enjoy a dark sky and Ms Osborn's ambitions
to light the length of M-27 because she does not like driving after dark
is a silly, self serving endeavor for an elected official. No taxpayers
have petitioned to enlarge or change this lighting district. It is
entirely Clerk Osborn's initiative. I ask the Mullett Board to remember
that our ad valorem property tax system does have some basis in the fact
that wealthier property owners intrinsically cost more to keep happy.
They are the ones demanding fancy parks, streetscapes. facades, and
other tax funded amenities that the average person does not need or ask
for. Trustee Brown reinforced this "we don't need it" with his answer to
Clerk Osborn's question asking if east Mullett residents want
streetlights? No. </div>
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Carl Muscottcarlmuscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604481381017502596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686149523687759155.post-49645394816758663122015-01-08T21:21:00.002-08:002015-01-09T06:11:22.619-08:00Mullett Clerk Osborn & O'Hare Play Hide & Seek<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Code Talker Tom "Scrat" O'Hare has amply demonstrated his lack of respect for the laws. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After burning through at least $100,000 of taxpayer funds over the last 6 years chasing his "nut", O'Hare gave all the Mullett Township taxpayers the middle-finger salute without raising a digit by making remarks showing his </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">scorn and </span></span></span></span>contempt for Michigan's laws. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Want to see what the Topinabee Streetscape looks like? </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not the $2.8 million dollar "Topinabee Green Corridor" that 130 </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">relatives </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the mindless flock</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> put their <a href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/topinabee-green-corridor-project.html">names</a> on-line for</span></span></span> </span>Tom "Scrat" O'Hare. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not the $1.6 million "Topinabee Streetscape" that was scaled down for "Scrat" O'Hare's next round of fantasy grant chasing.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How much will this year's "Scrat" fantasy cost?? Who knows?? How much has been spent on the design and engineering this time?? Last time?? The time before?? Who counts?? </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Certainly
not Tom "Scrat" O'Hare. It's his nut, but the rank and file
Mullett taxpayers have to lay out tens of thousand of dollars every
year to allow "Scrat" to pursue his fantasy while the work that should be done is ignored. Tom O'Hare does not even know how many grant applications he and his TDA cronies have submitted.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know of at least one grant application seeking more than $1 million dollars that was done without the full Mullett Board's knowledge. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Were there more? </span></span></span></span>How short their memory is. Like the letters that have already gone out this year seeking "support" from outside the township without Board review or knowledge. Tom seeks this outside support because there is no local and vocal support from the rank and file residents to continue to pave over Topinabee.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what do this year's plans look like?? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A December 17th FOIA request to see these plans brought this belated lump of coal. Your taxes and mine paid the cost of design and grant writing, over $40,000 this year alone, but if you want to see any of it, shell out some more money. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is Mullett FOIA Coordinator/Clerk Rachel Osborn's response again showing she is a scoff-law who feels immune to prosecution. Ignoring the fact the documents are most assuredly available in a TIFF or other electronic format; and ignoring the Mullett Township FOIA Policy that states electronic requests should be responded to electronically; she takes 9 or 10 days to provide only an estimated cost sheet by snail-mail when the law requires the documents be provided in 5 days unless an extension is requested and granted. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She charges the hourly rate for redacting information when there is obviously nothing to redact. She fabricates a postage cost out of thin air. After 9 or 10 days, she has only an estimate of the cost. She learned her lesson well kneeling at the feet of Tom O'Hare as a subservient flunky hoping some "Lakeshore Drive/TDA Culture" will trickle down to her by association. Anyone can join the TDA, but only Thomas G O'Hare gets to run it. Clerk Osborn will never go upstairs unless it's to do the needed service work for "Scrat". </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can hardly expect more from elected officials who hide behind a 20 page FOIA Policy hoping no one asks to see what they are doing. If someone does ask and makes a formal written FOIA Policy request within Michigan law, Clerk Osborn then ignores both state law and her own FOIA Policy and does as she pleases. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's the same childish, surly behavior exhibited by her co-conspirator the "code talker". </span></span></span></span>While he purports to be serving the community as a TDA member on the "Streetscape Committee", he instead flouts his holier than thou opinion of himself and saying "you know what" and "you know who" and then says: "Sorry for talking in code like this but not much to FOIA, is there.☺". </span></span></span></span><br />
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your tax dollars again as part of the "streetscape committee". An arrogant "Scrat"
refuses to show the committee work to anyone, including you, the
Mullett Township taxpayers paying for his Topinabee Village fantasy. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't try to touch Thomas G. O'Hare's "nut". </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Scrat" says, "knowing that Paul has also spoken with Mary Anne". "I realize that <i><u>ultimately</u> </i>the Board must vote and approve the "end product" but if there continues to be several <i><u>independent</u> </i>voices<i> </i>giving input to Paul, we may never get to that end product before the money runs out."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Translation: This is "Scrat's" "Topinabee Village" project. "Scrat" paid for his "vision" of the Streetscape design back in 2008. Everyone needs to follow the leader including Supervisor Mary Anne Gale. Independent voices and thinkers are not allowed. Only the one true voice, Thomas G. "Scrat" O'Hare can speak for the "committee". </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Grand Rapid Art Prize installation by mixed media artist Richard Morse is called "</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Stick-to-it-ive-ness: Unwavering pertinacity; perseverance." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We could also label Supervisor MaryAnne Gale's latest snow-fence installation “Stick-to-it-ive-ness". It exhibits her unwavering tenacity and perverse desire to destroy a village to blindly build Tom and Mary O'Hare's dream.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of Tom O'Hare's "Grand Plans" for an aesthetically pleasing Topinabee Village lead to the same place as his now closed "Too Grand" staircase and the annual snow-fence farce. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">O</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">nce upon a time, a frustrated ex-CEO had his peace and quiet disturbed by the DNR's decision to open the North Central Trail to snowmobiles. He had previously been involved in "The Friends of West Mullett Lake Fund", an entity organized in large part to banish snowmobiles from the west side of Mullett Lake. That "Fund" now appears to be defunct. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In February 2005, the battle lines were drawn at a MNRTF meeting.</span></span><br />
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Mr. Larry Lutz, a homeowner on Mullett Lake, made comments regarding the Gaylord to Cheboygan Trail, in particular, the Mullett Lake portion. In the past, he has written letters to former Director Cool, Ms. Koch and the Board expressing his concerns and objections to allowing motorized vehicles of any kind on the Mullett Lake stretch of the trail. In the summer of 2003, he spearheaded a petition drive to support the continuation of the quiet, nonmotorized status along this segment of the trail. To date, 262 property owners have signed the petition voicing their opposition to motorized vehicles and support for the continuation of a quiet trail, as promised in writing by the MNRTF Board and supported in writing by DNR officials'<br />
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Mr. Bob Ulrich, a member of the Inland Lakes Snowmobile Club, reminded the Board that he provided them with a petition last April, with over 4700 signatures, requesting that the Mullett Lake portion of the Gaylord to Cheboygan Trail be open for snowmobiles. Mr. Ulrich advised the Board that the adjacent property owners are using the easement for septic fields. This is State recreational land and is being used for personal gain. He would like to suggest that all septic permits be placed on hold until such time that the railroad grade is opened to snowmobiling. Mr. Ulrich further stated that the decision to not allow snowmobiling has not served the interest of the general public, but only for a privileged few. The Board can reverse the restriction placed on the trail, and are urging that the process begin.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all know the decision was finally made to allow snowmobiles to use the North Central Trail with some sane restrictions in place. But, some people still fought the decision, either by threat of guns, like David Ogg, or adverse possession. Adverse possession, a polite way to say "stealing" by open and adverse use of your neighbors property</span></span>.<!--DOCTY--><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course this affidavit is only the affiant's, Thomas G. O'Hare's word. He swears it's "TRUE" so it must be. Did the north bound train always make that jog west to go around Tom O'Hare and his neighbors' yards? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was his name among the 262 property owners that opposed opening the North Central Trail to snowmobile use? Or, was it among the 4700 signatures asking the trail be opened to snowmobiles? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas "Tom" G. O'Hare is so supportive of snowmobilers, why did his plans for a revitalized Topinabee Village, drawn only a short while after the trail was opened to snowmobiles incorporate a "snowmobile barrier"? The above plans clearly show who ordered and directed the design: Tom O'Hare.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The plans were drawn with the intent to banish snowmobiles from the village center. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Would such an open and adverse action, installing a series of closely spaced posts to block snowmobiles be acceptable to most people in Topinabee? Of course not. But, there are numerous ways to block people, cows, sheep, and snowmobilers. A sign, a fence, a wall, or a fancy sidewalk that might be damaged by snowmobiles. All deterrents to free movement. The park became so fancy in design it was like your Aunt Mary's living room. All the furniture covered in plastic, or snow-fence, only to be removed for viewing by the TDA supporters. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That snow-fence back-fired on Thomas G. O'Hare. People could not even enter the park. He then consulted with David "do you want a candy bar?" Ogg by email. By manipulating the need, they coerced the DNR into installing a series of closely spaced posts, allowing pedestrians, but still blocking snowmobiles from the park. The process is known as a work around. Most people would have protested a two block long "Snowmobile Barrier" of posts. Instead, they now have a </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Snowmobile Barrier" of closely spaced posts completed along the length of the park and think they have won a concession allowing limited park access. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After 6 years, Tom O'Hare's agenda to ban snowmobile use from Topinabee is still moving along. The next step is in the works now behind closed doors. The "Streetscape" parking, clearly shown on the above photo extending south to Tom Briggs building, will involve more asphalt, decorative concrete, more terraced ledges and unmaintained flower beds; all being planned and plotted in closed door committee and one on one conversations that need to be done privately "in person".</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If the planned parking lots and landscaping does not effectively block the snowmobilers, another work around, another series of closely spaced posts can be installed later to "protect" the landscaping. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is Thomas G. O'Hare smarter than the rest of Mullett Township? After 6 years, he has his village plans partially done, the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Snowmobile Barrier" half done, and the Mullett taxpayers have paid the bill for all of it. How smart are you?</span></span></span></span><br />
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