A Quick Tour Of Mullett Township

Mullett Township News & Views-Promoting Open Government in Mullett Township

There is also the Mullett Township Party Line or you make drink the Kool-Aid from the Topinabee Development Association "Artesian" Well

Mullett Township is a general law township in Cheboygan County, Michigan. The population was 1312 in the 2010 US census. The township and Mullett Lake are named for John Mullett, who with William Burt, surveyed much of the area between 1840 and 1843.

The commercial center of the Township is the quiet unincorporated Village of Topinabee located on the west shore of Mullett Lake on M27 highway. The village is a trailhead for the DNR Trail with off-street parking and restrooms.

The village has a Post Office, Convenience Store with gas pumps, Public Library with 24 hour outdoor WiFi, an artisan-owned woodwork shop, a breakfast cafe and a bar and grille. Township owned buildings include the Library, Township Hall and Fire Hall, and an unused former school building on Lea St.

Recreation needs are served with a beachfront park and covered picnic area, free public boat launch at the north end of the village, a small public access to Mullett Lake across from the Nokia Cafe and tennis court, ball-field, and playground equipment at a public park located up the hill on Lea St.

The east side of Mullett Township is largely rural, with no commercial development. Township services include a Fire Hall and volunteer East Mullett Lake Fire Department.


Friday, July 11, 2014

Not My Job MaryAnne-Why Do We Pay Taxes?


  You pay taxes in Mullett Township to support and prioritize the agenda of the Topinabee Development Association



"My name is MaryO’Hare…” and with Mary O'Hare's report on the annual TDA Meeting, public comment was opened at the July 1, 2014 Mullett Township Board Meeting.
  
Bob Snyder voiced concerns with the rebuild of the Woodruff Street boat ramp. As an adjacent property owner, he had earlier asked the Board to be kept “in the loop”, but did not see any plans until he observed potential contractors viewing the site prior to submitting bids to the CCRC. 

Fred Osborn, Inland Lake Schools Superintendent, explained why the district seeks more money.   



Carl Muscott showed the Mullett Board pictures of teenagers jumping from the nine foot high retaining wall adjacent to the play area. Supervisor MaryAnne Gale stated we should tell another person's child, "don't jump". This receives a round of applause from the TDA flock with her comments about children falling off walls in the park. 


What Supervisor Gale ignores is her and the entire Mullett Board's responsibility to provide a safe recreational facility for both residents and visitors. That includes unattended children.

It is not my job to tell children how to behave. I didn't create the hazard. There are people responsible, including Project Manager David Ogg, who proceeded with the ill-conceived design despite alternative ideas offered by the public.
This simpler design proposed to the Board in 2011 offered a larger viewing and multi-use area half a dozen or more steps below the DNR Trail elevation. By spreading the change in elevation from the Trail to the beach over a larger area, nine foot drops in elevation would have been eliminated. 

The play area would not have this nine foot retaining wall challenging children to climb it.  

  

Playground designers recognize children are often confronted with peer pressure while engaging in play. Risk taking is often encouraged by peers, and playground equipment offers challenging situations where children can “show off” for others, pressuring them to follow their lead. Climbing to the top of the monkey bars or climbing a tree can involve peer pressure when a group is involved. This nine foot tall wall, and all the "faux rock" terraces presents  a "challege" to everyone who wants to jump or climb.

 
Supervisor MaryAnne Gale again discusses her fetish-like fascination with public restrooms and toilet paper. She announces she has found a supplier with even bigger roles of TP and larger dispensers. 

The dirty toilets in Topinabee are the sole creation of Supervisor MaryAnne Gale who fired the existing cleaner when she took office and also proposed leaving the restrooms unlocked 24-7. Adding video surveillance outside a restroom door and ever larger supplies of TP does not substitute for inspecting and cleaning restrooms.  Supervisor MaryAnne Gale will continue to wear this smelly shroud until she properly addresses the problem. Clean toilets are not rocket science; thorough cleaning daily with regular and frequent inspections between scheduled cleaning. 

The discussion involving Mullett Township’s reputation for bid improprieties resulting in NO bids submitted on the initial bid solicitation for the Boy Scout Park restrooms is available on youtube. Listen to this telling discussion. 
Supervisor MaryAnne Gale’s discusses her current pet project-Spirit Park on Block 5 and a new 5 year Parks and Rec Plan with 2 years still left on the current plan.  Despite stating little or no cost involved, Supervisor MaryAnne Gale states her desire to seek grants. ???


It's amazing that after removing a documented 15 mature trees from the TDA Park in 2013, and another “dead” tree just cut down in the TDA Park, Supervisor Gale and the Board now endorses a "green" park…a good note to end on.