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Jerry LaVaute Omnibus Week of April 19
The following was submitted by Staff Reporter Jerry LaVaute:
I attended a reception on Saturday morning at the Fred C. Fischer library, to celebrate National Library week, and the swearing-in of the seven new board members of the Belleville Area District Library.
Attendees, numbering well over 50 people, were transparently happy to see accomplished a goal that for some went back 20 years.
Tuesday night featured a grand meeting among Van Buren Township officials in their Board of Trustees meeting.
There were 12 agenda items, some of them very interesting, that drew a crowd of about 50 people: the township’s posture on land use requirements for medical marijuana growing and sale, closing the book on a legal issue that has lasted seven years, ending longevity pay for new township employees hired after May 1, and others.
Today, the fortieth anniversary of Earth day, I covered the visit of Laura the elephant to Edgemont Elementary school in Belleville.
Belleville Police Chief Gene Taylor had had the idea last year to bring Laura to this area, and contacted Karen Mida, the school’s principal, about her interest in hosting the visit.
Karen agreed, and I attended the first show this morning. Laura is a very sweet elephant, and her family appears to take very good care of her.
On Tuesday, I sat with Van Buren Township Treasurer Sharry Budd and asked her how the township was doing against its new lower budget, after three months of posting actual expenses.
The short answer is very well, although I have to sort through the details a bit more before I publish the story.
I had an idea for an interesting column planned for next week: when I covered Van Buren Township as a freelance writer between 2003 and 2007, current Township Supervisor Paul White and Harmony Lane resident David Frankling were very visible in their opposition to the then-current township administration, regarding issues that affected their homes and their neighborhoods.
When the township settled with Dave Frankling earlier this week for $55,000, the two men who shared a common opponent were once again in the public eye, involved in a controversial township decision. This, I thought, is an interesting juxtaposition.
I attended a reception on Saturday morning at the Fred C. Fischer library, to celebrate National Library week, and the swearing-in of the seven new board members of the Belleville Area District Library.
Attendees, numbering well over 50 people, were transparently happy to see accomplished a goal that for some went back 20 years.
Tuesday night featured a grand meeting among Van Buren Township officials in their Board of Trustees meeting.
There were 12 agenda items, some of them very interesting, that drew a crowd of about 50 people: the township’s posture on land use requirements for medical marijuana growing and sale, closing the book on a legal issue that has lasted seven years, ending longevity pay for new township employees hired after May 1, and others.
Today, the fortieth anniversary of Earth day, I covered the visit of Laura the elephant to Edgemont Elementary school in Belleville.
Belleville Police Chief Gene Taylor had had the idea last year to bring Laura to this area, and contacted Karen Mida, the school’s principal, about her interest in hosting the visit.
Karen agreed, and I attended the first show this morning. Laura is a very sweet elephant, and her family appears to take very good care of her.
On Tuesday, I sat with Van Buren Township Treasurer Sharry Budd and asked her how the township was doing against its new lower budget, after three months of posting actual expenses.
The short answer is very well, although I have to sort through the details a bit more before I publish the story.
I had an idea for an interesting column planned for next week: when I covered Van Buren Township as a freelance writer between 2003 and 2007, current Township Supervisor Paul White and Harmony Lane resident David Frankling were very visible in their opposition to the then-current township administration, regarding issues that affected their homes and their neighborhoods.
When the township settled with Dave Frankling earlier this week for $55,000, the two men who shared a common opponent were once again in the public eye, involved in a controversial township decision. This, I thought, is an interesting juxtaposition.
posted by Jerry LaVaute at
11:00 AM
1 Comments:
You may call in "an interesting juxtaposition", I call it fiduciary irresponsibility.
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