Part 2
There is a lot in this posting from 2002 talking about cooperation and how cooperation will better the community at large and assist the funding of the school district. I've got to hand it to you Ted, this was right on the mark then, and I have to say it is still on the mark today. My question is, why have you abandoned some of the thoughts posted in here back in 2002?
You clearly state in here that you feel the then city council should be working to forge an agreement with Violet Township similar to the CEDA with Canal within the PLSD for commercial development, you talk about cooperation with the county in providing sewer capacity, and you even mention that the city should ''abandon this ill thought out idea of forming a new township and splitting up the fire department''. These are your words not mine.
Now in regards to that nasty township that you claim is sticking it to the city every chance it gets, they did go for the Home Rule Township you suggested and were successful, and I would have to say that housing growth hasn't been a problem in the township recently either.
There are a lot of good suggestions here. My question is since you were successful with the Housing Moratorium, what happened with the rest of this agenda, and why are you now exploring a paper township, when in 2002 you stated it was an ill thought out idea?
It seems to me that battling the township over annexations and fire department coverage is not going to get the community any closer to real economic development, to diversify the tax base, to assist the PLSD. In fact it will probably create a lot of attorney's fees that city residents will be forking over. Sounds like more bills and less income. In fact by reading some of the older postings on this site it appears that was the prevailing thought a few years ago as well. I hate to have this community go back to the days of expending taxpayer dollars on items that will not benefit the community as a whole at all.
By Richard Saunders
There is a lot in this posting from 2002 talking about cooperation and how cooperation will better the community at large and assist the funding of the school district. I've got to hand it to you Ted, this was right on the mark then, and I have to say it is still on the mark today. My question is, why have you abandoned some of the thoughts posted in here back in 2002?
You clearly state in here that you feel the then city council should be working to forge an agreement with Violet Township similar to the CEDA with Canal within the PLSD for commercial development, you talk about cooperation with the county in providing sewer capacity, and you even mention that the city should ''abandon this ill thought out idea of forming a new township and splitting up the fire department''. These are your words not mine.
Now in regards to that nasty township that you claim is sticking it to the city every chance it gets, they did go for the Home Rule Township you suggested and were successful, and I would have to say that housing growth hasn't been a problem in the township recently either.
There are a lot of good suggestions here. My question is since you were successful with the Housing Moratorium, what happened with the rest of this agenda, and why are you now exploring a paper township, when in 2002 you stated it was an ill thought out idea?
It seems to me that battling the township over annexations and fire department coverage is not going to get the community any closer to real economic development, to diversify the tax base, to assist the PLSD. In fact it will probably create a lot of attorney's fees that city residents will be forking over. Sounds like more bills and less income. In fact by reading some of the older postings on this site it appears that was the prevailing thought a few years ago as well. I hate to have this community go back to the days of expending taxpayer dollars on items that will not benefit the community as a whole at all.
By Richard Saunders
