Blues Bashers TONIGHT!
l3wis 
2008
Common Sense Government for once! Get out!
I see legislators are finally listening to Detroit for once.
They have come up with some good ideas to help fund road maintenance in our state;
That the excise tax charged on registration of vehicles be raised from 3 percent of the purchase price to 4 percent. That would raise about $19 million dollars, which would go to the state highway fund. Raising the cost of license-plate fees for noncommercial vehicles by an average of $10. For a typical passenger car or pickup, that would bump the fee from about $42 to $52 and would raise about $12 million, which would go to counties. Eliminating a provision that gives a 30 percent license-plate fee reduction for noncommercial vehicles older than five years and a 10 percent break for older commercial vehicles. Those two changes would raise about $13 million, which would go to counties for road work.
We need metal detectors at Carnegie to protect the councilors from cellphones?
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
Metal Detectors, Bullet Proof desks? Give me a break!
Litz likes the idea of a metal detector, especially after an angry citizen confronted him after a meeting.Â
“He was reaching in his coat and it gave me quite a startle a few things raced through my mind. It wound up he was going for his cell phone,” said Litz.Â
Bob, can I give you a word of advice? First, drop it – troubling the majority of law abiding citizens and making us pay for this ridiculous security measure is assanine. If a crazy person wants to hurt you, they will find a way.
As for the incident you refer to, it happened outside on the way to your car AFTER the meeting, and he had a CELLPHONE not a gun. I think the quickest way to remedy this would be to have an officer walk you to your car after the meetings. When I worked at the Pavilion, security officers would often walk patrons and volunteers to their cars. It’s okay, I don’t think the other councilors will pick on you about it.
As for metal detectors I think it is just a waste of taxpayers money. Why not change state law so people can’t carry concealed weapons. My thought has always been, if you beleive you have the 2nd amendment right to carry a weapon, then you should carry it revealed in a holster on your hip or not at all. I agree you have the right to carry a weapon, but I also have the right to know who is carrying that weapon.
As for the angry citizen, doesn’t surprise me. It seems you have a lot of people mad at you lately, your voting pattern isn’t helping that BTW. I suggest you call citizens back and discuss with them the issues they may have. I have a feeling a citizen thought they were being ignored. You shouldn’t ignore the people who elect you and pay your wages.
And lastly – if none of those things work, I suggest you resign and spend Monday nights in the safety of your Grange Avenue Mansion. I have a feeling that would make quite a few citizens very, very happy.
The March of the Sore Losers
I’m not sure if Barack Obama will make a great president or not? But shouldn’t we at least wait until he is in office before we start talking about his policy decisions? This letter writer is ready to take him down ahead of time.
Our country has elected a man about whom we know little to nothing. For one who campaigned on transparency, it befuddles me how we know so little about Barack Obama and his past.
HUH? Have you been living under a F’ing rock for the past 2 years? He has written two books and has been interviewed hundreds of times. Heck, go online and just google his name.
And this quote from Obama: “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Every citizen has right to know who was just elected president and a duty to protect us from foreign terrorists.
Not sure what Obama’s objective is with the civilian national security force. But I would assume it would be similiar to a neighborhood watch group or the Red Cross. So don’t get your shorts in a bunch.