After 22 years of renting space in downtown Davisburg, Springfield Township, Dr. David Alati decided it was time to find a new home for his business. ‘Everybody would like to own their own building and be able to be in control of it and that’s a big reason right there,? said Alati, opening a new […]
As residents receive their change in assessment notice for 2010, they will more than likely notice a reduced assessment in their residential property value. ‘This year the rate of inflation is actually deflationary,? said Dave Hieber, manager of the Oakland County Equalization Division. ‘All residents will see a reduction in taxes except for those who […]
Norman Pardo of Independence Township is hoping to release his thriller ‘Suspect 32,? this year. His star: O.J. Simpson. ‘I got the last of the O.J. Simpson footage of him being a free man,? said Pardo, Simpson’s former promoter and agent. Simpson filmed his scenes in the movie just prior to his 2007 arrest and […]
Police and public works should be considered for consolidation with the township, city officials say. Clarkston City Council voted unanimously to look into combining services with Independence Township. ‘I’ve been a proponent of it from day one. I’m not certain what services make sense ? I think we ought to be having discussions as to […]
When it comes to plowing snowy sidewalks on private property, city officials have taken an ‘all or nothing? approach. ‘This is unacceptable, we’ve beat this horse to death,? said Councilman Charles Inabnit at the Jan. 25 meeting. ‘This year we shouldn’t be discussing what it takes to get a sidewalk cleaned.? City officials directed City […]
For Carol Gabris, human resource director for Independence Township, budget reductions are a matter of dollars, not people. ‘If you budget for $100,000 and you have to reduce it to $75,000, as a department head, you have to cut $25,000 out of that budget,? she said. ‘It can be through cutting programs, cutting expenses in […]
The philosophy ‘one bad kid ruins it for the whole classroom? makes a bad rule. You don’t punish all the kids because one is misbehaving. Trustee Neil Wallace seems to think you should. Wallace gave an 807-word speech at the Jan. 19 Independence Township board meeting about a newspaper and story (‘Mum’s the word,? Jan. […]
Petitions in hand, recallers gathered outside township hall to collect signatures from citizens as they came to pay their winter taxes. ‘We’ve gone through 1,200 of our tri-folds, probably another 400 left then we’ll go in for our third printing,? said Joel DeLong, treasurer for Citizens Against Independence Township Waste, calling for the recall of […]
Funding for Sashabaw Road improvements through library and police millages still complicates millage renewal efforts. ‘I’m as concerned as I was last time around,? said Independence Township Trustee David Lohmeier at the Jan. 2 regular board meeting. The Sashabaw Corridor Improvement Authority (CIA) funding includes some library and police funds. Township Attorney Steve Joppich said […]
More than $22,000 was raised at the annual Open your Heart fundraiser for Lighthouse of Oakland County. The event, at the home of Jim and Audrey Tanner, included food, drinks, lots of laughter and disco ball dancing.