Double-standard
I find it disturbing that many of the people who support the Cinco de Mayo celebration privately support the illegal immigrants and their demands for all the public services that you and I had to pay taxes for years to obtain.
An example: at least five L.A. hospitals went through bankruptcy (reorganization) proceedings in 2007 because of E.R. services that were overloaded by non-paying illegals. And don’t forget the TV vodka commercial supported by the above that displayed a modern map of Mexico that included all of the southwestern United States. It was later withdrawn. A doctor of foreign origin explained to me that illegals are entitled to U.S. citizen rights because they are taught that the southwest U.S. was taken illegally from Mexico and is rightfully still theirs.
I support Cinco de Mayo as a holiday but not its organizers and their hidden agenda. — W. John Walker, Grand Blanc

‘Don’t snitch’ attitude closed Skatepark
The “Don’t Snitch” attitude of the Grand Blanc School students contributed to the closing of the skateboard park. Every participant or user of the park either knew of or saw someone else misuse or damage the park.
They have only themselves to blame. And where were their parent(s) who should have been with their child at least once a month for an hour or two at the park. — W. John Walker, Grand Blanc

In response
to Arnold’s letter
Dear Ms. Arnold:
As legal counsel for the Atlas Township planning commission, I must respond to your open letter to the planning commissioners, not because of your complete misstatement of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, (MCL 15.261 et. seq.) and its 32 years of developing case law and Attorney General Opinions, or the utterly untrue allegation of “secret subcommittee” meetings of the planning commission, but rather the leveling of criminal charges against the commissioners themselves. Consequently, I have advised them to seek counsel regarding your libelous allegations and recommend they seek retractions pursuant to MCL 600.2911 (2)(b).
In consideration of the fact that I have attended nearly every planning commission meeting since approximately 1998, I can assure you no violations of the Open Meetings Act have occurred.
The authority granted the commission through state law and township ordinance has remained with them, and has not been delegated to any subcommittee. They alone deliberate and decide the decisions of public policy within their limited jurisdictional authority, as they are largely a recommending body to the township board.
That said, there are many instances where they will volunteer for fact-finding duties such as counting cars on township roads for hours at a time to avoid expensive traffic studies, literally driving and cataloging every mile of road in the township, counting houses to attempt to determine vehicle trips, etc. Fact-finding or administrative recommendations are not subject to the notice requirements of the Open Meetings Act
The commission members deliberate and make policy decisions at their properly noticed monthly meetings typically attended by only 1 or 2 citizens. To serve diligently on behalf of the community and be accused of a crime by a newly declared township board candidate is unconscionable. — David A Lattie, Attorney at Law.

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