Tax and Spend

For the greater good on June 1, 2009 -
The Mayor, H. Ted Pall, along with three of four City Council members, James Dittmar, William Fraser and Ronald Marshall, levied upon the taxable value of all property within the city the maximum library millage, 1.8141 mills, for library purposes.
Watch for new windows in the old library; courtesy of Mrs. Ted Pall, a library board member, and your tax dollars!

If unnecessary tax and spend are not enough to make you go hummmmm, the very same evening....

Mayor H. Ted Pall and all four City Council members seriously infringed upon our personal property rights. Ordinance 708 was adopted. You my fellow taxpayer can no longer install a fence within your front yard or corner yard, also defined as the area in front of the primary structure that fronts a public street. Trim your hedges, too...hedges greater than 3 feet are not allowed in a front or corner front yard.

To be sure Robin Hood and his band merry men could continue their standard operating policy, discussion of improvement projects before engaging project consultants; and an update concerning the Petoskey Pointe matter were reported.

I wanted to scream...but there was not a concerned city taxpayer to hear me. With no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 P.M.
Sincerely Sherry