On Sept. 27, Judge Mary Ellen Brennan ruled on the lawsuit filed by the Village of Lake Orion and Lake Orion DDA against Oakland County officials and Tom Patterson, a village resident, in favor of the defendants! Meaning that the ballot issue to remove the ordinance which enables the capture of specific taxes will appear […]
The government of the Village of Lake Orion and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) used taxpayer dollars to hire three separate legal firms in what I believe was an attempt to deny first amendment rights to petition the government, and to deny the citizens their right to vote. The taxpayer dollars were used to file […]
At the Sept. 18 Orion Township meeting, there was an agenda item (“7k: Early voting agreement with Oakland County”). I understand Orion Township must secure approval from the county to operate a voting site. But did they have to relinquish control of our elections, and even equipment testing? There was no discussion on what was […]
In the last several years the Lake Orion Village Council seems to have devolved into a mini-dystopian government. They have repeatedly sided with commercial developers to allow for several properties in the village to be rezoned and converted to apartment meccas, which will greatly increase the infrastructure and parking pressures we are already suffering from. […]
The objective of this lawsuit is to remove the certified petition, whose subject is the fate of the Tax Increment Financing Ordinance, from the Nov. 7 ballot. To accomplish this the Village of Lake Orion and the DDA have sued officials at the county and our citizen, Tom Patterson. Mr. Patterson has now been served […]
Where has the year gone? It’s almost October already! But, I encourage you to find balance and be okay with the speed this year took. Be at peace, speak well of it, by using your zeal, joy and zest. Why? As a child of the Great Organized Designer, you deserve to have the best energies […]
We all can learn from the way he lived . I don’t want pizza out of the dumpster but wouldn’t mind being “fine” more of the time. Simple life, simple needs, simple cares. We’ll miss you Bruce. John Enright I was just reading a story on Reddit about the homeless and it made me […]
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Sometimes when I hear of the struggles people experience in their lives, I have already heard about someone else experiencing the same type of dynamics. It puzzles me to know that while the players involved in each struggle are different, the challenges each face have similar dynamics. It’s as if an unknown energy is causing […]
Well, our elected fiefdom, the Lake Orion Village Council, and their appointed board, the DDA, have now sued a village resident for executing and completing a petition to eliminate the Tax Increment Financing Ordinance! This is the second time that a petition to effect this change has been thwarted by our elected officials. Last year, […]