I was at Kroger on M-24 on Tuesday morning, April 16. I checked out my order and found out I did not have my wallet. They held my groceries and I drove home for the wallet. When I returned to pay, they told me that the person in line behind me had paid for my […]
The township board has placed a new millage on the August ballot to raise $1.7 million annually for 5 years to support parks and recreation activities. But the township already has the funding and supports it out of the $7 million budget that exists today. What the township wants is a new millage to build […]
Recently, the world as we knew it changed when the leaders of North and South Korea met in peace. Not only was there an exchange of a handshake and a smile, but each stepped across the border onto the land of the other country. There was an amazing and peaceful energy which surrounded the two […]
On Monday, April 16, 2018, I appeared before the Orion Township Board of Trustees to comment on a pending issue in the township. My comments, in part, were as follows: “Mr. Chairman [Supervisor Chris Barnett], I am responding to your statement in the March 29, 2018 Lake Orion Review article. In regard to Trustee Ron […]
President Trump most correct – Communist China violates, does not honor their WTO agreements! Japan, Australia, India, Europe, England, Canada, and the United States all pretty much agree that China is violating numerous WTO agreements, Dumping products into most of the world’s Markets/Economies and despite years of complaints filed with the WTO against China, […]
I truly hope that our Orion Township Board elected officials will remember the information that was first presented to them by JoAnn VanTassel, and then later shared and written about by me and then published in The Lake Orion Review in January of 2015 that was in regards to waste haulers: Re: No Authority for […]
We already have only one garbage hauler come down our road in NW Orion Township. That is because Odd Job Disposal was willing to back down our private road to pick up my trash. When my neighbors saw that they no longer had to carry their trash down to the main road they all signed […]
Lake Orion residents live in a community with an abundance of recreational activities. Whether you are a biker, a runner, a fisherman, a hunter, a snowmobiler or a walker, there is a lake or a trail or a safety path for you. We have the Polly Ann Trail and the Paint Creek Trail both traversing […]
Congratulations to the Lake Orion High School students on the FIRST Robotics Team 302 for winning the championship at the Miami Valley Regional competition at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. These super students lost only 1 game the entire weekend and that was in the best 2 out of 3 games in the finals. […]
As we look toward Washington to take action to reduce the number of shooting incidents in our schools, I pursued a more ‘local’ effort. On February 15th, I sent an email to our State Representative John Reilly (District 46). I suggested that he take a leadership role in proposing a State House Bill that has […]