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Make America Stupid Again
If you find the title to this post offensive, you should. Then you should also find it offensive that Donald Trump, the candidate for president from the Republican party ran around the country for four years yelling fraud when he was told by his own people it was not true and knew that significant fraud…
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Sales Job
The Art of Selling Observing a talented sales person is a bit like watching a talented surgeon. The friendly appeal and subtle way of getting a person to like and feel beholden to you. Empathy for their perspective while simultaneously probing for weaknesses. Persistence in breaking down their defenses and asking for that final commitment.…
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Committee to replace John Gibbs
The Ottawa Impact Only Club Strikes Again The Ottawa Impact dominated Board of Commissioners is finally getting around to replacing their misguided appointment of John Gibbs. If you have forgotten what a mess that was, let me remind you here. Not only did they fire John Gibbs back in February but we can still look…
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Ottawa County Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit
“The county was aware of alleged comments made by Mr. Gibbs that led the county to believe that it could not successfully defend against the claims of age discrimination. Therefore, it was in the best interest of the county to resolve the Kimball matter.” – Joe Moss The lawsuit against Ottawa County by 49-year-old Ryan…
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What Christian Nationalism Looks Like
If you believe businesses should not be regulated but people should – you may be a Christian Nationalist. Does this video scare you? The dignity of religion is sacrificed on the altar of an addiction to the emotional high. Is this religious conviction pandering to politics or politics hiding behind religion?
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There are Worse Things Than Democrats
When religion lies down with politics, it rises up as Christian Nationalism Ottawa County has been ordered to pay health officer Adeline Hambley’s $188k legal fees. Yet another very bad decision, just one in a string of many bad decisions made during Ottawa Impact commissioners’ reign the last two years. Ottawa County is not unique.…
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Belknap Recount: Fraud! Fraud! Fraud!
No – not really. Ottawa Impact commissioner Roger Belknap lost to Phillip Kuyers in the Republican primary by 16 points, over 1,000 votes. You had to know it was coming – RECOUNT! Filing a request with the Ottawa County Clerk’s office, he claimed “fraud or errors were committed” by precinct election inspectors during the voting…
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Ottawa Impact Systemic Denialism
After the Republican Primary vote of August 6th, where out of the nine Ottawa Impact endorsed candidates for Commissioner only four will continue on to the general election, you might expect a ‘come to Jesus’ moment. You would be wrong. Blaming Democrats and the media, Joe Moss blogs on the Ottawa Impact website they intend…
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Extremists Lose in Ottawa County
The message Ottawa Impact has constantly perpetuated after the last election that swept them into a Commissioner Board majority: Ottawa County has given us a mandate. They voted us in, this is what the people want. In this primary, the people have spoken loud and clear. Regardless of party, the people of Ottawa County do…
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Ottawa County Multipartisan Voter Guide
We, as Ottawa County residents, have been accustomed to a high-functioning county government that has been a model for the rest of the state. However, since the Ottawa Impact backed candidates swept the majority control of the board of commissioners in 2022, our beloved county has been plagued with wasteful spending, lack of transparency, and…