Category: Ottawa County
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Ottawa Impact Extremism Spreads
Traditionally the political parties do not endorse particular candidates before the primaries. In all fairness to candidates, having the party itself endorse a candidate is putting in the fix ahead of what should be a level playing field allowing candidates a chance to persuade the voters. The Ottawa County GOP has thrown fairness out the…
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Resolved dispute between Ottawa County & IRS
It is always a pleasure to report when politicians do something useful for the county, not just when they screw up. A dispute between the IRS and Ottawa County has been resolved, saving the county over a quarter of a million dollars. Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) said last year he learned the IRS was misapplying…
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Ottawa Impact Commissioner Lucy Ebel Recalled
Lucy Ebel was recalled and lost to Democrat Christian Kleinjans, not because she is a Christian but because she seems to be confused about the role of County Commissioner. District 2 made a dramatic statement regarding the role of Ottawa Impact in Ottawa County by voting for a Democrat in a traditionally Republican district. Not…
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Ottawa Impact support proposes commissioners 60% pay hike
Had enough yet of Ottawa Impact commissioners? No? How about helping themselves to a 60% pay raise? Would that do it? Compensation Committee Resolution If pushed through, and what isn’t if promoted by the Ottawa Impact commissioners, Ottawa County commissioners will have the highest salaries throughout West Michigan even beating out Kent and Kalamazoo counties.…
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Satanic Temple Invocation & Other Nonsense
Three minutes. Three minutes of tolerance was all it would take to declare their support and compliance to the constitutional ideal of Freedom of Religion. But no, it was too much to ask of the Christian commissioners and their supporters who flooded the room and entryway. Wailing and gnashing of teeth have nothing on the…
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John Gibbs vs Ottawa Impact
Recent allies in the effort to turn Ottawa County into a Christian Nationalist stronghold, have now turned on each other. Actions that were once applauded and supported by Joe Moss and Ottawa Impact cadre were then transcribed into a seven-page letter as accusations and cause for John Gibbs termination. In March a complaint made by…
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John Gibbs: Buyer’s Remorse
If you are one of the scripture quoting suck-ups who speak at Commissioner meetings, you probably will not appreciate the irony of the latest three-stooges-show we must now put up with instead of competent county government. If this statement sounds harsh, it does not do justice to my complete disgust with the adolescent, inexcusable, and…
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Ottawa County Christian Nationalists
Alternative Facts Kellyanne Conway accidentally spoke truth in a 2017 Meet the Press interview saying there are alternative facts. While ridiculed for the statement it has proven to be true. Christian Nationalists live in an alternate reality where: The reality most citizens live in, none of the above statements are real. For Christian Nationalists at…
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Ottawa Impact – One Year Report Card
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Ottawa County: OI – this is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into!
For an entire year, the extreme Christian Ottawa Impact commissioners have searched for a way to get rid of Adeline Hambley, the director for the Ottawa County health department – and failed. They first tried to fire her without cause, seeing her as an instrument of government tyranny (she is not). But the job comes…