Category: Ottawa County
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Ottawa County Deputy Administrator Benjamin Wetmore
Ottawa County taps political pundit Benjamin Wetmore for deputy role Ottawa County hired a new deputy administrator with a long history of political activism. Wetmore, 42, is an attorney licensed to practice criminal, real estate and nonprofit law in Texas. Moved to Michigan 2021 and most recently worked as legislative aid for Representative Matt Maddock,…
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Ottawa County Commissioner Kyle Terpstra Resigns
Kyle Terpstra resigns from Ottawa County Board of Commissioners. Terpstra said his resignation was the result of “careful consideration and due to significant changes in my personal and professional life”. Terpstra was commissioner for district 6, Georgetown Charter Township. A replacement will be appointed until the next election in 2024. Terpstra was supported by Ottawa…
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Ottawa County: Bribery
Ottawa County has agreed to pay its administrative health officer $4 million to step down 10 months after trying to demote her without cause – the largest settlement in the county’s history and nearly the exact amount the board cut from the public health department’s budget this year. To avoid further litigation, the Ottawa Impact…
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Ottawa Impact – Too Extreme for Ottawa County
What does it mean? Is it OT, is someone protesting overtime? OI – oy vey, what does OI stand for? Ottawa Impact! Oh yeah, where can I get one of those signs? The signs are popping up all over Ottawa County in front of Democrat, Republican and even religious households. There is no central organized…
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Bigotry Alive and Well in Ottawa County
It is important to understand the word bigotry, what it actually means, and to see it in action. Everyone is quick to say they are not bigoted but we are all bigoted to some degree about everything. Religion, the Republican party, and the Supreme Court have shown obstinate and unreasonable prejudice and bigotry towards citizens…
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Ottawa County Sexualization of Children
Resolution to Protect Childhood Innocence Ottawa County board of commissioners passed the following Resolution to Protect Childhood Innocence at the June 27th, 2023 commissioners board meeting. Weaponization of Children The Resolution to Protect Childhood Innocence is, of course, not about protecting children at all, but a tactic commonly employed by extremists, to use the concept…
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Ottawa County Cancel Culture
Invariably if you monitor extremists, you will find they commit the very same sins they accuse others of doing Public Health Department Demonized for Doing Their Job It is the Public Health Department, not the Ottawa Impact Morality Police. One would expect them to promote healthy sexual practices at high risk gatherings such as colleges…
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John Gibbs
Election Denier Trump-backed Michigan congressional candidate John Gibbs falsely claims 2020 election had ‘mathematically impossible’ anomalies reported by CNN July 1st, 2022 Gibbs supports this claim saying Trump won bellweather counties and gained votes in the 2020 re-election, but still lost. Not only is this statistically possible but Trump was the fourth incumbent to have…
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Ottawa County Propaganda Department
Do we need a propaganda (communications) department? The question that needs to be asked. What does a communications department do for the residents of Ottawa County? Is spewing out even more political jargon and self congratulatory media an appropriate use of public tax dollars? (As an example see the administrator’s and board chair’s greetings in…
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Drag Shows
What’s the big deal about drag shows? Some states are trying to legally ban them. Drag Queen story time in Royal Oak was protested by Republicans. The Grand Haven Pride Festival plans to have one and protestors attend the City Council meeting.