Issues

Our Roads

Our Roads

We have some roads in northern Emmet County that are in very poor shape. Some sections of Larks Lake Road, North Lake Shore Drive north of Cross Village and Sturgeon Bay Trail from Canby to North Lake Shore Drive are crumbling so bad they are almost dirt roads again. ...

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Transparency and Accountability

Transparency and Accountability

Today more than ever before there is a lack of trust between the people and those who conduct the people's business. While a lot of attention goes to politicians in Lansing and Washington D.C., most Americans are impacted on a day-to-day basis much more by local...

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Line 5

Line 5

Line 5 is a huge risk with very little reward.  Enbridge has already experienced an oil spill in the Kalamazoo River in Marshall, MI and one in the Great Lakes would be an environmental and economic disaster.  Enbridge should have had plans in the works for more than...

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PFAS Contamination

PFAS Contamination

The Village of Pellston still has residents with wells testing positive for PFAS forever chemicals.  Pellston does not have a public water and sewer system so individual residents need new wells and/or whole home filters need to be installed.  Many already...

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Subsidized Housing

Subsidized Housing

If we are to have a community that is affordable for all strata of the working class in higher density communities like Petoskey then subsidized housing will become necessary during certain times of the housing cycle.  Right now is definitely one of those...

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Public Transit

Public Transit

There is a need for public transit in Emmet County and that need is only going to grow as costs at the pump go higher and higher.  Designing and maintaining an effective public transit system that lowers costs for area residents enough for employers to not have to pay...

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