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Fraser, Michigan
- USA. The heartland. People in the seat
of democracy. Yes?
You need
to know the facts.
Fraser
elected new representatives to City Council. Apparently
they
demanded change. But did they demand what is happening?
You need to know what is really
going on.
Did you know that:
Before she was
elected your new Mayor
- Marilyn Lane - announced that the first thing she
would do when she got to be Mayor was fire the city
attorney?
And that when another already
council person starting telling people what
Marilyn Lane said, Lane publically denied it and threatened to sue Council Woman Barbara Jennings
for liable and slander accusing her of making up lies
against her?
Marilyn Lane has
been Mayor for a month now. What has she done?
She has fired
the city attorney.
What difference
does it make in your life? More than you know.
But read on, and you will understand. THIS
AFFECTS YOU IN A BIG WAY.
Read on. This
gets really serious.
The Mayor cannot
fire somebody by herself. She cannot legally fire
the city attorney. So it is on the record as "going
out to bid". She even lied on camera to the
public and said "I LOVE DON DENAULT! (one of your
city
attorneys)!" But she has already told another
firm that they have the job!
Look for these
names coming up in the near future:
Dolan & Tomlinson
and they subcontractract
with Hribar (pronounced Riber) - HER PERSONAL ATTORNEY
- who is likely to get a LOT of business from the City
and Beeding - THE
ATTORNEY FOR KENDOR, THE FACTORY WHO HAS HAD AN ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN COURT FOR 5 YEARS.
Coincidence? Read
on.
Mayor Lane wants
to replace them with a firm of 2 attorneys - young and
not highly regarded in their field - who subcontract
out much of their work
to her personal
attorney and the attorney for Kendor.
Why? The
present city attorney did bid and interview just a couple
of years ago and won hands down. They - and one
in particular - was praised
by the former council for being the best by far. It is
a huge firm and specializes in the kind
of law that the city needs. They have at least
20 attorneys with expertise in every area needed. They
have senior, junior and in between level attorneys.
What is happening?
Just a small history
lesson I promises. But it affects all residents in Fraser
directly.
A neighborhood
called "Cyril Street" has been complaining
about a factory named Kendor for more than 5 years now.
The problem? A Jurassic park effect when
they fire up their 500-ton stamping press in a light
industrial district. Floors pound inside houses,
dishes rattle on shelves - boom, boom - every so many
seconds hours and hours on end through the day AND through
the night.
Should be a simple
matter for the city to decide, right?
They didn't lift
a finger. They listened but did nothing. The
city council meetings were packed out month after month
after month with residents pleading for help.
What did they get?
They were told
off by police officers. They were lied about.
The community was told that this was "one
person with a personal problem".
The neighbors needed
help - and they got it - through the city attorney.
He created a very
difficult set of rules they had to follow to get tickets
written against the factory for violating what are already
very leniant codes.
They have to be
the complaining party and they have to go to court.
Over and over and over and over again members
of the neighborhood have been in court over the last
five years. They have lost hundreds of hours of
their time trying to defend their homes against this
problem while their sidewalks and driveways and walls
and ceilings cracked and crumbled with the booming.
They have had to
go before Judges time and time again. A little
stressful, you might think? They sat through meetings
that the (former) mayor appointed and listen to the
owner of the factory threaten them. They were
lied about and lied to. They pressed on.
With
the help of your present city attorney, the factory
was convicted of violating the ordinances.
The factory appealed
the decision. Again the neighborhood had to go
to court. Then they waited 9 MONTHS for a verdict
that was promised in 30 days. The factory again
lost and the neighborhood won.
But they are
still in danger.
The original
court has to sentence the factory now that the appeal
has been won. The sentencing has been postponed
over and over and over again.
And now your
council man Doug Haggerty (Lane's personal puppet) has
ordered the city manager to requested that it get postponed
again. Why? Because they intend to have a new
city attorney who will drop the case by the time
sentencing comes up again. Fraser citizens
will be left high and dry by their own city representatives.
It will destroy
an entire neighborhood of lovely homes lived in by lovely
people for the benefit of a factory who could do his
business many other places and not hurt anybody.
Why?
Doug
Haggerty received $500 from the owner of Kendor directly
in the election. He accepted $thousands from the
industrial association and its members. This is
a matter of public record. It boggles the mind
what may have 'mysteriously' even not been included
in those records. Did you think he represents
you?
Lane
accepted many $thousands from the industrial association
and its members as well. She was cunning enough
to publicly not accept $ directly from Kendor in the
election.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: Former council members including Mayor Adamczyk
and Ron Wolber also accepted money from Kendor - while
the matter was before the council. Is it a coincidence
that the city never helped the citizens on a whole city
black? Hardly.
THIS
IS ENTIRELY ILLEGAL!
How does this
affect you?
How far do you
live from a factory in Fraser? Do
you live behind the High School or next to or behind
the old Cross building on 14 mile? Do you live
between Groesbeck Highway and Kelly? Do you live
west or anywhere around Fraser or Kendall drive?
If you do, you
are in direct line with a factory. And the present
mayor and her followers do not want the factories to
have any rules?
Want to know more
about this? Click here for more on this subject
More subjects (if the link isn't up yet,
it's coming soon):
Mayor appoints
all her buddies in business to Planning Commission and
Board of Zoning Appeals
Mayor represents
the factories, not the citizens
Councilman
Doug Haggerty's only work has been on Kendor case since
swearing in
Mayor threatens
council that they dare not cross her
Council members
are told they dare not speak to press or residents
She claimes that
she promised "change" to the people.
Is this the change
everybody wanted?
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