L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018: No Wind, No Nonsense, No Due Process

No Wind, No Nonsense, No Due Process Jeffery Loman - Tribal Member, Calls RES to task for mis-statements and double speak. Friends Of The Huron Mountains Attorney, Janna Mathieu. Calls the board to task for failure to follow process and failure to follow the Local Ordinances,  and failure to follow due process  of the14th Amendment. … Continue reading L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018: No Wind, No Nonsense, No Due Process

L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018 – Dedicated Service

Dedicated service After nine years of dedicated service, the thanks received by Catherine Andrews is to be voted off the Planning Commission based on differing views, not on any reasonable cause. Thank you Catherine for your dedication, and thank you also for holding the previous members to task on after the fact letters of intent. … Continue reading L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018 – Dedicated Service

L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018: No Wind, No Due Diligence, No Answers

No Wind, No Due Diligence, No Answers Bob Kissell resident - Board members Negligence Joe Bollech Friends of the Huron Mountains  - demands answers - and gets more excuses.   Letters after the fact, from those in support now do not "prove" anything.  If the intent at the time was to allow wind on Commercial Forest, … Continue reading L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018: No Wind, No Due Diligence, No Answers

L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse

Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse   Displaying A Lack of understanding the legal codes and process. They did not need a resolution,  They did not even require a vote.  All they needed to do was give the request to the Planning Commission, in fact I think it could have gone directly to planning … Continue reading L’Anse Township Board Meeting 8-8-2018: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse

Another RES project stopped. Interesting info on Robert’s Rules.

At the end of this article, the Pharos-Tribune failed to mention the 55% tax abatement that RES demanded, meaning we would never see the amount quoted in this article, and when RES finally does start paying taxes on their equipment, RES demands they pay taxes only on already FULLY DEPRECIATED equipment. It's a BAD DEAL … Continue reading Another RES project stopped. Interesting info on Robert’s Rules.

L’Anse Planning Commission Amends Zoning.

A public hearing was held to amend the L'Anse Township Zoning Ordinance. Specifically to correct a typographical error,  conflict in terminology, and minor language tuning. None of which actually change any of the zoning, only clarify the intent. The Township board will vote on the amendment after 30 days review by Western Upper Peninsula Planning … Continue reading L’Anse Planning Commission Amends Zoning.

RES – wind project contracts released, for Cass County project.

Each State is different in which level of government has a say and how or what local governments can collect for wind turbines. Posting this as examples of RES contracts, knowing that the taxes and financial agreements can be vastly different. Update: This project has been canceled.  Proposed Cass Co. wind project contracts released. Cass … Continue reading RES – wind project contracts released, for Cass County project.