http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/Local Columns, Blogs, Editorials, Letters and Guest Columns from Saginaw, Michigan.enFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:09 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noLocal Columns, Blogs, Editorials, Letters and Guest Columns from Saginaw, Michigan.saginaw_opinionhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/YEtXzJCuQDM/our_voice_bizarre_ball_and_cha.htmlEditorialsInteract - Top StoryThe Saginaw NewsFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3897648 ]]>It  apparently came down to trust on Tuesday, when a mouse-sized number of voters turned out  to roar for a seventh time against a proposal to end the city’s 30-year cap on property tax collections. Voters didn’t trust that city...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/our_voice_bizarre_ball_and_cha.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/YUq5FfODJIQ/e-mail_weenies_overlook_educat.htmlLettersThe Saginaw NewsFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:09 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3897731 ]]> Voice: Joel T. Poynter, Freeland    I have been out of work for over a year. I have applied to many jobs on Monster, Career Builder, Michigan Works, etc. I am now being told that if I went to...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/e-mail_weenies_overlook_educat.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/SjE51BEXwqQ/so_does_everyone_who_criticize.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:46:09 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3887932 ]]>Voice: Nicole S. Lee, Saginaw Township Fox News has been critical of President Obama and has asked hard questions about his policies — questions the White House prefers not to answer. As a result, the White House has decreed that...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/so_does_everyone_who_criticize.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/_ioqNQrVLMw/opinion_health_insurance_suppo.htmlColumns611139584864Justin L. Engel | The Saginaw NewsThu, 05 Nov 2009 04:45:34 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3885570 ]]>I'm one of the lucky ones. Are you? For the last few months, I've listened to the national debate on health care reform. Over the last few weeks, my take on the issue has become much more personal. The dispute...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/opinion_health_insurance_suppo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/yoEq9yyZFUM/in_the_margins_arson_watchs_su.htmlEditorialsInteract - Top StoryThe Saginaw News staffThu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:36 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3888856 ]]>The Saginaw News Story originally appeared Sunday, Nov. 1 Saginaw’s arson spree that made national news on Devil’s Night and Halloween  in 2006 keeps fanning the flames of volunteerism. Richard D. Russell and Faye L. Mason were among more than...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/in_the_margins_arson_watchs_su.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/IrR853_-J6A/despite_u-m_dioxin_study_epa_a.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffWed, 04 Nov 2009 10:43:51 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3879508 ]]> Voice: Leonard Heinzman, Freeland The latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meeting and their efforts to marginalize the University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study has to leave one wondering what’s next in this endless parade of bureaucratic roadblocks.  After agreeing...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/despite_u-m_dioxin_study_epa_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/K0MX96Lq7uc/make_legislators_part-time_and.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:43:32 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3887885 ]]> Voice: Terry R. Mocny Sr., Vassar After talking with one of our Michigan senators the other day in Vassar, I am convinced that we need part-time lawmakers. We should reduce their salaries by 50 percent. Some now make $97,000...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/make_legislators_part-time_and.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/M9O3BxOy7ZM/william_eddington_finally_gets.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:49:34 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3887992 ]]> Voice: Harold Beverly, Saginaw Good news! William Eddington is finally being given a chance for a long-overdue parole. To the best of my knowledge, this man, who has one of the best prison records, probably, in the prison system,...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/william_eddington_finally_gets.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/jq_c43OKO-I/calling_them_out_svsu_scores_w.htmlEditorialsThe Saginaw News staffWed, 04 Nov 2009 10:46:47 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3879526 ]]> News about the Michigan Promise scholarship has been all gloom and doom lately, as state budget bills axed the program to help pay for other state services. But Saginaw Valley State University managed to shine a ray of light...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/calling_them_out_svsu_scores_w.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/3u0ynrIF5lE/torn_from_the_front_page_chesa.htmlEditorialsInteract - Top StoryThe Saginaw News staffWed, 04 Nov 2009 10:45:32 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3879519 ]]> The two-year drive to expand the tax base for the Chesaning Public Library is down, but not out. Keep pushing, library supporters, for a vote of the people on whether they would pay a tax to support this service....http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/torn_from_the_front_page_chesa.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/2v5bXiSEykQ/chesaning_school_board_and_tow.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffWed, 04 Nov 2009 10:36:28 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3879478 ]]>Voice: Meredith Adelman, Chesaning Why is it that the people only become concerned with things when something is taken away from them? The people are now angry because they will have to pay for library services. This was discussed for...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/chesaning_school_board_and_tow.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/dgbkEpjW6pU/vaccine_delays_show_why_washin.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:22:47 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3871906 ]]>Voice: Janet H. Hecht, Vassar Are you wondering why you can’t get an H1N1 flu shot and even the seasonal flu shots are in short supply? Remember in the Clinton years, when Hillary put herself in charge of the nation’s...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/vaccine_delays_show_why_washin.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/Jvoipm9xRns/barack_obama_is_the_poorest_ex.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffTue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:09 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3870614 ]]> Voice: Evelyn Geer, Saginaw I think Barack Obama is the poorest excuse for a president that our nation has ever elected. He’s arrogant, a crybaby, and now the Obama team is attacking Fox News and everyone who disagrees with...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/barack_obama_is_the_poorest_ex.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/h4k8ODqIM3E/reopen_closed_stretches_of_sou.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:43 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3848255 ]]>Voice: Dorothy Beauch, Spaulding Township Currently, there is construction going on along M-13 (South Washington) from M-46 up to Hess in Saginaw. This entire area was blocked off to through traffic over a month ago. However, actual work has started...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/reopen_closed_stretches_of_sou.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/QAxtwyFzBzA/congress_must_assert_its_role.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:02:26 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3848239 ]]>Voice: Eldon M. Hall, Jonesfield Township   I am a citizen of the state of Michigan and the United States, a senior citizen, retired from a lifetime of productive working, an active community volunteer, and write you today, concerned deeply...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/congress_must_assert_its_role.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/BK-hUKT3blM/our_voice_michigan_must_reinve.htmlEditorialsThe Saginaw News staffFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:36:06 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3848325 ]]>The smoke from the latest state budget battle casts a funereal pall over Lansing today, with still no end in sight for the yearslong, titanic struggle to pay for public services in Michigan. After a dustup that extended a month...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/11/our_voice_michigan_must_reinve.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/SkpI3wBnrLc/talk_about_salaries_and_benefi.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffThu, 29 Oct 2009 12:43:49 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3841420 ]]> Voice: John Beckert, Fremont Township So Jenny is at it again, talking out of both sides of her mouth: Education is our future, let’s cut funding for schools.  If education is our future and she cuts funds, it seems...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/10/talk_about_salaries_and_benefi.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/m-ZNAg_Dkz4/heritage_team_thanks_all_suppo.htmlThe Saginaw News staffThu, 29 Oct 2009 12:40:30 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3841397 ]]>Voice: Chris Elllsworth, Heritage cross country team parent liaison, Saginaw Township The Heritage cross country team held their 22nd annual cross country invitational at Wickes Park on Oct. 10. More than 40 schools participated in this event which included a...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/10/heritage_team_thanks_all_suppo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/rH1SH_SeYIk/animal_control_is_needed_to_de.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffFri, 30 Oct 2009 07:47:21 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3847130 ]]> Voice: Nels and Judith Andersen, Northmoor Neighborhood Association, Saginaw We thank Duane E. Vanlanham for his selfless act in saving his neighbor. Every man, woman and child in Saginaw County can feel blessed that they have not experienced what...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/10/animal_control_is_needed_to_de.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/BaeWeXavnA4/chesaning_library_tax_would_be.htmlLettersThe Saginaw News staffThu, 29 Oct 2009 12:32:51 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3841378 ]]> Voice: Tom and Angie Meder, New Haven Township We live in New Haven Township in Shiawassee County and in the Chesaning Union School District. We have used the Chesaning Public Library for years.  Our children went to story hour...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/10/chesaning_library_tax_would_be.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/saginaw_opinion/~3/JmdV1UKoNZA/opinion_saginaws_on_fire_to_ch.htmlColumnsSaginaw - NewsJustin L. Engel | The Saginaw NewsFri, 30 Oct 2009 07:16:02 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf//3477.3845986 ]]>Tonight, the orange won’t fill Saginaw’s night sky.  Instead, that color will be closer to the ground, strapped on the shoulders of hundreds — maybe thousands — of cityfolk certain to keep their city out of the hands of those...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/10/opinion_saginaws_on_fire_to_ch.htmlnonadult