http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/ en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:54:32 -0500 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:07:58 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I admit that I did the Woop Woop Happy Dance last night when Dorothy Appleyard won the mayoral race nearly 3 to 1, with 72% of the votes compared to Lewis's 28%. That's what I call a resounding voice and... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/11/hooray_and_than.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/11/hooray_and_than.html Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:54:32 -0500 I am looking for an editor for Watchdog (this site). Someone who will monitor, create guidelines and enforce them, to do a number of things for this site that I do not have the time to do. Does anyone have... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/looking_for_an.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/looking_for_an.html Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:28:02 -0500 This will be the end of *Our Town* for me. Friends who know me well are aware that politics in the city of South Haven is not a joy in my life, it's a duty . My joys are my... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/goodbye_to_our.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/goodbye_to_our.html Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:28:59 -0500 The AAUW will sponsor a meet the candidate night at Lake Michigan College - South Haven on Thursday October 20 at 7:00 PM. All Mayoral and City Council candidates are invited. Each candidate will make a statement and there will... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/meet_the_candid.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/meet_the_candid.html Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:16:05 -0500 Anyone notice the long pipes coming out of manholes all over town? One runs from The Huron Street Parking lot all the way through the post office parking to Broadway. There are others. Last night I asked City Manager Kevin... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/sewer_solutions.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/sewer_solutions.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:07:22 -0500 I hope anyone who was at the or watched last night's Planning Commission will offer their interpretation of what they observed. Something important changed at some point in that meeting and I'm hoping that we can identify it and replicate... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/representative.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/representative.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:46:24 -0500 OK, here's where I get flack from some folks, but I've said it privately SO many times when someone disparages him and now I'm due to say it publicly. I think Dave Paull has everything it takes to be a... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/councilman_dave.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/councilman_dave.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:16:23 -0500 Knowledge. Passion. Balance. Commitment. Dignity. These are the reasons why South Haven will elect Dorothy Appleyard as Mayor. Dorothy Appleyard has attended every City Council and Planning Commission meeting for many years. She also regularly attends DDA meetings and she... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/dorothy_appleya.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/dorothy_appleya.html Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:43:41 -0500 City Council is on the defensive. And it aint pretty. It's certainly gratifying that the flurry of letter writing and speaking up at meetings has gotten their attention. But we don't need officials getting so defensive that they lose their... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/_misinformed_re.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/_misinformed_re.html Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:19:25 -0500 There's a lot of letter writing and talk going on about the proposed PUD (Planned Unit Development) ordinance, set for final public hearing at the October 6 Planning Commission meeting. The major concern is still the same: will it bring... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/the_new_pud_ord.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/10/the_new_pud_ord.html Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:19:23 -0500 In the Kazoo Gazette: South Haven officials seek to clarify proposal to suspend development Tuesday, September 20, 2005 bwalters@kalamazoogazette.com 388-8563 SOUTH HAVEN -- Stopping short of embracing a proposed nine-month moratorium on residential development but keeping it alive, the City... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/city_officials.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/city_officials.html Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:24:38 -0500 Did you know that the Downtown Development Authority coughs up nearly $60,000 annually for the ice skating rink in the Huron St. Parking lot? Yes, you probably know that City Council granted a lucrative contract, at no charge, to RUN... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/from_the_did_yo.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/from_the_did_yo.html Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:47:41 -0500 Pat Gaston waxes poetic in today's Herald Palladium: When did South Haven hit the jackpot? Editor, Who knew?! The city of South Haven is rolling in dough. Last week the city council passed an item funding a 10-foot-wide bike path... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/letter_to_the_e.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/letter_to_the_e.html Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:28:30 -0500 Check it out....a citizen's letter to the City Council and the Mayor's response: To whom it may apply! It is an outrage that a citizen of this community was not allowed to speak at your meeting Monday evening! Janet C.... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/we_must_have_dr.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/we_must_have_dr.html Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:19:16 -0500 A friend sends this: “Somewhere along the line of development we discover who we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible.” Eleanor Roosevelt in her original statement was referring to each person’s individual... http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/lets_talk_morat.html http://www.shwatchdog.org/ot/archives/2005/09/lets_talk_morat.html Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:06:14 -0500