Letter to
the Editor:
Separating fact from fiction
I
am writing today to separate the
fact from the fiction in
Jason Oberle’s last letter to the
editor. Jason starts out by
patting himself on the back for
increasing the fund balance by
more than 85 percent. How did
you get to 85 percent? Is this
just another arbitrary number?
Does that number include the
$150,000 that was set aside from
the previous administration for
street beautification that was
never complete?...
sounds to me as though he either
collected too much in taxes or
short changed the tax payers in
services! (DJM) ; )
Next you boast about receiving
$250,000 from the Sault Tribe.
Sources close to the Tribal
process tell me that Kinross
would have received much more if
you were not Supervisor and that
your presence within the Township
was more of a negative than a
positive with your own Tribe
(As documented in your last
election where you garnered only
152 votes for Sault Tribe Board
in Unit I).
This money often referred to as
2% money is State mandated and
disbursed to municipalities
based on unit allocation. DJ
Malloy deserves the credit for
going to bat for Kinross despite
your involvement.
You continue with the Golf
course issue. You are not really
going to bring that up are you?
That project was a complete mess
from the get go and to add
insult to injury, you made
explicit remarks and gestures to
the Bar and Grill host which
almost landed you in yet another
civil lawsuit. The project was
fraught with delays because of
poor planning and did not open
until several months after it
was completed.
As
far as job growth I am sure that
the citizens in Kinross Township
would argue the fact that you
had little to nothing to do with
any net jobs within the
community. On the rare occasion
that you were in your office
sources say that you were
working on school work and not
the business of the Township. It
is a fact that you have missed
13 Board meeting in the
past 15 months. As far as
eliminating old blighted
buildings that process was
started prior to your brief
tenure at the Township by the
previous administration. What we
are left with are two more
vacant lots we can not sell and
$100,000 spent to demolish them.
I
have to laugh at the next
paragraph. What do you mean by
“positive systemic change” in
regards to the development of Mascoma locating in Kinross? You
admitted at the hearing that you
did not know anything about the
project much sooner than the
rest of us. So I guess you throw
“positive systemic change” into
the article to mislead readers to
believing you had something to
do with it or contributed to the
process in some manor.
I
notice that you are always
giving at least a little bit of
credit to your political cronies
(Besteman, Ulrich, and DeWitt).
What happened to the rest of the
Board. Are you saying that Fred
McClendon, Dan Mitchell, Herb
Henderson, and Wayne Donaway did
nothing to facilitate any of the
accomplishments you mention? Or
are you just endorsing your
friends? If so, it will be duly
noted by the voting public.
Finally you end your letter by
stating that everyone who comes
to the meetings are complaining,
disrupting and speaking out of
turn. I have been at the
meetings you mention and have
seen none of this behavior.
Remember the meetings are
recorded and can ne accessed at
http://www.pacz.org/070708.wmv
(full download) for anyone
to review. What citizens will
see upon reviewing these
meetings is a sarcastic, rude
and disrespectful Township
Supervisor.
Sincerely,
Joe Paczkowski
Kincheloe, MI
49788
906-440-5297
