Clarkston Secrets https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Q & A, Part 3 – Clarkston’s “Public Safety” Millage (Get Less, Pay More!) Why Are The City’s Legal Bills So High? Un-effing-believable! More City Hall Police Payment Errors! More Background the City Doesn’t Want You to Know About the Clerk The Real Story About How Clarkston Taxpayers Overpaid Independence Township (At Least) $171,799.59 For Police And Fire Services Q & A, Part 1 – Clarkston’s “Public Safety” Millage (Get Less, Pay More!) Our Former Historic District Commission Chair Has Pled Guilty Another One Bites The Dust – Our Newest Historic District Commissioner Has Resigned  Did You Hear The One About Councilmember Erica Jones Beclowning Herself And Embarrassing The City? (With Video) And Now We Know More About Our Clerk’s Mysterious Return To Clarkston Really Interesting News Coming Out Of The Village Of Lake Orion! Congrats Clarkston Taxpayers – The “Free” Money The City Is Getting Will Cost You $208,600 – But It Could Be A Lot More Than That Q & A, Part 2 – Clarkston’s “Public Safety” Millage (Get Less, Pay More!)  More On The Expensive Public Safety Millage Scam – How Much It May Cost You And How It Could Include A Trojan Horse for More Future Taxes Without Your Vote! Are You Tired of City Government? Upset with What They’re Doing? Then Run for Office! Let Me Introduce You To “Assistant” City Attorney Kristen Kolb The “Public Safety Millage” Has Been Unveiled – They Want Permission To Raise Your Taxes By 62% (Up To 18.4107 Mills) – At City Council’s Discretion Meet The Future Employee Behind Your .691 Mill Tax Increase The World Is A Much Less Interesting Place Now The City Thinks It Can Trespass On Your Property, Prohibit Your Child’s Tree Swing, And Throw You In Jail For 90 Days If You Cut Down A Tree In Your Backyard The Proposed City Hall Salary Increases are OBSCENE Oh No – The Clerk Has Resigned! Wow, Whoever Could Have Predicted THAT? City Manager Jonathan Smith – If You Don’t Give Me A $13,000 Raise, I Quit! More Secrets Your Clarkston Government Kept From You OMG She’s Baaaaack! (At Least Until Something Better Comes Along) Your Tax Bill Is Increasing By .691 Mills So Four City Hall Employees Can Split An Additional ~$37,000 In Wages And Benefits Your Taxes Are Going Up To Give City Employees Huge Raises – And Your City Manager and City Council Know There Isn’t A Damned Thing You Can Do About It November 2018 Election YOLO (You Only Live Once) – The Tale of A “Community Project” – Part 2 CBC Joint Venture v Clarkston Open Meetings Act William Basinger – Expert in Everything™ Freedom of Information Act What’s Behind the “Raising Taxes” Claim? That Didn’t Take Long DPW/City Hall Expansion (The Zombie That Refuses to Die) YOLO (You Only Live Once) – The Tale of A “Community Project” – Part 1 A Conflict, or Not a Conflict – That is the Question – Part 1 Breaking News! The City Lost – Again, and Again If You Value Transparency, Vote NO on Charter Proposal #1 By All Means, Let’s “Clear the Air” About Haven’s Favored Write-In Candidates Fiscal Irresponsibility, A Financial “Windfall,” and the Sanctimonious Chutzpah of our City Council Why Does the City Keep Lying About the Short-Term Rental Ordinance? Response: Eliminating “Resign to Run” is a Bad Idea Who Should Pay My FOIA Costs and Fees? Part II – The Role of the Michigan Municipal League Liability and Property Pool, Michigan Municipal League, and the Attorneys They Paid Bisio v Clarkston, Part 1 Some Truths Live On Court Filings Bisio v Clarkston, Part 2 Bisio v Clarkston, Part 3