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The only candidate endorsed by Matt AND Torch Lake Views

November 1, 2008

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Tim Peterson and I don’t agree on everything, but I think he’d be a good Torch Lake Township Trustee anyway. Here’s why: He speaks plainly. The man will tell you what’s on his mind, and you will not come away confused about what he means or whether he really means it. He’s been following township […]

Love affair with local food

October 17, 2008

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I like knowing where my food comes from. I like fruit picked at the right time, just ripe enough that it will finish sweetening in my fruit bowl, but not so ripe that I have to eat it all that day. (Except peaches. I will buy peaches that I have to eat that minute. I […]

Again with the broadband??? Yup.

October 4, 2008

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There is a most interesting wire service story in the LA Times: Congress passes bill aimed at measuring Internet access.  So what’s the big deal?  Well, according to the FCC, 99% of the nation has broadband.  If you live in northern Michigan you know that’s nonsense.  Here’s where the phony information comes from.   If even […]

A question of access

October 3, 2008

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The most striking feature of Torch Lake Township is all that blue, blue water to the east and the west of us. It’s a magnet for tourism, development, and seasonal homeowners. Everyone wants to play on it or in it, to walk along it, to just look at it endlessly. Getting to it is the […]

Back on my broadband soapbox

September 13, 2008

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This morning I poured a cup of coffee and popped over to Susan Och’s French Road Connections for breakfast for my brain.  She offered up a blue plate special on one of my favorite aggravations: the lack of universal, affordable broadband in northern Michigan.  She summarized a position paper by Dan Scripps, who’s running for State […]

Michael and I both think you should see Kenny

August 8, 2008

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OK, I was lazy and didn’t tell you about the Traverse City Film Festival because I figured everybody around here already knew about it and besides it’s something you do in Traverse City, not in Torch Lake Township, and a long time ago I decided I had all I could do just to write about […]

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