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Tag: Holland

Who Needs Anecdotal?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 11:41:08 AM EST
Tags: Holland, FAIL, Michigan, Loss of Rights, Private Property, Zoning, Oppressive Government, Freedom, Liberty, Free Markets (all tags)

Families destroyed, future prosperity hampered, and setting up a whole new set of government dependent souls.

God help us from benevolent bureaucracies!

"HOLLAND, Mich. -- Several weeks after a city zoning officer shut down his hot dog business, 13-year-old Nathan Duszynski and his parents are homeless.
The family was hoping Nathan's hot dog cart could help them through a difficult time. Nathan's mother, Lynette Johnson, suffers from epilepsy and his stepfather, Doug Johnson, has multiple sclerosis. Their illnesses have restricted them from finding permanent, full-time work.
...
Nathan wanted to help out his family by selling hot dogs from a cart he bought with money he saved.
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The city of Holland, however, shut down the business 10 minutes after it opened, informing Nathan it was in the city's commercial district where food carts not connected to downtown brick-and-motor restaurants are prohibited. The Mackinac Center's coverage of the issue has drawn national attention."

Unintended or otherwise, it is considered normal nowadays for government to hamper the opportunities of some, to favor others. A pretend scenario is certainly unnecessary for this family.

Frilliant.

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Airplanes Elections and Indiscriminate Expenses

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Aug 12, 2011 at 11:31:37 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Holland, Obama, President, Air Force One, $181757 per hour, Blame, Political, Elections, Huizenga, Sweaty Assaulter, AlGore (all tags)

Obama was in Holland yesterday. He flew in on Air force One for a speech or two, snubbed a couple of Michigan dignitaries who were not in his party, and started working on his base for 2012. Well, at least Bill Huizenga didn't get any love from the man he helped with the debt ceiling increase:

"The freshman congressman, who did vote for the debt ceiling deal despite Tea Party criticism, said he contacted the White House about attending the event celebrating the company's advance battery manufacturing success, but an invite never came.
"This is over the top. How does he think he can get away with this?" Huizenga told MIRS."

What? Hurt feelings?

The political season for Obama has just begun, and his propensity to use public funds to enhance his personal greatness is a phenomenon only imagined in our founder's worst nightmares. Congressman Huizenga should know better than to put any trust in the hyena of hyenas, Barack Obama. This trip was simply about Obama, not the area, its manufacturing, its workers, or any cooperation with a local Michigan government.

Obama's disregard for the expense on his behalf says so. If only based on the flight time of Colonel "Jeeves" his personal jet driver.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Up In Smoke: Sources and Zealots

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Tue Nov 30, 2010 at 03:13:58 PM EST
Tags: MLLC, BLS, Smoking, Zealots, Ohio, Minnesota, Holland, Community (all tags)

Yannow, it really never ceases to amaze me that when one is presented with information available by sources responsible to its respective body be it us citizens or a membership, it still just isn't good enough or flawed.

Today that amazement reared its ugly head again.

But, before going forward...

Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment. ~Ira Gassen

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