now allowed to do. that s it. that story broke in the michigan messenger, one of the few media outlets that has been covering this story with diligence. last night, as we were covering the story of benton harbor, the benton harbor city commission met for the first time since the emergency manager guy there told them that they, you know, had been turned into pilars of salt, more or less. the manager knew this meeting apparently might get a little hot. he set up a two-minute timer for anyone who wanted to speak up at this meeting. and this is what he got from local residents. somebody about to go, and i think it s going to have to be joe. [ buzzer ] you not even an elected official! he going to fire me? why you going to fire me? [ buzzer ] adolf hitler was a dictator. now we have a dictator in joseph parish. we have allowed this man to be too comfortable in our homes. we re not going to let it start at the foot of a so-called giant who s really a grasshopper. nobody going to ta
messenger, one of the few media outlets that has been covering this story with diligence. last night, as we were covering the story of benton harbor, the benton harbor city commission met for the first time since the emergency manager guy there told them that they, you know, had been turned into pilars of salt, more or less. the manager knew this meeting apparently might get a little hot. he set up a two-minute timer for anyone who wanted to speak up at this meeting. and this is what he got from local residents. somebody about to go, and i think it s going to have to be joe. [ buzzer ] you not even an elected official! he going to fire me? why you going to fire me? [ buzzer ] adolf hitler was a dictator. now we have a dictator in joseph parish. we have allowed this man to be too comfortable in our homes. we re not going to let it start at the foot of a so-called giant who s really a grasshopper. nobody going to take this from me or my voice.
the poorest towns in michigan. it was deeded to the town in perpetuity in 1917. perpetuity i guess is not as long as it used to be, because now benton harbor residents are looking at a golf course where the cost of an annual pass for a family to play there is $5,000. $5,000 is half the average annual income of actual families living in benton harbor. this golf course development thing is not for them. and neither, apparently, is democratic local government. on friday, benton harbor s new state-appointed energy overseer joe harris, issued an executive order that restricted the mayor and the city commissioners to three duties. they can call a meeting, they can approve meeting minute, and they can adjourn the meeting, three things that elected officials of benton harbor are now allowed to do. that s it. that story broke in the michigan messenger, one of the few media outlets that has been covering this story with diligence. last night, as we were covering the story of benton harbor, the b