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After months of tirelessly protesting against Grover Beach's new water rate structure, Grover H2O members finally received the answer they've been looking for. During a...
gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council discussed an ethical issue Wednesday regarding a proposal Councilor Virginia Cole had selectively circulated to two other council members that prompted a call during public comment for Cole to resign. The discussion centered on actions by Cole that came up during the Jan. 13 meeting, a week after the council learned of the Veridea Group’s withdrawal from negotiations for development of the big parking deck property on Lakeshore Drive. The Council voted to have the Planning Commission make recommendations on a course forward for...
gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — After funding delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project to build a new pier in downtown Houghton is back on. Wednesday, the Houghton City Council committed a $951,600, 25% match for the project, which involves building a pier and improving parking between the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Michigan Technological University’s Lakeshore Center. The rest of the $3.732 million cost comes from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The MEDC had given the city a letter of interest in 2019, and the city had been ready to bid out the project the followin...
Wullbrandt could not be reached for comment. Fleishman and his partner, Roy Hanley, of Atascadero-based Fleishman & Hanley LLP, served Solvang for 21 years before the firm tendered its resignation in late May 2019, effective July 31 that year. David Fleishman is pictured in this screenshot from the Solvang City Council meeting on May 28, 2019. âThe City Council majority is entitled to and should be served by a city attorney whose ethical standards and commitment to the rule of law more closely match their own,â Fleishman wrote. Fleishman said the city was a defendant in almost n...