Get a Life, Lady

While meaning no disrespect to the elderly, the 83-year old woman initiating the recall drive against Trustee Larry Brown should get a life.  Talk about being confused.  My guess is that someone found the woman and put her up to this recall. Is she someone's aunt?

She is quoted in one paper as saying she wouldn't know Larry Brown "from a hole in the wall" prior to 2009.  Now, maybe the lady moved into West Bloomfield in 2008, but Larry was up for election that year and he has been active in West Bloomfield for many years before that.  I've known Larry all the way back to the early 1990s.  Am I supposed to believe she is 'sleeping beauty' just waking up from a long nap?

Give me a break.  The lady says that she got upset about the new waste hauler contract.  Well, so did I, but it passed on a 5-2 vote.  Done.  Not Larry's fault. 

Besides, she does not even mention that in her recall petition.  She is complaining about a sewer contract that also passed on a 5-2 vote.  I was at that meeting and heard the attorney tell the Board that they would lose a grant if they did not choose the low bidder and it did not matter if it was not an American company.  If the lady is upset, maybe she should direct her anger at Washington DC.

As for the failed lawsuit, I think Larry should have continued and refiled against the Township.  FOIA exists for a reason and denying access to public records is just plain wrong.  And especially in light of the $1.8 million dollar settlement against our Police Department in another case.

She has also sent a letter to another paper complaining about the Clerk's choice of a Deputy.  Well, he would not have been my choice, but that is strictly the Clerk's decision.  The Deputy is there to carry out her statutory duties in her absence and is to be loyal to her.  She can appoint and dismiss whomever she wants as many times as she wants.  Why don't some of these griping people sit down and read the state statutes???

As for the stipend being deposited into the Water Benevolent Fund, that issue is still at the Circuit Court.  Will she recall the Judge if she doesn't like his decision?  Let's just hope that she is never in need of money to pay her water bill. She could be out on a corner collecting pennies instead of signatures.