Letter to the Editor: Ottawa County employees, please hang in there
I, and many other residents, are grateful for your commitment to serving our community. Your skills, talents and experience are valued.
Opinion
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Barbara Mezeske: The monsters within us: A Sunday afternoon meditation
If your choices are driven by the monsters within, consider what will be unleashed upon our neighbors, our communities, our country, and our world.
Dan Van Ommen: Empty chairs at empty tables
At some point in our lives, we’re going to suffer loss. Maybe we need to fill a void in our life by inviting a new friend to fill a chair around our table.
Wetmore wants to make key hires. Moss wants to name him interim administrator.
HR questions deputy administrator's ability to hire as Ottawa Impact board chair seems to be clearing the way
Interim Ottawa County administrator resigns — again
In an email to commissioners on Monday, Oct. 14, Deputy Administrator Ben Wetmore informed the officials that Interim Administrator Jon Anderson had resigned from his position the previous evening.
What is the cost of Ottawa Impact? About $3 million and counting
The cost of Ottawa Impact controlling the county’s board of commissioners has now edged to nearly $3 million over the past two years in unexpected costs — and that total is expected to rise.
Survey: Only 25% of Ottawa County employees trust the Ottawa Impact-led board of commissioners
Just less than half of all respondents (49%) said they considered leaving within the past six months.
Ottawa County poised to pay more than $60K to search for its next administrator
According to one commissioner, the current process varies widely from the last official search in 2021, which cost taxpayers $22,500.
Paul deLespinasse: Hamilton was wrong: Courts are not the least-dangerous branch
Americans should think carefully before supporting the special interests that would weaken our national government.