Sunday, March 25, 2018

Gifts for new vets home "authority "people?

Something here isn't right. And more and more it looks like Snyders MVAA puppet show is getting worse.  We know that Snyder wants the federal money for the states new veterans home before he leaves office.

But to tell ya the truth, I think the Feds should hold off until next year after Snyder is gone.  His entire administration is marked by cronyism, and huge pay offs for his friends and puppets.  And that new home is just plain WRONG. 1 Floor for the whole thing. PERIOD.

The most recent has been at the Authority meeting held at the GR vets home where a vote was taken, on the subject of the new authority being able to accept gifts.. What is this? Why are they accepting gifts? That 350k per year salary they get isn't enough?  Volunteers and staff at the current vets home get fired/kicked out if they accept a gift.. so why is the new MVAA Authority voting to accept gifts? Sounds like more corruption to me. 

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

New vets home zoning approved, with 1 condition.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/03/new_grand_rapids_veterans_home_1.html

Read the story on Mlive.com

Apparently someone got a hair up her tail recently when we wrote an op claiming that Jim Redford head of MVAA seems to be out of touch, in over his head, and the wrong man for the job.

This person also went off on another posting here and on our facebook page.

Well I think this story proves what we were saying. Many people feel the MVAA just shoved this project forward, without engaging the public or the local residents, and that is NOT good leadership, no matter how you like it.

And while the MVAA recently visited the Vets home and showed them why the new home needed to be put where they want to put it, many people outside the home wonder if it really needs to go there, and are there other options besides destroying one of the last remaining old growth patch of forest.