http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_321072325.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_321072325.html By TRAVERSE CITY MAYOR CHRIS BZDOK: Do you want to spend Brown Bridge money on the waterfront? At the risk of pointing out the obvious, the bay is the best thing about Traverse City. It's why most of us live here. It's the first place we show family and friends who visit. It's where we spend our free time when the weather allows. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:55:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_317215614.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_317215614.html According to the best available estimates, between 1 and 2 million Americans aged 65 or older have been injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:10:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_317081022.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_317081022.html By HARRY C. DORMAN JR.: The question of prayer in Grand Traverse County Board meetings has been raised. While it appears there's no negative intent on the board's part, its long-standing meeting invocation may be in violation of the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:35:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_315073716.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_315073716.html By GENE A. CRAYTON: We will celebrate them all: those few left who fought in the "Great War" of World War I, the "Greatest Generation" of World War II, our heroes of Vietnam, Korea and the Gulf, and the latest generation of Iraq and Afghanistan. In many instances they suffered life-changing injuries for our freedoms. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:20:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_314072121.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_314072121.html By GARY APPEL and MARJIE RICH: We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Gov. Granholm, local education leaders and northern Michigan legislators to discuss the pressing funding crisis faced by our schools. We had an honest and at times, passionate exchange, but we left the meeting unconvinced. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:55:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_311065812.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_311065812.html Moralists assert government health care is a right. Constitutionalists ask, "What is the basis for the right?" The Declaration of Independence provides the philosophical basis for the existence of a free people. It establishes that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are unalienable and endowed to the people by their Creator. The Constitution establishes the existence and the structure of a government to secure these rights consistent with the consent of the governed, "We the People." Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_310075042.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_310075042.html By JOE VANDERMEULEN: Charter will take the clean, high-value bandwidth occupied by our region's only Public Access Television station (Up North 2) and Northwestern Michigan College's Educational Access station (Channel 13) and exchange it for unused, interference-plagued bandwidth at channels 96 and 97. Surely, Charter owes this community something better than what we're now getting. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:55:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_309065541.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_309065541.html By KEN WINTER: A former Lansing-based state government reporter recently observed that state government coverage by Michigan's largest news organizations continues to diminish. Some important stories hardly surface in today's news because news organizations have dramatically reduced newsroom staffs. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:50:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_308075010.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_308075010.html By SHERRI SOLOMON: While the financial impact of repealing Public Act No. 248 can be measured, it is impossible to quantify the cost of human suffering for those wanting, yet denied resources to maintain a healthy life. Since the recession began, we are seeing an increase in activity for people dealing with the pressure of job loss, home foreclosures and lost health insurance. Now is not the time for politicians to take away access to medications. We simply can't afford it. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:25:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_307072657.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_307072657.html By TIM RANSBERGER: As the world moves from the old analog world to digital technology, most cable companies, including Charter, are carrying the over-the-air digital signals transmitted by local broadcasters and duplicating that signal into analog formats that can be viewed on older TV sets. We do that while also staying on the cutting edge of new digital technology. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:55:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_304165539.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_304165539.html In response to the Record-Eagle's editorial of Oct. 9, I take this opportunity to commend the paper for continuing to question and challenge the supposedly objective "public process" structured to "determine the fate of the Boardman River Dams." Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:25:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_303072721.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_303072721.html By PORTER ABBOTT: There are words that are like bombs -- words like capitalism, communism, fascism, Islam. They have perfectly good meanings, but are so loaded they can blow up reasonable discourse. As word-bombs, they all have the same meaning: Be Scared, Don't Think (BSDT). Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_300080044.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_300080044.html By DUNCAN CAMPBELL: Each of us has a favorite stream, river, lake or Great Lake -- the inland seas that make Michigan one of the world's most easily identifiable places. As the stewards of the world's largest fresh water reservoir, we know there is no pure Michigan without pure water. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:55:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_296205536.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_296205536.html The correlation between what we have here in Traverse City and Anytown, USA, is not only the perception of safety but in fact the reality of public safety that we have achieved here. This, however, was not accomplished by accident but rather by an aggressive, proactive versus reactive police department. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:40:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_296074039.html http://www.record-eagle.com/forums/local_story_296074039.html By JANICE BENSON: There's lots of talk about the abundant apple crop this year. And it appears the common message is this: too many apples. I don't know about you, but something about that just doesn't sit right. With all of the labor that goes into producing a crop, aren't farmers supposed to rejoice when everything goes well -- when they have a beautiful, juicy, bumper crop?