Edward Neff is the CEO of Systems, Machines, Automation Components Corporation, a company which produces fine motored robotics. He has managed automation companies in Belgium and Japan. In 1990, he founded SMAC in Carlsbad, California, which has grown to become a world leader in moving coil technology. Neff produces robots he refers to as “robotic...
The city of Hillsdale’s backup generators have been out of service for the past four years, but in two months they will be completely upgraded with newly-installed cooling towers. Total repairs — which began in 2015 — cost more than $470,000, funded by the Board of Public Utilities’ budget. Assistant Director Chris McArthur said the...
Widespread complaints about the Hillsdale welcome signs posted on the edges of town caused the city council to reopen public debate about the town’s motto at the Nov. 7 meeting. City Manager David Mackie said he has received negative comments about the signs’ size, visibility from the road, and their content. “I have a...
In the third episode of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Congressman Frank Underwood (D-SC) learns that voters in his hometown are rebelling against him. A 17-year-old girl has died in a car crash while driving past a distracting peach-shaped water tower. The town blames Underwood’s failure to remove the peach for the accident, and the...
Democracy in America lost when the winner-take-all system became a fundamental part of the electoral process. With only two states — Maine and Nebraska — proportionally represented, our nation has been taken over by the duopoly we know as the two-party system. In the winner-take-all system, electoral college delegates cast all their votes for whichever...