In a Nov. 19 meeting, the Hillsdale City Council discussed taxation, utilities, and economic development plans. First, the council deliberated over how best to move forward after city voters rejected an income tax proposal. Tax revenue would have been used to fund residential road repair and maintenance. Despite the defeat, Councilperson Ruth Brown said that...
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November 15, 2012July 12, 2022City News
Disease strikes local deer
A plague has come to south-central Michigan. It has killed thousands, in up to 30 counties. But humans don’t have to worry about coming down with a case of Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, colloquially known as Bluetongue Disease. It only affects whitetail deer. “In most years, we get reports of about 1,000 deer dying in about...
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November 8, 2012July 12, 2022City News
Citizens speak out over construction impacts
At a meeting on Monday, the Hillsdale City Council moved forward on several issues. Among other things, the council approved the Hillsdale Business Association’s street barricade request for its “Light Up Hillsdale” parade, and passed several traffic control orders for local streets. But the input of four non-councilpersons who attended the meeting accounted for much...
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November 8, 2012July 12, 2022News
Republicans take Hillsdale
Republicans won big on Tuesday night — in Hillsdale, at least. According to Hillsdale County election returns provided by Election Magic, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won 61 percent of the total presidential ballots cast in the county. President Barack Obama won 37 percent, with the rest going to going to third-party candidates. Statewide, President...
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October 30, 2012July 12, 2022News
Schlueter speaks on libertarianism
In the March 2011 Imprimis, Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn observed that, “while on most campuses the debate is between Democrats and Republicans, here at Hillsdale, political arguments usually occur between libertarians and conservatives.” In a speech on Oct. 24 sponsored by the Lyceum, Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter staked out his side...