Does the Menominee City Council Have Ethics and Guts?

After rather more hemming and hawing than is necessary, the Menominee County Board finally registered its opposition to the Back Forty Mine.

It was a nail-bitingly close 5-4 vote. Read more here.

Predictably, Chairman Charlie Meintz voted against the strongly-worded resolution, saying it wasn't the board's place to voice opposition to the mine.

Fortunately, Bernie Lang, always a leader, plus four others - Steve Gromala, Larry Phelps, Larry Schei and William Tech demonstrated courage, ethics and common sense while Creeping Charlie and his cronies (John Nelson, Gerald Piche and Jan Hafeman) did not.

Time to look for some better candidates, county residents.

Meanwhile, the Menominee City Council is doing its best to ignore the matter. Mayor Jean Stegeman is reportedly opposed to the mine, but her position is essentially honorary and carries no real clout, something most people either don't realize or just plain ignore.

Menominee's city council includes some good people, but so far they've been a disappointment.

Menominee taxpayers and voters should push for a decision.



Edited to add: The Mayor is considered a voting member of the city council and would presumably vote in favor of opposing the mine.