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(Editor’s Note: Monnie Peters wonders why JP Milliken hasn’t answered the questions posed by the Gazette or League of Women Voters. If he’s too busy, she writes, he likely won’t have time to fulfill the many requirements of being a Township Trustee. Read on for her thoughts. -jb)
JP Milliken is an enigma to me. I’ve not met him, but I understand he is a well-respected physician. He’s also running for Peninsula Township trustee.
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He’s a candidate for public office. Yet, we don’t know anything about his visions or what he stands for as a candidate. Unlike the other trustee candidates, he hasn’t answered the questions posed by the Old Mission Gazette, nor those posed by the League of Women Voters, both of which were sent to all candidates before the primary election last summer.
Why would any candidate for public office choose to be so invisible? Maybe he’s not really very interested in the job. If he were, wouldn’t he want everyone to know what he thinks about the most important issues facing the township?
Or, maybe he’s not up to speed on those issues. But, if he’s not up to speed now, is he really going to get up to speed after he’s got the job? Or, maybe he doesn’t want you to know what he thinks. But, if that’s the case, how do people know what they’re voting for?
Or, maybe he’s too busy. But, if he can’t find the time to answer the Gazette’s or the League’s questions, where will he find the time to attend meetings of the board and subcommittees, read the monthly board meeting packet which can span hundreds of pages, talk to residents about their concerns, and all the other tasks that are required to do the job well?
The next Peninsula Township Board will face multiple issues that will define the Township’s future character and financial well-being. It’s not a job for someone who isn’t engaged, or doesn’t want to do the work required to do the job. Vote for other candidates.
-Monnie Peters
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I totally agree with Monnie Peter’s comments. Several candidates responded to questionnaires to provide the voters insight to their positions. Mr Milliken declined to do this..why? Is he using his family name as his “vote for me” slogan? Very disappointing for a “long standing” Old Mission resident who wants to be elected to the Board.
Isaiah has responded to dishonest and aggressive attacks directed at the township and staff, including many times from Jay. Jay’s attack on Jim Floraday and Jane Boursaw yesterday shows that this is a pattern for him, not an exception.
While I understand that Jay and JP are both disappointed that they aren’t getting preferential treatment on their proposed projects, I trust that township leaders are in fact serving “professionally, impartially, efficiently, transparently and without animosity or bias.”