By Jack Dempsey on February 21st, 2020
A recent column provocatively headlined “Cancel Keweenaw, Outlaw Ontonagon” called for Lansing to force consolidation of local governments. Enhancing government efficiency is always a worthy subject. I doubt, though, there’s too much democracy in Michigan. What the good people of these Upper Peninsula locales need is for Lansing to afford them a true partnership with better tools to succeed, not more central command and control....