A new township hall not approved by voters, trash hauling monopoly to campaign contributors, secret bonus payments to township employees, no bid contracts for lawyers and friends of officials ? just a few reasons why residents Michael Powell and Henry Woloson began ‘Citizens Against Independence Township Waste.?
Powell and Woloson passed out fliers prior to the ‘garbage talk? meeting at Clarkston Junion High on Aug. 27, which Woloson, treasurer of the group, said has led to numerous phone calls and e-mails of people possibly interested in a recall of Supervisor Dave Wagner.
‘As always I’m hopeful that people will correct their behavior, but I think this is just gone too far,? he said. ‘Everybody has a boss, and it’s profoundly arrogant when some people feel they’re above the law. When some people feel they have no boss, that’s the issue here, we need to reassert ourselves in the process.?
Powell, president of the group, agreed.
‘Mr. Wagner refuses to listen to anybody anymore, he’s got an agenda and he is going to do what he’s got set in his mind no matter what the people in this township say,? he said.
‘That’s sad because the people who voted for him voted because they thought he was going to listen to them and he is not and that’s ridiculous.?
He also said many of the people he has talked to have shown an interest.
Everybody I’ve talked to is fed up and they’ve had it,” Powell said. “They’re ready to get rid of him.”
Wagner said he has been ‘accused of everything under the sun? and would like to know which garbage guy ‘paid him off.?
‘I’m very disappointed in what Henry did. I respect him very much, but he’s got so many things in there (the flier) that are completely untrue,? Wagner said. ‘It’s just a bunch of false accusations with no basis of fact.?
Woloson said they do have ‘recall? information, but it would require a signed petition of 15 percent of all the people in the township who voted in the last governor election, which would be around 4,000 signatures.
‘No, a decision has not been made, but I don’t think there has been any question if people have said ‘if we don’t get some type of altered behavior, then do it,?? Woloson said.
‘These are elected officials. They deserve the right to exercise their judgment, but they don’t deserve the right to exercise their judgment in a vacuum, nor out of the scrutiny of the public and that’s what’s been going on.?