About L.A.W.


  • MOTTO: Qui male agit odit lucem. ("He who does evil despises the light.")

  • PUBLISHER: Local Area Watch, Inc. ~ a Michigan non-profit corporation ~ Copyright 2002-2007

  • STAFF: William Tingley, Executive Director ~ Bridget Tingley, Editor ~ Mary Hines, Office Manager ~ Robert Harrison, Photographer

  • CONTACT INFO: Local Area Watch Inc. ~ 1009 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. ~ Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 ~ ph 616-458-3125 ~ fx 616-454-9958

Highlights

  • Bio-Tech Blather
    Watch your wallets, boys and girls. The politicians and the corporate panhandlers are about to put a big bet on the bio-tech boom with your tax dollars and charitable donations.
  • Dumping Scandal FAQ's
    Answers to the main questions about the dumping of hazardous waste at the Monroe Avenue Water Filtration Plant and other dumpsites.
  • Gutless U-M Caves on Bronzes
    Art endures, if obscured, in that grotty little fiefdom of intellectual poseurs and petty inquisitions that has become the University of Michigan.
  • Kent County Medical Examiner Compromised
    In a glaring conflict of interest, Kent County Medical Examiner Stephen Cohle whitewashes autopsies that could have revealed misconduct by Spectrum Health and Laboratory Pathologists, a staffing firm Cohle owns and operates.
  • Living Wage Kills Jobs
    City pols support a Marxist policy that, like all Marxist policies, hurt the very people they say it will help.
  • Local Prof Sez We're Bible-Beating Bigots
    Outspoken GVSU professor Ben Rudolph gets it wrong when he concludes that River City's "conservative" values are wrecking the local economy.
  • Lost Cause
    A story of how River City lost its way to a secure economic future.
  • Mayor Heartwell: The Best Investment in Town
    The mayor takes a campaign contribution from a lobbying firm and then awards it a $70,000 city contract.
  • Poison
    The nasty nature of the 26,000 tons of poison that The Boardwalk's developers dug up and then dumped upon the rest of us.
  • The Fixer
    A four-part series about the local attorney behind the demise of Autodie, Butterworth Hospital, Amway, and Old Kent. Warning: Strong accusations of corruption, greed, and skullduggery. Not for the feint of heart.
  • The Flying Monkey Brigade
    Lysenkoists now rule and dictate what citizens will and will not discuss as science in the public square -- especially, the public school classroom.
  • The Pig in the Python
    The dirty little secret behind the success and failure of every school reform that the education establishment, the public school bureaucrats, and the teachers unions will never reveal.
  • The Problem With Teachers
    Why teachers are the professionals least suited to run a school district -- or even a school.
  • Thirty-Six Bucks
    Balancing the City budget: Maybe it's time for those making a living on the taxpayer's dime to give up a little instead of sticking it to the taxpayer one more time.
  • Urban League Takes a Wrong Turn
    The Grand Rapids chapter of this venerable civil rights organization took a step backward with its dubious report finding institutionalized racism in area police forces.
  • When Will It Stop?
    Enough of the repulsive tactic of accusing everyone of bigotry who doesn't kowtow to the racemongers.
  • Who Tickets the Cops?
    State highway patrolmen flout the law on our freeways.
  • Yeah, and Summer is Hotter Than Winter
    The Grand Rapids Press ignores science to promote feel-good politics on the environment and becomes the watchdog that doesn't bark.

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Comments

Lounge Daddy

I have enjoyed L.A.W. for quite some time, and I'll be sure and keep checking back. Have a great New Year!

God Bless you both.
Best,
- Dan

Editor, Local Area Watch

Hello Dan,

Thank you for being a regular visitor to our site over the years. We in turn appreciate your feedback and comments as well.

We'll post new articles when we can so, check in now and then to see if we have added some new items for consideration.

Until then, we return the blessing to you. May God give you health, wealth and happiness in 2009 and beyond.

Regards,

Bridget

Kimberly Hooker

Hope all is well with you two. I sure did miss the Christmas/New Years gathering. Hope you are doing great and i cant wait to read more on L.A.W. Take care and God bless
Kimberly Hooker

The Editor - L.A.W.

Hi Kim,

We had plenty going on late in the year so, no get togethers were planned in Dec. Sorry about that. Hopefully, things will be more calm this year and we can see you again!

Hope that you, Jim and Colton are doing great. Enjoy the warmth and sunshine coming with spring and summer - they are almost here.

We'll write on LAW when we can - little time right now.

Take Care and Many Blessings From Above To All of You Too.

Bridget & Bill


Jameson

Hello,

I saw you’re a fellow Michigander and thought you might be interested in Rep. Thaddeus McCotter from Livonia and his youtube videos and releases to ingest and post if you like. He’s witty but strongly principled and articulate. If you would like to receive updates on his media appearances and statements, please let me know.

Thanks!

Jameson Cunningham
Press Secretary
Office of Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11)
jameson.cunningham@mail.house.gov

YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RepMcCotter

McCotter at tax day tea party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTqAUJ24MPc

Lou Dobbs interview on autos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz8mmsUaxoA

Witty banter on Fox News Red Eye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwq3MK5ot0Y

Brandon

With such a lengthy sabbatical here, I've taken to checking the LAW site once every couple of months (or when memory just randomly prompts me to take a look). Indeed, it's been a good long stretch of inactivity. But while a length of time like this might prompt one to think that maybe the site just isn't going to come back to life, the mere fact that it is still here at all (when it could just as easily been taken down) leads me to think that maybe, just maybe, there's a chance we'll wake up one of these mornings (or evenings) to see a brand new post. Hey ... keep hope alive!

So much of what I read at this site I disagreed with -- sometimes profoundly, other times just barely -- but I enjoyed the subjects, the manner in which they were presented, the comments that others included, and, of course, some of the discussions that came about as a result.

I sure hope you're comin' back soon.

Brandon

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