In Our Opinion
No joke!
      We thought Houghton Lake businessman Dean Hull was joking at first. But, we found out he is quite correct. Michigan's Business Tax (MBT), which was spawned in the midnight hours of last Oct 1st, right after the state's rest areas closed for a couple of hours, has made the state coffers quite healthy again. Healthy to the tune of a 57.
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Gas price positive
      A decrease in highway fatalities has resulted from the steep increase in gasoline prices a study has recently determined. And, if the decrease in highway fatalities continues 2008 could have the lowest highway fatalities since John Kennedy became president in 1961.
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Antiquated labor laws restrict workers' involvement
      Unions: What Works -- and What Doesn't "We must hang together, gentlemen," Benjamin Franklin warned his fellow colonists during the American Revolution, "else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." In many ways, the same thing is true in business today.
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MAKE IT PLAIN
By Glenn Schicker
      After attending a service at a government-sanctioned church during his visit to China for the opening of the Olympic Games, President Bush made a brief statement. "No state, man or woman should fear the influence of loving religion," he said. According to The Washington Times, Bush also pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao to grant more religious freedom to his people.
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IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
REPRINTED FROM RESORTER BACK ISSUES 10 YEARS AGO-AUG. 27, 1998
      Governor awards grant for police-school liaisons "Two police officers who will spend full time working with students in Roscommon County schools will be hired under a $75,413 grant awarded to the county by Gov. John Engler last week.
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