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Saturday, December 26, 2015

In Hoc Anno Domini

Image via The Wall Street Journal
Since 1949, The Wall Street Journal reprints a commentary ("In Hoc Anno Domini") every Christmas by Vermont C. Royster. Royster ran that paper’s editorial page from 1958 to 1971. Click here to read/print the commentary.

Some at The Wall Street Journal must view the commentary as a partial warning against "big government." For example, this section:
...But afterward Paul of Tarsus, too, was sore afraid. He feared that other Caesars, other prophets, might one day persuade men that man was nothing save a servant unto them, that men might yield up their birthright from God for pottage and walk no more in freedom.
I highly doubt St. Paul was worried about "big government" when he wrote his Epistle. Here's a much better response below from Mollie Hemingway on Twitter.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Troy Zoning Board of Appeals - December 2015 Meeting Recap

City staff has posted the video recording of the 12/15/15 Troy Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting to YouTube. At the bottom of this post is the video. (The meeting actually starts shortly after the 10 second mark of the video.)

Click here to download the entire Agenda Packet from the December 15th meeting.

There was only one item on the agenda:
  1. A variance for 1834 Kirkton (to construct a detached garage). The ZBA approved the variance. I voted "yes" to approve the variance.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Welcoming a Syrian Refugee to Troy

By now, you've probably read the information that is linked in the Twitter post displayed below.
As reported by The Detroit News, President Obama reached out on Facebook last week to welcome the unidentified Syrian scientist who recently learned he will be resettled here in Troy, MI.

Click here to read The Oakland Press coverage of this story.

I'm sure this future Troy resident will be an asset to our community in the years to come.

12/14/15 UPDATE: See the Twitter post below from the City of Troy.