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Sure, there’s the bad news: Macomb County’s tax base is evaporating. Services are shrinking. And there are fewer assistant prosecutors and deputies tracking down criminals. But that’s not the whole story, county Board of Commissioners Chairman Paul Gieleghem said Tuesday in an interview with the Free Press. Note: This Op-Ed was printed in the Macomb Daily on Sunday, April 4, 2010. In states like Michigan, where the unemployment has reached epidemic proportions, communities are caught in a Catch-22. The economic tsunami left far too many ready, willing, and able to work but without any prospect of employment. Consequently, the need for public [...] MOUNT CLEMENS – In what was a very impassioned speech, a sometimes tearful Macomb County Board of Commissioners Chairman Paul Gieleghem delivered his last State of the County Address on Feb. 25. Gieleghem started off his speech by looking back at everything accomplished in the county in the past year. He pointed out that many of the things [...] Last weekend Paul was a guest on Channel 4’s Flash Point as part of a round table discussion between Metro-Detroit’s “Big Four” leaders on challenges facing our communities. You can watch the video here. Harrison Township — Macomb County must continue to transform itself, spur economic development and get its residents back to work to weather the tough times ahead, the chairman of its Board of Commissioners said Thursday. |
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