Gosh, I've been browsing and wondering why the threads looked weird and there were no updates.
I just saw this somehow. This is a sad development, I also appreciate what everyone brings to this forum.
Agreed, sucks to lose the involvement of one of the old timers here. We need more engagement, not less. I will say that leaving without saying anything and deleting one's account in a way that removes comments and threads is not terribly respectful to this little community we have here. I cannot commentate on this and not mention that at all.
MichMatters was the most on-point with scouring the meeting agendas and packets. I'll do my best to keep everyone here updated on that stuff, I just may end up a week or two late sometimes. Things have been slow lately, nothing of note going through Lansing and with no Council meeting next week then no planning meeting until the end of month, I don't think there will be much new to report on in the immediate future.
...And with that I'd just suggest to anyone that if you find something that's not posted about that you want to share, please share it! I err on the side of not posting stuff like business openings/closings, relevant community events or too much local political news. That sort of stuff is right up the alley of this site's intended use, at least IMO, as are off-topic and/or non-local discussions (in the appropriate threads).
I'm out on the west coast now, so I don't really post anymore, but I lurk.
I'm pretty sure Michigander is also LMich on SSP, but it looks like he hasn't been active there for almost 2 years.
Related note- since he left I noticed that threads no longer show the specific update date/bold font when there are new comments. I'm also sure I used to be able to click on the comment count to go to my last read comment in a thread.
Just tossing that out since it's something that seems off.
Yeah, I've noticed that too about the threads not working. My guess is that they're related. I was able to talk to MichMatters. He's alright, just doesn't want to participate here anymore and didn't intend to cause any issue with the work of others.
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I just saw this somehow. This is a sad development, I also appreciate what everyone brings to this forum.
MichMatters was the most on-point with scouring the meeting agendas and packets. I'll do my best to keep everyone here updated on that stuff, I just may end up a week or two late sometimes. Things have been slow lately, nothing of note going through Lansing and with no Council meeting next week then no planning meeting until the end of month, I don't think there will be much new to report on in the immediate future.
...And with that I'd just suggest to anyone that if you find something that's not posted about that you want to share, please share it! I err on the side of not posting stuff like business openings/closings, relevant community events or too much local political news. That sort of stuff is right up the alley of this site's intended use, at least IMO, as are off-topic and/or non-local discussions (in the appropriate threads).
I'm pretty sure Michigander is also LMich on SSP, but it looks like he hasn't been active there for almost 2 years.
Just tossing that out since it's something that seems off.