Today's Argus

There was an article in today's Argus:

Genoa Township officials say they believe most residents understand the need for a road millage.
But some residents are forming groups opposed to the millage.
Township voters will decide the fate of the proposed 15-year, 1.5-mill levy Nov. 5.
“It’s something we hear every year,” Supervisor Gary McCririe said of residents’ demands for road improvements.
“You can accept things as they are or you can choose to do something about it.”
The millage would raise $150 a year from those living in homes with a market value of $200,000.
But some residents say the millage goes too far, especially when it comes to Cunningham Lake Road, a winding road in the township’s southeastern quarter.
Widening would ruin its scenic beauty, residents say; paving would increase speeds and danger.
Based on those concerns, some Cunningham Lake residents have formed a group opposing the millage.
While not part of that group, nor even registered to vote locally, new resident Beth DeBeliso said she was sympathetic.
“If that was part of it, I’d definitely be opposed,” she said.
Others have expressed different opinions on why they oppose the millage.
A group that calls itself Protect Genoa Township Neighborhoods has created a blog listing its reasons.
 It alleges the township would spend too much on low-use local roads, as opposed to more widely traveled thoroughfares, and that a proposed traffic roundabout at Challis and Bauer roads would be more effectively replaced by a traffic light.

There's more at the site. As far as Mr. McCririe's comments go, what does this do to improve the roads? I don't see Chilson, Brighton, or Grand River on the master plan. You point to some generic survey that had less than 500 responses from a population of almost 20,000. When residents said they would be willing to pay more taxes to fix roads, they probably mean roads like Chilson, Brighton, Grand River, and Dorr, not Cunningham Lake, Conrad, and Herbst. This was a generic survey with less than 10% returned.

If this was on my other blog, I'd have a certain term for those comments. It describes what often comes from the mouths of politicians.