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On June 9 and 10 the Citizens for a Vibrant Community sponsored the second annual Art on the River event in the city of Port Huron.  Here are statistics. Forty eight vendors participated.  Thirty one bands performed.  The popular Michigan Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial was present.   Several thousand people attended.  One more thing, it...Read More »

I have been away from my desk for a few days volunteering for an organization called Joni and Friends. They have a ministry to special needs people all across the nation. It was my privilege to provide boat rides to many wonderful special needs people and their families. So many of the families I...Read More »

In his book Good to Great, author Jim Collins makes the point that success requires an organization or company to make sure the right people are in the right seats on the bus.  The point being, that it can be a disaster when someone not qualified or capable of performing a given task or...Read More »

Small town politics: just the mention of those three words often leaves people shaking their heads.  Those words are a reminder that sometimes the least qualified are in a position to have the greatest influence.  In his book Good to Great, author Jim Collins makes the point that having the right people in the...Read More »

As we in the media hear from the public concerning their government, there seems to be a couple of common themes.  First: skepticism.  Second: mistrust.  The skepticism grows out of long list of failed ideas.  Locally, if the convention center, which is touted as a “done deal” turns out to be “not so done”...Read More »