Marty’s Blog

Once out of office, most former mayors slip quietly into the night, rarely to be heard from again.  There are a couple of notable exceptions in our community.  Former mayor Jim Relken is a notable exception.  Jim served as Port Huron’s mayor from 1983-85, 85-87 and 93-95.  He declined the mayor’s position a 4th...Read More »

Perhaps you saw the confrontation between republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum and a New York Times reporter. If you didn’t, I can describe it in one sentence. Santorum did not like the question he was asked and launched into a verbal assault against the reporter, which included Santorum using a graphic eight letter expletive....Read More »

How do people in our community feel about certain issues? The tendency is to think that people feel the same way I do. After all, if I think that way, it must be right. Of course, deep down we all know that is a bit delusional. WGRT has a new web site that is...Read More »

Confused about the Convention Center Project? With the help of Attorney Gary Fletcher, St. Clair County Administrator Bill Kaufman, Commissioner Jeff Bohm,  and Developer John Wheeler, here’s what we know so far:On October 27, 2011, St. Clair County, the city of Port Huron, Baker College, JB Real Estate Development, and the Twisted Rooster restaurant...Read More »

This week (Thursday, March 22nd) another community leader will be laid to rest. Doug Austin served this community in a variety of roles, not the least of which was as the leader of the Acheson project. While the loss to our community is significant, the loss to his family is beyond our ability to...Read More »