Independence politics seems to be busier than usual this week. After four votes, the Clarkston School board was able to fill the empty board seat left by the resignation of Joseph Armstong. The board voted five to one to seat Elizabeth Egan. Egan, the Clarkston PTA Council President has served the district as a volunteer in many capacities as well as serving as a guest (substitute) teacher in the district. Congratulations to Mrs. Egan and my hope is that she will vote her conscious and be an independent thinker on the board

The Clarkston News, in this week's editorial by Don Rush, calls for the resignation of Dave Wagner as Independence Township supervisor. Rush talks about the failed leadershiop of Wagner over the last two years and calls for a new direction. I concur. Wagner does not keep order during township meetings, is often away from the township offices and the contract Wagner entered into to reduce phone charges in the township, finds the township paying approximately $100,000. over three years to a company to tell us to put all township phones under one provider and negotiate one rate. Hello, what are we paying a supervisor for? Past employee lawsuits appear to part of the reason, an Human Resources director was added to the budget. And there are disturbing questions about how the current township hall was purchased.