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White Pigeon Township Board members urged their constituents to get more involved in local government if they’re unhappy with their current representatives.
The five-member board held a special meeting last week to discuss claims against them and an attempted recall.
Nearly a dozen audience members addressed the board before its members took their turn to express an opinion on the matter. Trustee Vince Schroen said local elected officials don’t get involved in government for fame or fortune.
Schroen told the audience: “If you don’t like what we’re doing, run for office … if you don’t like the job I’m doing, run against me.”
Schroen said he stands behind Supervisor Don Gloy and Gloy’s 30-plus years of involvement in local government. He denounced the accusations included in the recall petitions, saying the claims are not worth anybody’s time.
Several audience members, meanwhile, bemoaned the amount of money the entire issue is costing the township in legal fees.
Resident Barb Pancoast wondered what would happen if the five were, in fact, recalled.
Under such circumstances, she wondered who would run the township and to what extent is their knowledge of running township government.
