Letters to Editor

Aligned Planning's Lynee Wells Letter to the City Council 12.12.25

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December 16, 2025

THE HARBOR SPRINGS BUDGET - FOR COMMUNITY REVIEW - A REVIEW BY A CITIZEN

From: Williams, Carter <carter@oiventures.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 1:13 PMTo: Tom Graham <tom@grahamre.com>; kathy.motschall@yahoo.com; Jamielynnmelke@gmail.com; Reeve 4 HS Council <wendy@reeve4hscouncil.com>; Jeanne Benjamin, <jjmb1011@yahoo.com>Cc: Victor Sinadinoski <citymgr@cityof

December 12, 2025

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Peter H. Askew 153 Zoll Street Harbor Springs, MI 49740 November 21, 2025 Mayor Thomas Graham, Jr., Members of the City Council City of Harbor Springs 160 Zoll Street Harbor Springs, MI 49740 Dear Mayor Graham and Members of the City Council, I urge you to take a hard and honest look at the workload

November 24, 2025

Carter Williams City Council Letter regarding the Hire of a new City Manager

From: Williams, Carter <carter@oiventures.com> Sent: To: Monday, November 10, 2025 8:23 PM Tom Graham; Reeve 4 HS Council; Jamielynnmelke@gmail.com; kathy.motschall@yahoo.com; Jeanne Benjamin, Cc: Victor Sinadinoski Subject: City Manager Search Process Dear Council Members, I won't be at Monday's me

November 16, 2025

4.20.25 Weather Preparedness by Bing Howenstein

Letter TO: Mayor, City Council, City Manager and Community Written by Bing Howenstein DATE: April 20, 2025 SUBJECT: Recommendations for Enhanced Community Emergency Preparedness Introduction The recent Michigan ice storm, which resulted in a week-long power outage, widespread internet disruption, an

October 22, 2025

Inclusion means something in a community

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Let’s take a moment to imagine Harbor Springs without second homes and second-home owners. No grand turn-of-the-century cottages. No yachts in the bay. No Irish’s, no Walstrom’s, no ferry. No bustling art fairs, no car shows, no boutique-lined streets. Just a quiet villag

October 3, 2025

A Question from the Audience

Dear WLHS, Given the defeat of Ordinance 439 and its focus on creating density in our 1.3 square mile town, and the petitions signed by homeowners to reject duplexes, triplexes, or re-zoning of existing family residential areas to Residential Multiple by SLU or any Planned Development in our residen

September 2, 2025

Update Letter 8.26.25 Following the Recent PC Meetings

Your letters speak for you, please show up at the Public Hearings now scheduled - See below Date: August 26, 2025 at 5:16:24 PM EDT To: Bill Mulder <wmulder1@gmail.com>, Tom Graham <tom@grahamre.com>, jamielynnmelke@gmail.com, kathy.motschall@yahoo.com, bobhsgov@gmail.com, Wendy Reeve <cottageinteri

August 29, 2025

Storm Follow-Up - Follow-Up Preparedness

June 21, 2025 Storm Preparedness Bing Howenstein delivered 4.21.25 TO: Mayor, City Council, City Manager and Community Written by Bing Howenstein DATE: April 20, 2025 SUBJECT: Recommendations for Enhanced Community Emergency Preparedness Introduction The recent Michigan ice storm, which resulted in

June 21, 2025

Letter about building a bridge by Karin Reid Offield

June 19, 2025 Dear Harbor Springs, It’s been 496 days since the February 8, 2024 meeting—when I first heard the Weque wetlands might be disturbed. That moment pulled me into city politics. And let me be clear: my concern was never with the people or the City Hall volunteers—it was with a rush to cha

June 20, 2025

UPDATED 5.28.25: The Garden Club, Flag Pole, Lower Zorn Park includes Newspaper & Letters

Added: Petoskey News Report . We respectfully urge you to vote to preserve Harbor Springs’ precious green space, reject this proposal, and return it to the Garden Club with instructions to identify a more appropriate and welcomed location. This is an opportunity to reaffirm the city’s century-long tradition of preservation, protection, and responsible stewardship.

May 7, 2025

BLOG: 2.4.25 Asking the Harbor Springs City Council to decouple the RRC by Karin Offield

Please include in the Planning Commission packet if possible, Thank you! February 3rd, 2025 Harbor Springs City Council Meeting Submitted for the public record as a request for a new business agenda item Honorable Mayor Graham Councilperson Behrmann Councilperson Melke Councilperson Motschall Counci

February 4, 2025

Letter to Editor - M.Kilbourn About the RRC

LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE HARBOR LIGHT January 9, 2025 Please accept this letter for publication in the Letters to the Editor: The City Council enacted a zoning ordinance which the voters evaluated and rejected via a ballot referendum last November. Since then, the City Council has been busy attem

January 15, 2025

12.13.24 Letter to Harbor Springs City Council by JR Elliot

December 13, 2024

12.5.24 Conflict of Interest (COI) : Letter to City Council

From: Ashley O'Reilly <ashleymkor@icloud.com> Date: December 5, 2024 at 5:23:17 PM GMT To: Graham Tom <tom@grahamre.com>, Michael Behrmann <mhbehrmann@gmail.com>, Jamie Melke <Jamielynnmelke@gmail.com>, kathy.motschall@yahoo.com, wendy@reeve4hscouncil.com Cc: Victor Sinadinoski <citymgr@cityofharbor

December 13, 2024

Letter: 4.3.24 Please Mr. Mayor let's hold a Town Hall about the Zoning

From: Karin Offield Subject: Letter from Karin Offield about a Town Hall scheduling Date: April 3, 2024 at 5:09:59 PM EDT To: Matt Bugera <mjBugera@gmail.com>, Jamielynnmelke@gmail.com, kathy.motschall@yahoo.com Cc: mbehrmann@cityofharborsprings.com, njrondel@gmail.com April 3, 2024 Dear Matt, Nancy

September 11, 2024

Letters: 8.28.24 Refused at Harbor Light, published here. Mike Kilbourne

28.24Subject: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Please add my attached (and below) letter for publication in the next Letters to the Editor section of the Harbor Light. TURNED DOWN "Is it all about money? The City Council recently enacted a zoning ordinance which will now appear on the ballot this November allow

September 9, 2024

6.26.2024 Our Community and Our Voice

Letter To the Editor: ‘Our Community; Our Voice’ What we want, isn’t it a community that Council can depend on; a community of voices, of ideas, of thoughtful contributions, and of deliberate participation, open to all members of the community, that creates and builds upon a ‘community of consensus‘

June 29, 2024

ZONING: Correction made: What's Happening to the Mobile Home Park? 5.06.2014

UPDATE & Correction. WLHS researched and found the ownership of the trailer park had changed, but only within the family - not as a new buyer/seller situation. The changes in fees being charged were explained to be "updates" for years old inconsistencies in the billings of residents. Here is a lette

May 10, 2024

4.30.24 Unintended Consequences, Please sign the Change . Org Petition

To the Harbor Springs Community, Regarding the Redevelopment Ready Community (RRC) National & Michigan Program: There are unintended consequences that I believe have not been thought out or organized – and there are property owners that are unaware of these changes being proposed by the Planing & Zo

April 30, 2024