City Passes Cart Ordinance
Mayor Casts Tie-Breaking Vote; Rule Goes in Effect June 1
By Ryan Schlehuber
     After months of planning, drafting, and debating, it came down to a tie-breaking vote of approval from Mackinac Island Mayor Margaret Doud to pass the city’s new luggage cart ordinance, No. 66, Article VI, at the City Council meeting Wednesday, May 11. Business owners, residents, and employees will
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President Signs New Worker Visa Policy
Businesses To Retain Work Force After All
By Ryan Schlehuber
     A huge sigh of relief can be heard from business owners now that a new H-2B visa policy was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday, May 11. The legislation will help businesses bring back the foreign workers they have had for the last three years, possibly as early as mid-June.
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Porter, Linn Elected New Island City Officials; Voters OK Hospital Millage
Mayor Doud Earns 30th Consecutive Term in Office
     Armin Porter and Rick Linn are the city’s newest politicians, following the May 3 city and school election. Island voters also helped to approve a county-wide hospital millage renewal.
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Lilac Queen Opens Gate to Historic Fort
     Fort Mackinac began its summer season Friday, May 6 when Lilac Queen Jennifer Wightman and Mackinac State Historic Park Director Phil Porter opened the gates. Ms. Wightman fired the first cannon shot of the 2005 season.
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Mayor Doud Thanks Ellen Putnam, Dorothy Dehring for Service to City
By Karen Gould
     Outgoing council member Ellen Putnam and former city treasurer Dorothy Dehring were thanked for their service to the Island in resolutions adopted by the Mackinac Island City Council at its meeting Wednesday, May 11. Mayor Margaret Doud read the resolutions before a standing-room-only crowd that had
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