results from Crocker and other elected officials. According to the nine-page document presented to the board Wednesday, the clerk’s office is “vindictive/ dishonest — Crocker and Zywicki ‘put their nose in everything,’ note how they talk to people (is) mean-spirited.” *** The number of visitors at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore last year topped 1.5 million people for the ninthstraight year. Year-end visitor tallies became public late last week. Visitation in 2023 was 1,598,248, up 6.5% over the previous year total of 1,501,117, according to Scott Tucker, Lakeshore superintendent.
JANUARY 18, 2024:
An organizational culture survey presented earlier this month painted a rather unflattering picture of Leelanau County government. One of the major takeaways was that the county board of commissioners needs some training to govern more effectively and stop “stepping over boundaries,” in the words of the report. The board voted 4-2 Tuesday to enroll themselves in a Michigan Leadership Institute (MLI) governance training workshop at no cost to the county, to take place in late January or early February. *** The Lake Leelanau Lake Association (LLLA) is now a party to a lawsuit over expansion of the Leelanau Pines Campground. LLLA President Nancy Popa confirmed this week that the association has been granted intervenor status in Northgate-Leelanau Pines v. Centerville Township. *** The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a millage request for its senior services department, which will appear on the Michigan 2024 primary election ballot in August. Voters will consider a proposal to renew the millage at a rate of 0.32 for two years, which would be a slight increase from the 0.3134 rate set in 2022.
