Thomson Township officials need to sit out

Thomson Township held another Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Nov. 12.

The “commission” is board-appointed and consists of eight “citizen” members plus board member and resident Ruth Janke as board liaison; township clerk and resident Rhonda Peleski; nonresident township zoning officer Dan Stangle; and nonresident attorney David Pritchett, totaling 12 members.

At the previous October meeting, four other Thomson Town Board members (minus member Jason Paulson) were present and participated at the table. The same scenario happened at the Nov. 12 meeting meeting, when three “citizen” mem...