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NOVEMBER 25, 2024 Vol. 37, No. 25
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Trustees table controversial powerline development BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
Civic Center to be named after Cannon CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Clinton Township Civic Center was named after Bob Cannon in a surprise agenda item at the Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 12. Township Clerk Kim Meltzer read out the resolution, which laid out Cannon’s 40 years of accomplishments as a trustee and later as the township supervisor. Township employees crowded the podium led by Deputy Supervisor Dan O’Leary who spoke about the changes the township went through during Cannon’s ten-
ure. Cannon seemed genuinely surprised by the gesture with tears welling up in his eyes during discussion of the item. The Civic Center will be rebranded the “Robert J. Cannon Civic Center,” according to a rendering provided in the packet for the meeting. Lettering for the civic center will go above the entryway. “I’m glad I didn’t have to wait until I died,” Cannon said. Cannon estimated that he had been to approximately 1,200 board meetings in his career. He acknowledged that See CANNON on page 17A
ABOVE: Trustee Tammy Patton tells outgoing Supervisor Bob Cannon that he was a mentor to her at the Nov. 12 Clinton Township Board of Trustees meeting. Photo by Nick Powers
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BY NICK POWERS
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Most of the attendees at Clinton Township’s Nov. 12 Board of Trustees meeting were there to voice their opposition to a controversial powerline development by the International Transmission Company. The proposed development spans more than 80 acres along 19 Mile Road. At issue is its route, which would cut through the Westchester Village Condominiums near the intersection of 19 Mile and Hayes Road. ITC Area Manager Gary Kirsh said all routes for the line presented challenges. “ITC’s proposed route is the most direct route and avoids many of the challenges, but still has residential impacts,” Kirsh said. “By the numbers, this route has the lowest residential impacts. But for those residents along 19 Mile, we acknowledge the impact they are feeling and their position that any impact is too much.” ITC has pitched the line as being vital to delivering more power to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. Representatives from