Name: Beaver Island letter urges a yes vote on the Charlevoix County road millage, 2006
Start: 2006-08-08
End: 2006-08-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-08-08
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationinfrastructuregovernmenteconomycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

John Haggard’s August 2006 letter urged a yes vote on the August 8 Charlevoix County road millage. It framed county roads as shared infrastructure important to Island residents, visitors, and the local economy.

Evidence limits

This is an advocacy letter, not a neutral road-condition survey or an election result.

Sources

John Haggard, "They're Our Roads," Beaver Beacon, August 2006.
Compares county roads to the arteries of a heart, argues that road conditions affect residents, visitors, and vehicle repairs, and urges readers to vote yes on the August 8 County Road Millage. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the advocacy letter.
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Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island letter urges a yes vote on the Charlevoix County road millage, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-county-road-millage-advocacy-2006/, accessed [date], citing John Haggard, "They're Our Roads," Beaver Beacon, August 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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