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Residents ask board to press Lapeer District Library trustee to resign over Axline Tax involvement; commissioners note limits to county authority
Summary
Multiple residents spoke during the board's public time urging action after a library trustee's involvement in an Axline Tax petition; speakers demanded resignation, defended library staff, and disputed claims about 'outsiders' attending local meetings; commissioners clarified appointment authority and limits on removal.
LAPEER, Mich. — Several residents used the board's public comment period on Aug. 14 to press the Lapeer County Board of Commissioners to respond to the actions of a Lapeer District Library trustee who supporters said has been collecting signatures for an Axline Tax petition to eliminate property taxes.
Holly Nolan of Luthaer Township told the board she is concerned that a trustee's public advocacy for eliminating property taxes conflicts with his fiduciary duty to the library and said he should resign. "If John DeAngelis wants to eliminate property taxes, that is his prerogative. He just can't do it as part of the library board and should resign," Nolan said.
John DeAngelis, identified during the meeting as a Lapeer District Library…
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