TOBIN UPDATE 12/31/09

The Friends of Betsie Bay Board made a very difficult decision on December 2nd to begin an appeal process on the recent devastating ruling from Judge Batzer’s Circuit Court on November 20th, as noted in your newsletter. Unfortunately, due to the short time factor for an appeals process we were unable to solicit much input from the membership.

The Board sincerely felt caught between a rock and a hard place with this decision but in the end we all felt very clear if we didn’t attempt to change this precedent-setting ruling, all land use issues and future development in Frankfort and indeed all of Benzie Co. could be seriously compromised.

We hope you will support our decision and keep informed of the ongoing legal battle through this new website. We will need our membership to help support this legal effort financially and hope we can continue to count on you! Please do send us email to let us know how you feel about this decision. We really need your feedback as we go forward in this legal battle.

Please also help us to encourage new members to assist us in this cause as well.

Thank you,
The Friends of Betsie Bay Board