Each week WHTC News Director Gary Stevens speaks with local community leaders, politicians and news-makers across Holland and West Michigan on perspectives. Tune in each week on WHTC and 92.7 The Van or online at WHTC.COM or 927THEVAN.COM.
Gary Stevens chats with Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra about the ongoing City Manager search and the weekend Council retreat in the Feb. 5, 2012 public affairs program.
Allegan Co. Commissioner Steve McNeal (R-Fillmore Twp.) talks about final approval for building a new county jail during the Jan. 8, 2012 public affairs program.
Remarks by US House Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) before the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 19, 2011 (second of two parts) on the Jan. 1, 2012 public affairs program.
Remarks by US House Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) before the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 19, 2011 (first of two parts) on the Dec. 25, 2011 public affairs program.
Gary Stevens chats with US House Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) on the payroll tax cut extension, "Fast and Furious," and unemployment benefit extension protests by We Are The People during the Dec. 11, 2011 public affairs program.
Gary Stevens chats with Michigan Sierra Club State Director Anne Woiwode about the environmental group's contention of high sulfur dioxide levels over Holland during the public affairs program that aired on Dec. 4, 2011.
Gary Stevens features educational issues with Zeeland School Superintendent Dr. Dave Barry and West Ottawa Board of Education President Dr. Scott Vander Stoep during the Nov. 27, 2011 public affairs program.
On the Nov. 20, 2011 public affairs program, Mayor Kurt Dyskstra and First Ward Councilman Mike Trethewey discuss their differing sides on a proposed expansion of Holland's dog ordinance, and Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley talks about efforts to merge the governments of Saugatuck, Douglas and Saugatuck Township into a single entity.
Comments from Family Research Council lobbyist Connie Mackey and US House Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) on the Nov. 9 Presidential Debate and other political issues during the Nov. 13 public affairs program.
In the Nov. 6, 2011 public affairs program, Travis Randolph of the Consolidated Government Committee talks about efforts to merge Saugatuck, Douglas and Saugatuck Township into one governmental entity, and Sherri Cadeaux of MAX Transit explains why the Reserve-a-MAX rates are higher.
MEAP scores and its effects with Holland School Superintendent Brian Davis, along with Hope College's latest fundraising endeavor with President Jim Bultman, were spotlighted on the Oct. 23, 2011 public affairs program.
On the Oct. 16, 2011 public affairs program, Holland City Councilwoman Nancy DeBoer talks about the Tulip City's success in the "America in Bloom" competition, and US House Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) reacts to the President's continued "American Jobs Bill" campaign blitz, while responding to criticism over his criticism of the US Senate.
Gary Stevens spotlights the fall student enrollment count during the Oct. 9, 2011 public affairs program, with comments from Holland School Superintendent Brian Davis and Saugatuck School Superintendent Rolfe Timmerman.
During the Oct. 2, 2011 public affairs program: Greater Ottawa County United Way President Patrick Moran talks about an ambitious fundraising goal for 2011-12; US House Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) talks about the White House's promotion of the America Jobs Bill and the GOP presidential race.
Gary Stevens chats with Harold Theida of the Kalamazoo Harbor Committee about establishing such an authority in the Saugatuck-Douglas area in the Sept. 18, 2011 public affairs program.
On the 10th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the Sept. 11, 2011 public affairs program features comments from community leaders who were in the Lakeshore area at the time of the attacks, comments made a year after the attacks.
On the Sept. 4, 2011 Public Affairs program, Gary Stevens chats with retiring Holland City Manager Soren Wolff, along with his interim successor, Assistant City Manager Greg Robinson, as Wolff steps down on Wednesday after 23 years at the operational helm of the Tulip City.
On the Aug. 21, 2011 public affairs program: Comments from Allegan Co. Commissioner Terry Burns (R-Saugatuck) and registered nurse Tammy Jacobi, who owns a medical marijuana dispensary, in advance of Monday's Saugatuck Township Zoning Commission meeting on dealing with such "clinics."
