Bruce Caswell is running for the 16th district State of Michigan Senate seat which represents Hillsdale County plus St Joseph, Lenawee, and Branch County. He is our former Michigan House of Representatives Delegate who is no longer eligible for that position due to term limits.
I have met Bruce on several occasions and have always been impressed with his genuine concern for me and my business. At a social function several years ago, he asked me what he could do for me. I told him that I wanted one of those blue highway signs that points travelers towards gas, food, and lodging. My lodging facility in Jonesville is one block off of Highway 12 and is often unknown to passersby. Research found that those signs were controlled by the Michigan Department of Transportation and could only be erected at highway interchanges and in unincorporated areas. I had a desire for one in my Village and asked him to help.
Months went by and I pretty much forgot about our brief conversation. Then I got a call saying that the law was changed and that I could apply for a sign and could pay to have one erected if it fell under the guidelines of the local planning commission. I was thrilled. I lobbied with my local officials to allow the signage and mustered a favorable change in the local sign ordinance and got my sign.
I have not actively endorsed anyone’s position as an elected official until this year. Bruce Caswell did me a huge service that was born out of a brief encounter at a social function. He has proven to me that he is an advocate of small business who listens to his constituents and is a genuine good guy that I want to represent me in our state government.
Mike Venturini
Jonesville Michigan Bed and Breakfast Innkeeper
“Life is good in Jonesville”