All our local government officials are dead-set against consolidation, and they always have been.

Fact:   False.  John Porzondek, a former Saugatuck councilman, is in favor of consolidation, and he courageously told the Boundary Commission so in writing: "...I see this 'reorganization' as a healthy step in the right direction that will both 'clean house' and bring to the forefront a truer vision of a larger community...."  What's more, several other current Saugatuck city council members were in favor of studying consolidation when they endorsed the McKenna Associates study back in 2002.  "There are good reasons to support such a solution (consolidation)," said the report they signed off on.