Tonight at 7 p.m. the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners will vote on whether to defund a popular early childhood development services program provided by the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, which voters passed in a millage levy two years ago. Last week Commissioner Will Bunek voted to approve the senior services millage, even as he moved to defund the early childhood millage. Patricia Soutas-Little, a Democrat on the Board of Commissioners and a primary advocate for the childhood development services program, said that last week’s move by Bunek and other Republicans “awoke a sleeping giant” in Leelanau County.
