Hackel causes heads to explode

I am busy calling local hospitals for information on a potential influx of patients suffering from head explosions.

Let me explain. For years, many of our Macomb Daily readers have complained incessantly that we run far too many photos of County Executive Mark Hackel. This is a beef among our readership that goes back to 2001 when Hackel first became county sheriff.

Since his elevation to county executive in 2011, the complaints have only mounted. In our defense, Hackel is now, in effect, the el presidente of Macomb County and he is everywhere, ready to get his photo taken by the media.

So, this brings me to Thursday’s front page of The Macomb Daily. We have not one, but two, large photos of Hackel on our front page above the fold. One commemorates his naming of the peregrine falcon chicks that hatched near the top of the old County Building. The other referenced the Hackel administration boycott of a Board of Commissioners meeting where 124 government contracts worth $82 million were addressed.

Pondering that front page, I could only think of one thing: With one look, the Hackel-haters’ heads must have exploded.