'Filling His Shoes Is Going To Be Extremely Difficult:' Leelanau County Remembers Tim Cypher
By Art Bukowski | April 29, 2026
People who worked with Tim Cypher have a lot of thoughts about the man and his work, which touched nearly every corner of Leelanau County and beyond.
The most common sentiment? This guy knew his stuff to an almost impossible degree.
“He knew our zoning ordinance better than I can imagine anyone could,” longtime former Leland Township clerk Jane Keen tells The Ticker. “He could quote things from that ordinance at the drop of a hat without ever batting an eye, and I never could understand how in the world he could do that having so many townships. I bet he knew theirs as well as he knew ours.”
Cypher, …
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