This is the last in a week long series on Dan Kildee. To view the series in its entirety, click here. “This is not a career change for me. I have spent my life working with people who are disconnected from the economy. This is supposed to be a nation of opportunity.” ~Dan Kildee, on [...]
Dan Kildee on education and manufacturing
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Note: This is part of an ongoing series on my interview with Dan Kildee. To view the series in its entirety, click here. Sorry about the delay on this one, my blogging time was sucked up by some technical problems last night thru this afternoon. So far I’ve covered Dan’s background and his philosophies on [...]
Michibash alive and well at Mackinac Center, Detroit News
January 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
Remember when Mike Bishop would go on tv and stomp his foot and complain about everything? “Michigan sucks! No one should come to Michigan! Everything sucks! This Governor sucks! And she has stupid hair!” He just made you feel bad about being in Michigan? Remember that? Well based on what the Governor said at the [...]
Dan Kildee: Federal interests, local responsibility, and regional cooperation
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Note: This is part of an ongoing series on my interview with Dan Kildee. To view the series in its entirety, click here. Fairly early on in the interview I asked Dan to speak about sustainable energy. Specifically I was interested in how we go about making America a green country when there are so [...]
Mike Huckleberry to run for 70th
January 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
I have just received word that Mike Huckleberry will be announcing his candidacy for the 70th District seat. He plans to announce this Saturday, 1/28/12, at Huckleberry’s in Greenville, at 11:30am. Senator Carl Levin, Representatives Roy Schmidt (76th) and Brandon Dillon (75th), and former 16 year Representative Bus Spanoila will be there. Senator Levin will [...]
Dan Kildee – Aligning government with the values of the people
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Note: This is part of an ongoing series on my interview with Dan Kildee. To view the series in its entirety, click here. It’s funny that Chris blogged this yesterday, Every once in a while you have to rise above principle and do the right thing. because that ties right in with the topic for [...]
Dave Agema and Kamal Saleem Keeping America afraid
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hey, if you’re in Traverse City tonight, stop by Streeters Center for Crazy Time with Kamal Saleem and Dave Agema. If you are a regular BFM reader you already know who Dave Agema is. If not, you’re in for a real treat. Dave is the one out there writing the gay-bashing bills, the english-only bills, [...]
Dan Kildee, Democratic candidate for 5th CD – US House
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune to catch up with Dan Kildee. Dan is running for the 5th District US House seat that is currently held by his uncle Dale Kildee. Dale is retiring at the end of this term. You could say that Dan benefits from the name recognition of [...]
Snyder backmasks on film incentives
January 22, 2012 By 3 Comments
Do you ever feel like, if you play the Snyder administration backwards, you will hear a message from the devil? Let me call your attention to the latest info on Michigan’s budding film industry. As you recall, Snyder cut the bejeezus out of the film industry incentives. In a recent interview, here’s what Snyder said [...]
A note on the Snyder recall
January 21, 2012 By 15 Comments
While our friends in Wisconsin have turned in a million or so signatures to force a recall vote of their Governor, here in Michigan we are stuck in our usual infighting mode. That’s despite the fact that this Governor and legislature have gutted education, gutted tax credits for the working poor, taxed our seniors, launched [...]
3 things Snyder left unsaid at the State of the State
January 20, 2012 By 9 Comments
Watching Snyder give the State of the State address was one of the more difficult things I’ve had to do as a blogger. I was sitting in the “free speech corral” just dying to throw things at the screen. Who is Rick Snyder to talk about inclusion when he’s attacked the LGBT community time after [...]
Elizabeth Warren money bomb
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’d like to call attention to the Elizabeth Warren money bomb. This is an ad that is running today only, and if you are reading this through RSS or our newsletter, then you won’t see it. This is the content of the ad: Today, January 19, Scott Brown celebrates the two-year anniversary of his election. [...]
