HOUSTON VS. SNYDER AND BROOKS VS. THE LAW – SUPREME COURT HEARS CONTROVERSIAL CASE ON REPUBLICAN POWER GRAB LEGISLATION TODAY For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 CONTACT: Frank Houston (248) 808-7166 HOUSTON VS. SNYDER AND BROOKS VS. THE LAW SUPREME COURT HEARS CONTROVERSIAL CASE ON REPUBLICAN POWER GRAB LEGISLATION TODAY LANSING, MI – After [...]
Republicans lied about the Oakland County power grab
March 20, 2012 By 4 Comments
File this under “I’m shocked! SHOCKED!!” Shocked like when I found out that Nigerian business opportunities are scams. Evidence shows GOP lawmakers lied to manipulate redistricting process News sources confirmed today that Republican bills which reduced Oakland County Commission seats from 25 to 21 members were done solely to allow the GOP controlled body to [...]
Justin Amash votes against extending middle class tax cuts, Trevor Thomas responds
February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I don’t know exactly how a tea party politician like Congressman Justin Amash does it exactly, but somehow this guy can justify supporting extending the budget-busting Bush tax cuts but not the middle class tax cuts. But that’s exactly what he has done. Trevor Thomas, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to run against Amash [...]
House GOP gins up another fake war on religion
February 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
Republicans are so desperate to find an election issue to get their bases excited about their poor Presidential field that they have made up another phony war on religion based on President Obama’s decision to require employers to make birth control available to workers with no co-pay. On Wednesday Michigan House Republicans got into the [...]
Republicans a no-show at Emergency Manager forum in Ann Arbor
February 8, 2012 By 6 Comments
All photos by Anne C. Savage – used with permission On Monday, February 6, 2012, the Political Science department at the University of Michigan held a public forum/debate on Public Act 4 – the Emergency Manager law. The panelists were Representative Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor); Howard Ryan, Director of Legislative Affairs, MI Department of Treasury; [...]
Adam Zemke leads in MI-55 fundraising, GOP incumbent considers switching parties
February 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
Zemke showing strong support in redistricted MI-55 Last November, I broke the news that Adam Zemke had announced his candidacy for Michigan’s 55th state House district. This district was recently reconfigured and is now strongly Democratic-leaning – it is considered to be an easy pick-up for Dems. Zemke has only one Democratic opponent at this [...]
Republican union-buster & hypocrite Rep. Mike Shirkey violates campaign finance laws
February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tut, tut, Mike When I last wrote about Right to Work (for less) cheerleader State Rep. Mike Shirkey, it was it was discovered he took federal Stimulus dollars for his company and then laid people off. Michigan state Representative and advocate for making Michigan a Right to Work for Less state, Mike Shirkey, has been [...]
The tax timebomb that explodes in Michigan in 2012 is MUCH worse than you thought
February 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
The GOP finally finds a good tax: on the poor As bad as things are right now in Michigan, they are about to get so much worse that I fear there is a genuine risk of the types of riots we haven’t seen since the 60s & 70s in my state. If you think we [...]
Mackinac Center to Michigan Gov Snyder: Strike Colors, Hove To… Recieve Boarders on Right to Work
January 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
In one of the boldest, brashest moves seen in Michigan in quite some time, Ken Braun the recently ‘former’ Managing Director of CapCon at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, has threaten Republican Governor Rick Snyder to either join the “Right to Work” (for a lot less) forces, or be circumvented by ‘citizen’ introduced legislation [...]
Protesters Challenge Rep. Tom McMillin On Bill Targeted At Gay And Lesbian Residents
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
. On Monday, Representative Tom McMillin held his monthly town hall meeting at Rochester Hills City Hall. A group of about 10 protesters also showed up confronting him about his proposed legislation HB 5039, a bill that would prohibit municipalities from passing ordinances that would protect gay, lesbian and transgendered individuals from discrimination. Diane Young, [...]
Phobe McBigot strikes again!
January 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
From Jim Harger at The Grand Rapids Press: State Rep. Dave Agema, R-Grandville, says kids are graduating from high school without a sound education in our constitutional underpinnings. He and 22 Republican co-sponsors have introduced a bill mandating the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of [...]
Michigan Republicans vote to turn down federal money to create statewide health exchange
December 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
Republicans got very, very busy in the short time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. One of the things House Republicans did was to vote to turn down federal funds for creating a statewide health exchange to help make health care insurance available to all Michiganders. In an action with major implications for health reform in Michigan, [...]
