I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Domino’s Pizza CEO David Brandon’s profile has been on the rise in recent weeks, which could presage his entry into the Republican field of 2010 gubernatorial candidates. Specifically, Brandon is already running advertisements and announcing an economic plan, without announcing himself a candidate.
First, Brandon, who previously served as a University of Michigan regent, has been on Michigan television for two weeks non-stop in the Domino’s “Big Taste Bailout” ads where he lambastes government bailouts for big business and gives his own help (pizzas) to regular folks. If not for the pizzas, this would be a campaign commercial for a Republican, pure-and-simple. More important than the message is the fact that hundreds of thousands of Michiganders are seeing Brandon’s face and name.
Second, Brandon wrote a pro-business, low-tax opinion article in the Detroit Free Press on Thursday. Brandon proposed a four-part plan to spur economic growth: make Michigan among the top 10 states for a competitive business climate; stabilize the business tax over multiple years; enact structural budget reforms; eliminate the 22 percent tax surcharge on businesses.
It will be interesting to see what Brandon’s third act is, whether it be another profile-raising, non-political action or an announcement that he’ll run for governor. To paraphrase the line from the James Bond “Goldfinger” movie: once is happenstance, twice is coincidence and three times is action.
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