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.
Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder won the Kent County GOP straw poll Thursday night at an event at which RNC Chairman Michael Steele spoke.
From Snyder’s press team, here are the results:
Kent County Straw Poll Results:
Rick Snyder: 44.26%
Mike Bouchard: 28.94%
Pete Hoekstra: 22.45%
Mike Cox: 3.52%
Tom George: 0.91%
Huron County Commissioner Tim Rujan evidently did not rate in the poll, or maybe he was not present. Either way this is a pretty strong showing for a Republican who is being eyed cautiously by conservatives in the party. Snyder is a newcomer to political candidacies, and some of his past actions — like supporting same-sex unions and making donations to Democrats — have irked many conservative activists, who have a base in west Michigan.
What is really interesting here is that clearly the East/West divide shows up when you consider the results below Snyder. Mike Bouchard should have scored low, being from Oakland County and all — but he tapped Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land who hails from West Michigan as his Lt. Gov choice and that clearly played well in Kent.
Meanwhile Holland Republican and classified information-challenged Pete Hoekstra made a decent showing.
But Attorney General Mike Cox’s showing combined with the continuing Manoogian Mansion scandal should have his team scrambling to shore up support in West Michigan. Cox hails from southeast Michigan, and you can bet that is going to play into this GOP nomination battle.
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