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.
At least three Republican candidates for statewide offices have announced they won’t participate in straw polls anymore.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Secretary of State candidate Anne Norlander, Attorney General candidate, and current state Senator, Mike Bishop and Gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Mike Cox are declining to participate in the polls.
Straw polls are taken at party events, and often times attendees are allowed to purchase additional tickets. The money raised from such endeavors go to fund the activities of the group holding the straw poll.
This news comes after Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder won such a straw poll in Kent county, then won the straw poll at the 9th Congressional District’s “Pancakes and Politics Breakfast” in December. Jake Suski, the spokesperson for Snyder, put out a press release announcing the results:
Rick Snyder: 271 votes
Mike Bouchard: 137 votes
Pete Hoekstra: 101 votes
Mike Cox: 42 votes
Tom George: 4 votes
Here’s the thing about that event, as the Freep reports. The breakfast had only 300 attendees, and each attendee could buy up to five additional votes. That means as few as 46 people at the breakfast could have given Snyder the win.
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