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.
The race between Republican challenger Andrew “Rocky” Raczkowski and incumbent Democrat Gary Peters for the 9th District seat in the U.S. House took a turn for the ugly this week when Raczkowski sued Peters in state court over what his campaign claims is an inaccurate campaign ad.
The Detroit News reports:
U.S. House candidate Andrew Rocky Raczkowski says claims in a campaign ad against him are exaggerated and announced today he is suing his opponent Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, over it.
The Peters campaign started running the ad last week. It highlights a federal civil case filed against Raczkowski and his company, Star Tickets, that charges the former state representative defrauded an entertainment company to the tune of more than $6 million over sales to concerts featuring Kiss, John Fogerty and Larry the Cable Guy at a South Dakota motorcycle rally in 2008.
In an interview with The News last week, Raczkowski called the lawsuit “frivolous” and not germane to the campaign. The Peters camp shot back today with a statement from University of Detroit Mercy law professor Larry Dubin, who said the lawsuit against Raczkowski “has not been shown to be frivolous” and “would likely demand a considerable amount of time from Mr. Raczkowski in the near future.”
It’s highly unlikely that the courts will involve themselves in the issue as they are very reluctant to insert themselves into battles over which campaign ads are honest and which are not. Given that nearly all political ads are at least a little bit dishonest on some level, the court docket would be full of such disputes if they chose to hear such cases often.
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