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.
While Jack Hoogendyk, R-Kalamazoo, continues to trail Michigan’s senior senator, Carl Levin, D-Detroit, in tracking polls, that is not stopping the firebrand conservative from making demands and showing up in unexpected places.
Hoogendyk released a video on his website on Friday asking his supporters to continue to “contact” Sen. Carl Levin and demand a “townhall style, prime time” debate between Levin and Hoogendyk. In the video, Hoogendyk outlines some of the items he has supported (such as right to work legislation) and says he wants the chance to explain why he voted against last year’s state budget. Hoogendyk is a term-limited state representative from Kalamazoo.
In the video Hoogendyk accused Levin of “increasing taxes & increasing taxes” and opposing “domestic oil production.” He also says Sen. Levin supports partial birth abortion.
Of interest with this video is that there is no documentation of either his own claims of his voting record or of Sen. Levin’s.
Hoogendyk also managed to make get some free media by attending a speech by Cindy McCain, the wife of Republican nominee for president Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Cindy spoke at the Oakland county Republican Lincoln Day dinner, and Hoogendyk managed to get himself quoted in both the Detroit Free Press and the Toledo Blade, where he is quoted as saying ”John McCain is the right man for these times.”
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