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 [...]
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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.
Gary Glenn, the head of the American Family Association, has won the straw poll conducted last week following a Tea Party-sponsored Senate candidate forum in DeWitt.
According to numbers released by Glenn’s campaign, he received 31.85 percent of the vote, compared to front runner and former Congressman Pete Hoekstra’s 23.39 percent and charter school advocate Clark Durant’s 18.07 percent. Northern Michigan resident Peter Konetchy scored a 9.35 percent, former juvenile court judge Randy Hekman got 9.94 percent, while 5.08 percent of those voting had no favorite. Scott Boman rounded out the field with 2.33 percent.
Polling has put Hoekstra at the head of the pack, and he has picked up serious endorsements, including that of Gov. Rick Snyder. Snyder and Hoekstra battled in the summer of 2010 for the GOP nomination for governor, with Snyder winning the primary. That made Hoekstra a target during the forum, with Glenn hitting the nine-term Congressman hard out of the gate, while Durant tempered his criticisms of Hoekstra, but still slammed him for voting to bail out Wall Street.
Glenn released the following statement about the win:
“When Tea Party and other grassroots activists learn that Pete Hoekstra voted for the $850 billion Wall Street bailout, to raise the debt ceiling to $11 trillion, for earmarks like the $223 million Bridge to Nowhere, for the Brady Bill gun control law, and that his campaigns have been funded by Jimmy Hoffa and Pete has long opposed state and national Right to Work laws, they want an alternative,” Glenn said. “My mission and message of bringing more freedom, more fiscal responsibility, and more jobs to Michigan and America is making a powerful connection.”
The candidates are expected to appear at additional Tea Party forums across the state in coming months.
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