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.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will maintain a solid presence in Michigan leading up to the Jan. 15 Michigan Presidential Primary.
Cindy Pine, the Hamburg Township Supervisor and the former chair of the Livingston County Republican Party, said McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” will land at 2 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Crystal Gardens Banquet Center, 5768 E. Grand River Ave., in Livingston County’s Genoa Township for a town hall meeting that’s free and open to the public.
McCain is coming off of a respectable fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses with 13 percent of the vote, and many pundits are calling it a victory for McCain. McCain spent very little time or money in Iowa, instead focusing on the New Hampshire primary set for Tuesday. The surprise win by Mike Huckabee over Mitt Romney — the son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney — in the Iowa caucuses may be a good thing for McCain, who decided several months ago to stake his entire campaign on New Hampshire, where he is ahead of Romney in the polls.
It was not too long ago that McCain was falling like a rock in the polls, and supporters were jumping off the Straight Talk Express like rats from a sinking ship. We have seen that scenario play out right here in Michigan, which may make McCain’s Michigan visits interesting.
Continued -Here in Livingston County, Rep. Chris Ward, R-Brighton, was named as one of four state representatives from Michigan to serve as legislative co-chairs of the McCain campaign way back in September of 2006, and Ward was also named co-chair of the Straight Talk America Michigan Legislative Advisory Team. But Ward announced in June of last year he was backing off of his previous endorsement of McCain for the Republican presidential nomination and switching his allegiance to former actor and lobbyist Fred Thompson, before Thompson was even running.
In September Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced he was resigning his post as Michigan chairman of McCain’s presidential campaign.
McCain has had past success in Michigan, winning the 2000 Michigan Presidential Primary over then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, despite an almost guarantee of a Bush victory and endorsement by former Michigan Gov. John Engler. McCain just recently picked up a Michigan victory of sorts, receiving the endorsement of one of Michigan’s largest daily newspapers, the Detroit News.
But there is also some opposition to McCain in Michigan. The Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Freedom is planning to demonstrate against McCain’s immigration policies when he appears for a town hall meeting at 4 p.m. Jan. 13 at the MSU Kellogg Center, 55 South Harrison Rd. in East Lansing. The MSU YAF has been designated as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Other Michigan appearances by McCain include:
A Grand Rapids rally and town hall meeting at 10:15 a.m. Jan. 9 at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Northern Jet Management, 5500 44th St. SE.
A Macomb town hall meeting at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 12 at the Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 Fourteen Mile Rd. in Wayne.
An Oakland town hall meeting at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Clawson High School Trojan Hall, 101 John M Ave.
A Battle Creek town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Burnham-Brook Center, 200 West Michigan Ave.
A Kalamazoo town hall meeting at 9:45 a.m. Jan. 14 at Kalamazoo Christian High School, 2121 Stadium Dr.
A Holland town hall meeting at 12:15 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Hope College DeWitt Theater, 141 Columbia Ave.
A Spring Lake get-out-the-vote rally and town hall meeting at 4 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Nichols Co., 1391 Judson Rd., Spring Lake.
A Kent County get-out-the-vote rally at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Kent County Republican headquarters, 264 Leonard St. NW, Grand Rapids.
A Traverse City get-out-the-vote rally at 8 a.m. Jan. 15 at Northwestern Michigan College Hagerty Place, 715 E. Front St.
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