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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Democrats urged to vote in Republican primary

By Ed Brayton | 01.14.08 | 11:54 am

With Barack Obama and John Edwards absent from Tuesday’s Democratic primary ballot in Michigan because of a dispute over the date of the primary in this state, some are calling for Democrats to cross over to vote for the Republican they’d most like to fight against in the general election.

Markos Moulitsas, the blogger turned Democratic power broker, issued a call on his website, DailyKos, for Democrats to do what the law allows in Michigan and cross over to vote in the Republican primary instead of the Democratic primary. Noting that the Republicans have done this to the Democrats in the past, such as in 1972 when one-third of those who voted in the Democratic primary were actually Republicans voting for segregationist George Wallace, Moulitsas urged his fellow Democrats to return the favor:

For Michigan Democrats, the Democratic primary is meaningless since the DNC stripped the state of all its delegates (at least temporarily) for violating party rules. Hillary Clinton is alone on the ballot.

But on the GOP side, this primary will be fiercely contested. John McCain is currently enjoying the afterglow of media love since his New Hamsphire victory, while Iowa winner Mike Huckabee is poised to do well in South Carolina.

Meanwhile, poor Mitt Romney, who

Comments

  • arrowP

    Democrats urged to vote in Republican Primary No one can have any self respect if he/she says that if it is legal, it is ETHICAL.

    The two terms are NOT equivalent.

    It is NOT ethical on my view to say, “If they did it we can do the same.”

    One fairly good definition of an ethics decision, to me, is, “If every paper in the country put on the front page what you are doing or saying, would you be happy to be so identified?”

    I have no respect for those who would ignore principles of Integrity, fairness and openness –principles the Democratic Party MUST STAND FOR.

    Further, bringing up ideas like this at the last minute, so people don’t have a chance to refute them is low and cheap, period.

    Robert O. Pritchard
    Cheboygan  MI 49721
    Monday, January 14, 2008

  • truenorth

    Agree with Robert from Cheboygon Kudos to David Woodward for playing fair and not encouraging dirty tricks, false flag operations ultimatly backfire.

  • arrowP

    Democrats urged to vote in Republican Primary No one can have any self respect if he/she says that if it is legal, it is ETHICAL.

    The two terms are NOT equivalent.

    It is NOT ethical on my view to say, “If they did it we can do the same.”

    One fairly good definition of an ethics decision, to me, is, “If every paper in the country put on the front page what you are doing or saying, would you be happy to be so identified?”

    I have no respect for those who would ignore principles of Integrity, fairness and openness –principles the Democratic Party MUST STAND FOR.

    Further, bringing up ideas like this at the last minute, so people don't have a chance to refute them is low and cheap, period.

    Robert O. Pritchard

    Cheboygan  MI 49721

    Monday, January 14, 2008

  • truenorth

    Agree with Robert from Cheboygon Kudos to David Woodward for playing fair and not encouraging dirty tricks, false flag operations ultimatly backfire.

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