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GOP official in Petoskey calls McCain pullout a ‘complete crock of crap’
Republican officials in Michigan are trying to put a brave face on the McCain campaign’s withdrawal from the state, but at least one county GOP chairman in the Petoskey area is having none of that. Politico reports:
Even dogged by controversy, Sovereign Deed moves forward with plans in Petoskey area
Federal agency clears way for Emmet County’s negotiations with tarnished disaster-response privateer
The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Emmet County the right to lease some of the Pellston airport for commercial use, reviving concerns in the Petoskey area about a controversial company that has pursued space at the airport for a training center.
The FAA approval is [...]
County Unanimously OKs Plans for Private Disaster Response Center
The Emmet County Commission voted unanimously Thursday night to approve Sovereign Deed’s plan to build a controversial disaster response base at the Pellston Regional Airport.
Sovereign Deed is a private security company that advertises disaster response services to subscribers who would pay fees of $50,000 or more. In the event of a disaster, subscribers might be [...]
Personal Bankruptcy, Another Lawsuit Emerge Involving Sovereign Deed Founder
Barrett Moore, the CEO of Sovereign Deed — a company that wants to develop private disaster relief services with financial assistance from the state and county governments– declared personal bankruptcy in 1998 and has been sued for illegal or deceptive business practices three times in the last three years.
Sovereign Deed’s plan is to develop 700 [...]
Group questions tax breaks for private security company
The CEO of a private security company that plans to locate its national response center in northern Michigan will respond to citizen concerns at a meeting on Tuesday.
In August Sovereign Deed, a company that offers private catastrophe response services, announced that it would build its national response center at the Pellston Airport in [...]
Private civil defense company to move to Pellston
Sovereign Deed, a company that calls itself the nation’s first private civil defense firm, has decided to establish its national response center in Northern Michigan.
Company CEO, Barrett H. Moore, also founded Triple Canopy, a company he said, “commercialized the market for specialized military services,” and made over 500 million dollars in military contracts.
The company website [...]
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