Tag Archives: Benton Harbor

Michigan’s 6 ballot proposals and how I intend to vote

By Mark | November 5, 2012

Other than trying my best to convince folks to vote for Syed Taj and Barack Obama, and against the likes of “mentally unbalanced” Tea Party-favorite Kerry Bentivolio, the race-baiting Pete Hoekstra, and the climate change denying serial liar Mitt Romney, I haven’t really said much about the upcoming election. To be honest, I didn’t think [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alternative Energy, alternative fuels, ballot initiatives, Bill Clinton, charter schools, Citizens Research Council of Michigan, collective bargaining, Constitutional amendments, corporatocracy, disenfranchisement, dismantling of public education, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Manager, fear mongering, fracking, Headlee Amendment, home health care workers, House Judiciary Committee, Kerry Bentivolio, Koch brothers, League of Women Voters, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Matty Moroun, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Muskegon Heights, Pete Hoekstra, Proposal A, Public Act 4, racism, renewable energy, Republican lies, Richard Murphy, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, SEIU, Syed Taj, threats to Democracy, union busting | 48 Comments

White people, seeing Emergency Managers in their future, begin to demand change

By Mark | May 21, 2012

The Detroit Free Press, in an editorial yesterday, suggested that maybe, now that predominantly white cities, like Allen Park, are beginning to stagger toward financial collapse, and state takeover, our elected officials in Lansing might be willing to look at the underlying structural issues which are pushing our communities, one after the other, toward catastrophic [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Allen Park, Andy Dillon, budget deficit, deficit, Deficit Elimination Plan, Ecorse, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Financial Manger, Flint, Headlee Amendment, Paul Tait, Pontiac, Proposal A, race, Rick Snyder, SEMCOG, tax policy | 111 Comments

Rachel Maddow on the dismal track record of Michigan’s Emergency Managers and the threat they pose to Democracy

By Mark | May 1, 2012

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy [note:I don't know if it happened for everyone, but, when I watched this, it was preceded by an ad for Goldman Sachs, which I found somewhat ironic.]

Posted in Detroit, Media, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Ecorse, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager Act, foreclosure, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Michael Stampfler, Pastor David Bullock, Pontiac, Rachel Maddow, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, Silverdome, threats to Democracy, Voting Rights Act | 9 Comments

Celebrating May Day in Ypsilanti with warnings of vampires, and camaraderie on Water Street

By Mark | April 30, 2012

I’m not quite sure how he pulled it off, but my friend Jeff, by calling in a few favors, and doing a bit of bartering, has been able to publish a new Ypsi-themed work by famed historian Peter Linebaugh. The 75-page pamphlet, entitled “Ypsilanti Vampire May Day,” is the first thing to be published on [...]

Posted in History, Ideas, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1886, Agrarian Law, Alan Haber, blood funnel, commons, Corporate Crime, corporate state, corporate takeover of politics, Dracula, Edward Pinkney, Emergency Financial Manager, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Haymarket Riot, Jeff Clark, Matt Taibbi, May Day, Occupy Ypsilanti, Peter Linebaugh, Rome, Sulla, vampire squid, vampires, Voltaire, Water Street | 13 Comments

Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith clarifies his stance on Emergency Financial Managers

By Mark | February 21, 2012

Yesterday, Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith dropped by the site and left a few comments, as he’s known to do on occasion. Well, one of those comments, which pertained to Michigan’s Emergency Financial Manager law, drew quite a bit of criticism, and, to his credit, Smith came back this evening and responded to it. Here, [...]