An oil painting of Michigan’s former Governor, Jennifer Granholm, was made public at the Capital rotunda in Lansing today. Granholm, who was present for the unveiling, said, among other things, that the apple blossoms in the painting symbolize Michigan’s economic rebirth, which had begun under her adminstration. When I read that, I laughed out loud. […]
Invoking the powers recently bestowed upon Michigan’s emergency financial managers by the Republican legislature, Joseph L. Harris, the Granholm-appointed emergency financial manager for Benton Harbor, yesterday dissolved all elected bodies within that city. (His official order can be seen below.) This, I believe, is the first instance of an emergency financial manager exercising the bold, […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged AFL-CIO, Benton Harbor, collective bargaining, corporate fascism, Detroit Public Schools, Ecorse, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, fascism, financial martial law, Joseph Harris, Joseph L. Harris, Mark Gaffney, Pontiac, Rick Snyder, threats to Democracy, union busting |
By Mark | February 20, 2011
Yesterday, I posted a compilation of comments from MM.com readers on how Governor Snyder’s proposed budget was likely to impact older urban communities like Ypsilanti, and their citizens. In the ensuing discussion, a reader by the name of Edward wondered how our elected officials were planning to respond. Well, we’ve now heard from one of […]
By Mark | November 1, 2010
I’d like to vote against Robert Young for Michigan Supreme Court tomorrow, but the stupid and offensive ads being run against him so piss me off that I’m going to find it difficult to do so. Here’s one of the ads in question, which I was subjected to three times in a single hour, while […]
Posted in Michigan, Other, Politics | Also tagged AAA Insurance, attack ads, Cliff Taylor, consumer protection, Denise Langford Morris, elections, Elizabeth Weaver, Gang of Four, John Bredell, Kriener, Maura Corrigan, Michigan Supreme Court, Nestle Waters North America, political ads, Robert Young, Stephen Markman, Tom Davis, Urkel |
By Mark | September 30, 2010
Last night, I posted something here about the Assistant Attorney General of Michigan and his anonymous online harassment of an openly gay student at the University of Michigan. The student, I’m told, has since taken out a restraining order against the man, whose name is Andrew Shirvell. To my knowledge, however, no action has yet […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Politics, Religious Extremism, Ypsilanti | Also tagged All faggots must die, Andrew Shirvell, Chris Armstrong Watch, Christian dominionists, conspiracy theories, Domino's Pizza, homophobia, Joe Jervis, Joe My God, Mike Cox, New York Pizza Depot, rainbows, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Monaghan, unhinged |
