Tag Archives: Mark Brewer

I am disappointed in you, my fellow Michiganders

By Mark | November 5, 2014

The people of Michigan had their chance yesterday to remove Rick Snyder and his administration from office. And, much to my surprise, they chose to given him four more years instead. I would have thought, given our state’s history relative to organized labor, and the conversations I’ve had with folks over the past several years, […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Michigan, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-choice, anti-union, corporatism, dismantling American cities, dismantling of public education, Election Day, election results, elections, electoral politics, Emergency Manager, for-profit charter schools, homophobia, John Engler, Koch brothers, labor history, Lon Johnson, Mark Schauer, Michigan Democratic Party, minimum wage, old white men making decisions on women's health, racism, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, tax cuts, union busting, women's health | 58 Comments

Matt and Rene Greff, after supporting Snyder for Governor, now work to unseat him

By Mark | June 19, 2013

Democratic stalwarts Matt and Rene Greff, the owners of Ypsilanti’s Corner Brewery and Ann Arbor’s Arbor Brewing Company, angered a number of their progressive brethren in 2010 when they publicly came out in support of their friend, Rick Snyder, who was then running in the Republican primary for Governor. The Greffs shared their reasons for […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, ALEC, Arbor Brewing Company, Corner brewery, Dick DeVos, electoral politics, guns in schools, John Cherry, Koch brothers, Mark Schauer, Matt Greff, Mike Cox, Pete Hoekstra, Peter Hoekstra, Rene Greff, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Virg Bernero, Wisconsin | 62 Comments

Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer, without the support of the UAW, faces attacks from within… What’s next?

By Mark | February 2, 2013

According to a report on MLive, Michigan Republicans are demanding that the investigation into Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer’s involvement in a 2010 plot to split the conservative vote in Metro Detroit by running fake Tea Party candidates against establishment Republicans, be reopened. Here’s a clip: …Bobby Schostak, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Bob King, Bobby Schostak, Bruce Rendon, Eclectablog, Jack Lessenberry, James Hoffa, Jeff Irwin, Jennifer Granholm, Jessica Cooper, Kalkaska, lame duck, Lon Johnson, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Republican Party, Mike McGuinness, right-to-work, Sander Levin, tea party, Teamsters, UAW, union busting, unions, United Auto Workers | 32 Comments

This wasn’t the Democratic response I’d been waiting for

By Mark | March 31, 2011

As of today, Rick Snyder has been our Governor for three months. To mark the occasion, the Michigan Democratic Party released the following video. While I appreciate that they’re trying to get the word out about the administration’s agenda, I had hoped for something a little more substantive. Maybe I’m naive, but I’d hoped that […]

Posted in Ideas, Michigan, Politics, Rants | Also tagged Michigan Democratic Party, political ads, prison reform, progressive taxation, regressive taxation, Rick Snyder | 32 Comments

Snyder to slash unemployment benefits, practice “tough love”

By Mark | March 28, 2011

Earlier this evening, I received the following from Mark Brewer, the chair of the Michigan Democratic party. Today, Governor Snyder signed a bill slashing unemployment benefits for potentially hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers in Michigan and making Michigan the only state in the nation to have fewer than 26 weeks of benefits. The new […]