By Mark | November 6, 2012
OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America. 8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a handwritten sign telling voters at the Huron County Township Hall that state-issued voter ID was mandatory. Amanda […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Grayson, Amanda Edmonds, Bridget M. McCormack, Carol Kuhnke, collective bargaining, Congress, Connie Marie Kelley, Debbie Stabenow, Donald Trump, Election Day, election results, electronic voting, Elizabeth Warren, Florida, Gretchen Driskell, Indiana, Jeff Meyers, Jim Fink, Kerry Bentivolio, legitimate rape, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pete Hoekstra, Presidential politics, rape, Richard Mourdock, Romney, Senate, Shelia Johnson, solar powered abortion equipment, Steve Pierce, Syed Taj, Tammy Baldwin, tea party, Thayrone X, Todd Akin, Van Jones, Victoria Jackson, Virginia, voter suppression, WAAM, Wisconsin |
A few days ago, I received the following note from an individual who identified himself as working ‘inside the belly of the beast,’ in Lansing. I followed up with the questions below, and, given his responses, and a few other things that he mentioned, I have no reason to believe that he’s lying about his […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Rail | Also tagged anonymous sources, anti-science, Bill Milliken, domestic partner benefits, Gary Peters, gay demonization, gay rights, Gretchen Driskell, Gretchen Whitmer, homophobia, job creation, Lansing, mass transit, Michigan by Rail, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, Obama, partisan politics, Rick Snyder, tea party, those anti-science Republicans, voting, Voting Rights Act |
By Mark | September 28, 2011
As you may have heard, the Michigan House may be voting as early as today on a Senate appropriations bill that, among other things, includes approximately $400 million in rail-related spending, with would secure federal grants, and move us even closer to the goal of having a functional, state-wide public transportation system. To mark the […]
Posted in Michigan, Rail | Also tagged Amtrak, David Rutledge, high-speed rail, Jeff Irwin, light rail, MDOT, Michigan House of Representatives, Norfolk Southern, passenger rail, public transportation, Rail, Richard Murphy, Rick Snyder, SB 237, SEMCOG |
By Mark | December 20, 2009
It was just announced on Friday that, come January, the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce and Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce would be rolling up into a single entity. I was going to take the opportunity to ask what our local Chamber actually does, other than host fundraisers at local golf courses, fight progressive […]
