Tag Archives: Rebekah Warren

Snyder signs anti-abortion omnibus bill, drastically reducing women’s reproductive options, and driving even more educated young women from Michigan

By Mark | December 28, 2012

Well, it looks like Governor Snyder did what many of us were fearing that he’d do… This afternoon, while most of us were at home, enjoying the holidays with our families, he signed the anti-abortion omnibus bill into law. The following is from the Daily Beast. Michigan women will face new obstacles to legal abortion [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Church and State, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Rants | Also tagged 5711, abortion, brain drain, Ed Rivet, HB 5711, Michigan Right to Life, old white men making decisions on women's health, Planned Parenthood, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Roe v. Wade, war on women, women's health, women's rights | 29 Comments

“Keep your hands off MI vagina”

By Mark | June 17, 2012

As you likely already know, Representative Lisa Brown was banned “indefinitely” from the floor of the Michigan House last week, when, in response to a coordinated, all-out Republican assault on women’s reproductive rights, she said, “I’m flattered you’re all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.” The story, as it’s being related online, [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Barb Byrum, Dian Slavens, Eve Ensler, freedom of religion, Gretchen Whitmer, HB 5711, Jewish, Jim Stamas, Joan Bauer, Laura Hornshaw, Lisa Brown, Michigan House of Representatives, Planned Parenthood, Rashida Tlaib, Roe v. Wade, Stacy Erwin Oakes, The Vagina Monologues, vagina, vasectomy, Vicki Barnett, war on women, women's health, women's rights | 19 Comments

State Senator Rebekah Warren to propose constitutional ban on for-profit schools in Michigan

By Mark | November 28, 2011

Occasionally, I scoop AnnArbor.com, like yesterday, with my story about the break-in at Beezy’s. But, more often than not, they scoop me. This, I suppose, is to be expected, as, from what I’m told, they employ several people who work all day, and not just at night, after they’ve put their daughters to bed. At [...]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Education, Michigan | Also tagged charter schools, Constitutional amendments, corruption, eucation reform, for profit jails, for profit schools, kids for cash, Mark Ciavarella | 26 Comments

Petition drive begins to stop Michigan’s Emergency Financial Manager law

By Mark | June 15, 2011

Earlier this evening, I received an email from Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber, asking me to sign a petition calling for the repeal of Public Act 4 (PA4), or, what’s commonly known as, Michigan’s Fiscal Accountability Act. This, as you might recall, is the legislation put forward by Governor Rick Snyder upon taking office, which gives [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Ann Arbor Education Association, Brit Satchwell, Emergency Financial Manager, financial martial law, Fiscal Accountability Act, Michigan Forward, PA4, Paul Schreiber, petitions, Public Act 4, Rick Snyder, threats to Democracy, Water Street | 40 Comments

Rene Greff on her support of Rick Snyder for Governor

By Mark | May 4, 2011

Over the past several months, I’ve been approached by a number of people, and asked about the political leanings of Matt and Rene Greff, the owners of Ypsilanti’s Corner Brewery. They, as you may know, were very vocal in their support of Rick Snyder for Governor, and, now that Rick is in office, and people [...]