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Michigan… come for the great lakes, stay for the corporate oligarchy

By Mark | May 7, 2013

According to the Detroit News, our Governor’s secret education privatization task force, nicknamed the Skunk Works, was just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, in spite of Snyder’s pledge to bring unprecedented transparency to Lansing, a great deal of the legislation coming out of the Capital these days seems to be the product of corporate [...]

Who speaks for the wolves of Michigan? We do.

By Mark | May 4, 2013

Last year, as you may recall, our friend Jeff Clark worked with noted labor historian Peter Linebaugh to produce an ambitious little book which touched on everything from the history of May Day, and the inherent vampirism of capitalism, to the life of Demetrius Ypsilanti, the hero of the Greek Civil War whom our city [...]

Posted in Environment, Michigan | Also tagged Aldo Leopold, Beezy's, book making, books, Christine Hume, Christopher Camuto, circumventing the democratic process, commons, Derrick Jensen, Edible Commons, Franklin Burroughs, friends with books, Fund for Wild Nature, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, hunting, Jack Turner, James Galvin, Jeff Clark, Jeff Irwin, Juna, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, lame duck, legislative tricks, Marybeth Holleman, May Day, McNaughton & Gunn, Natural Resouces Commission, Norm Bishop, Pure Michigan, Republicans, SB 288, Terry Tempest Williams, threats to Democracy, Tom Casperson, Tsilikomah, Ugly Mug, Upper Peninsula, wolf, wolf hunting, wolves | 44 Comments

Governor Snyder’s office and corporate interests conspire in “secret work group” to bring voucher system to Michigan K-12 education

By Mark | April 20, 2013

In November, I told you about an attempt on the part of the Michigan Republicans to create a parallel, for-profit education system, right alongside the Michigan public school system, unanswerable to anyone, save for an appointee of the Governor. Well, according to a report in yesterday’s Detroit News, things are progressing quickly thanks to the [...]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bay Mills Community College, Bhushan Kulkarni, charter schools, David Behen, dismantling of public education, distance education, EduCard, edutainment, keeping the poor from education, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, MEA, Michigan Education Association, Michigan Education Card, Mike Huckabee, Oxford Foundation, public education, public school teachers, school vouchers, Steve Cook, teachers, threats to public education, top secret, trends in American education, value school | 37 Comments

Vindictive Michigan Republicans seek retribution against U-M and Wayne State for renegotiating union contracts prior to the March 28 roll-out of right-to-work legislation

By Mark | March 19, 2013

A bill passed this morning by the House Higher Education Subcommittee, in a 4-3 vote along party lines, would cut an additional $41 million in state funding from the University of Michigan, and $27.5 million in funding from Wayne State University. According to a report in today’s Detroit Free Press, this is being done to [...]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Pscholka, anti-science, domestic partner benefits, higher education, Higher Education Subcommittee, lame duck, Michigan House of Representatives, Randy Richardville, right-to-work, those anti-science Republicans, union busting, unions, University of Michigan, Wayne State University | 20 Comments

City Manager Ralph Lange indicates that Ypsilanti is moving toward a hybrid police/fire scheme in which public safety officers will be expected to fight fires, save lives, pursue suspects and dispense lethal force

By Mark | March 11, 2013

It would seem that Ralph Lange, our new city manager, has made up his mind that we should merge Ypsilanti’s Police and Fire departments in hopes of further delaying landfall of the category-five fiscal storm gathering on the horizon. He’s admittedly in a tough spot, and I’m sympathetic. He’s trying to radically cut spending, in [...]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brian Robb, city income tax, city services, class warfare, consolidation of services, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Manager, hypocrisy, Karen Maurer, local income tax, mutual aid, perfect storm, PSO, public safety, public safety officer, Ralph Lange, redistribution of wealth, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax, taxes, the concentration of wealth, threats to the middle class, Water Street, wealth inequality, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department | 43 Comments

Tag Archives: Rick Snyder

Michigan… come for the great lakes, stay for the corporate oligarchy

Who speaks for the wolves of Michigan? We do.

Governor Snyder’s office and corporate interests conspire in “secret work group” to bring voucher system to Michigan K-12 education

Vindictive Michigan Republicans seek retribution against U-M and Wayne State for renegotiating union contracts prior to the March 28 roll-out of right-to-work legislation

City Manager Ralph Lange indicates that Ypsilanti is moving toward a hybrid police/fire scheme in which public safety officers will be expected to fight fires, save lives, pursue suspects and dispense lethal force

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