By Mark | December 19, 2011
[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my friend and former bandmate Pete Larson.] Mark has been on to me for several weeks to write something for his […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Schuette, Blogbaby, collective bargaining, GEO, grad students, Graduate Student Research Assistant Unionization, GSRA, higher education, Japanese porn, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, MERC, Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Pete Larson, public employee unions, Sharia law, unions, University of Michigan |
A few days ago we discussed the fact that Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was scheduled to visit Michigan and make a big announcement concerning the funding of high-speed rail projects. Well, LaHood showed up as planned, and announced that a total of $2 billion in additional funding would be expended over the next several […]
Posted in Michigan, Rail, Uncategorized | Also tagged accusations of socialism, Amtrak, Detroit - Chicago rail, Englewood Flyover, high-speed rail, highway projects, highway subsidies, highway widening, interstate highway system, mass transit, mass transit subsidies, Mike Cox, Norfolk Southern, passenger rail, Rail, Ray LaHood, Richard Murphy, Rick Snyder, Talgo, tea party, trains, trolls, Wisconsin |
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker found himself in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today, admitting under oath that his going after the collective bargaining rights of state employees had absolutely nothing to do with saving his state money. Here’s video of the Governor being questioned by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. From the […]
If you ever find yourself wondering why it is that Republicans have it in for folks associated with institutions of higher learning, look no further than this recent study released by Roland Zullo of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy. Here’s a clip from the study’s executive summary. […]
Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Freedom of Information Act, labor, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Rachel Maddow, right-to-work, Roland Zullo, U-M Institute for Research on Labor Employment and the Economy, union busting, unions, University of Michigan, Wisconsin, worker safety, workplace fatalities |
I’m up late reading the news, and there are three things I wanted to pass along, in hopes that they might keep you awake as well. 1) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, while proposing deep pay cuts for employees of local government, “is using state funds to pay more than $81,500 a year to the 26-year-old […]
