Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Grinder

December 31, 2011
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EPA Puts Michigan Jobs At Risk

December 30, 2011
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EPA Puts Michigan Jobs At Risk

EPA Puts Crosshairs On Michigan Obama Admin Takes Rent Seeking To A New Level. (Cross posted from RightMichigan.com) I have been adding to this all week, and have tried to make it as concise as possible, but as more information became available, editing was required.  Let me know if...

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Labor Reform Held Up Because It Works

December 28, 2011
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Jack McHugh writes today about a couple of labor reform bills just hanging around the Michigan State Senate. The first of them stopping the practice of union employees being paid by school districts: “… many school district payrolls contain “phantom employees” in the form of full-time union stewards who...

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Merry Christmas 2011

December 25, 2011
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Merry Christmas 2011

The perfect man who died for our imperfections has his birth celebrated today. Amidst the gifts that we pass among ourselves, nothing can compare to the ultimate endowment given to us with the birth of Jesus Christ. Nothing can compare to the gift God bestowed upon those of us...

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Governor signs Pavlov bill lifting the cap on charter schools

December 21, 2011
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Governor signs Pavlov bill lifting the cap on charter schools

LANSING–State Sen. Phil Pavlov (left), R-St. Clair Township, and Gov. Rick Snyder hold Senate Bill 618, accompanied by Rep. Tom McMillin and Rep. Deb Shaughnessy. Snyder on Tuesday signed Pavlov’s bill, which will lift the arbitrary cap on charter schools in Michigan. The bill signing marks an important milestone...

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New Unemployment Numbers: Michigan Families Continue to Suffer Because of Obama-Stabenow Economic Failures

December 21, 2011
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New Unemployment Numbers: Michigan Families Continue to Suffer Because of Obama-Stabenow Economic Failures

Latest labor report shows more than 456,000 Michiganders Are Still Jobless WASHINGTON – Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) today issued the following statement after the release of Michigan’s November jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Steven Law, Crossroads GPS President and former Deputy Secretary of the U.S....

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Networks Mix Up Political Photos

December 15, 2011
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Networks Mix Up Political Photos

Over the years I have marveled at how the fast moving news network Fox News could have so many misspellings, wrong story and title mismatches, so imagine my major yawn when I found this picture.  (H/T  Right Scoop) Of course, there is a certain amount of hilarity that I’ll...

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MERC Excludes Graduate Student Research Assistants From Judicial Proceedings That Directly Impact Them, Attorney Says

December 14, 2011
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MERC Excludes Graduate Student Research Assistants From Judicial Proceedings That Directly Impact Them, Attorney Says

Ruling allowing unionization case to proceed ‘undermines due process’  Students’ status as non-employees needs statutory clarification MIDLAND — Hundreds of University of Michigan students who object to being re-designated as government employees for the purpose of a unionization effort have no say in the administrative proceedings pertinent to the...

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Stabenow Must Return Corzine Campaign Donations

December 13, 2011
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Stabenow Must Return Corzine Campaign Donations

Corzine Scheduled to Testify Before Stabenow’s Committee Today LANSING, Mich., Dec., 13, 2011 – The Michigan Republican Party today called on Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to return all campaign donations from Jon Corzine, Corzine family members and any MF Global employees. Corzine is scheduled to testify today before the...

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Simpsons Christmas Treat To Michigan

December 12, 2011
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Sunday night cartoons can go in any direction sometimes. The best ones present a perspective on certain topics that are probably more effective in offering a warning than active campaigns. In last night’s Simpson’s episode, a look 30 years into the future reveals with humor, a possible reality as...

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