Author: JGillman

On Representation and 11th hour battles

Commissioners last night voted to end a 2 year long debate on the expansion of beaches to swimmers in Traverse City. At least temporarily. The swim zone at Clinch Park was 400 feet long last summer. It now will increase…

Maintenance On MTTM

In the process of maintenance on Michigantaxes.com, we must go through a number of user names associated with spam bots, etc..  I have developed a pretty good eye for what is fake, and what is actually a real user name,…

Michigan HCF Petition Gatherers – Attention Please

Be sure to turn in what you have and get new petition sheets.  I have run into many folks who have collected 5 or so signatures, and are waiting to fill the sheets they have. Even if you have one…

Arizona advises LA to behave.

I couldn’t resist. The passage of SB1070, has brought out the most absurd synaptic cacophony and sputtering of wires crossed I believe I have seen in some time.  The nut root left has stopped at nothing to try and paint…

Battle Creek Tea Party May 22 2010

Looks to be a pretty big Shindig! Saturday, May 22, 2010 10:00am – 12:00pm Friendship Park Battle Creek, MI (downtown Battle Creek at the corner of Capital Ave. & State St.) DJ by Dance Rock DJ Production starting @ 9:00am…

Michigan Call to Action Rally May 18th 2010 at State Capitol

Just in… Come join concerned citizens from around the state to STOP the amnesty push and to SUPPORT Michigan Rep. Dave Agema’s E-verify immigration bills, HB 4969 and HB 4355, and Rep. Kim Meltzer’s new ‘Arizona’-style immigration bill. Right now…

Deception brought to an art form by Michigan Democrats

I really don’t like to tag all Democrats with this type of statement, so let me preface this article by pointing out that it has been Democrat LEADERSHIP that has show such propensity to lie, obfuscate, and camouflage it’s intent…

Quote of the Day..

Merely a small part of the larger article on free markets by one of my economic heroes, Walter Williams: The market is a friend in another unappreciated way. In poor black neighborhoods, one might see some nice clothing, some nice…

Michigan Republican candidates for governor.

??And the race is on…  The following Republicans have filed their petitions by yesterday’s deadline and are now seeking the Republican nod for November’s general election. Mike Bouchard, Mike Cox, Tom George, Pete Hoekstra, and  Rick Snyder. Two of them…