Tag: Schools

Valuable Ideas Coming From The Cox Campaign

At the very least, no matter who wins.. this stuff is GOOD!  Openness brings answers and true accountability! Mike Cox touts his latest “Reform of the Day,” discussing his plan to do what Governor Jennifer Granholm won’t—require Michigan’s public school…

Michigan Education Association Ads Fail Fact-Check

Claims of ‘concessions’ and doing ‘more with less’ are unsupported, misleading or false The Michigan Education Association is airing television and radio advertisements that are misleading the public, according to Michael Van Beek, director of education policy at the Mackinac…

Quote Of The Day..

Governor Jennifer Granholm at a 5 o’clock briefing in Lansing yesterday while discussing the reasoning behind an additional per-pupil proration cut of $127 for fiscal year 2010.. “We’ve never seen times like this in Michigan” uh.. yeah..  about that.. And…

Leadership failure leads to shutdown, among other things

Michigan has a snow day.. in September.  Yes its Cold, but not THAT type of Snow day.. Michigan Assistant House Republican Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, issued the following statement after failure of legislative leaders to reach a balanced budget…

It will never be enough..

Gordo, over at the Muskegon Pundit reports an additional millage/bond request from his local school system. The Mona Shores Schools had a $17,000,000.00 capital expense put up for a vote today.   Now.. If I were a betting guy (I am)…

Michigan sucks… up to the Stimulus

I guess the idea is to get yours up front, so when the bill comes due, at least you will have something, right?  In a 1,300 page document published in a measly 8pt type, we get down to the wish…