Posted on Tuesday, 10th June 2008 by Keith Almli
147 Days until Election Day
June 10, 2008
MORNING UPDATE:
MICHIGAN BUSINESS TAX….the new and worst version of the Single Business Tax… The Granholm Fix. Check out how to take advantage of some of the new tax breaks.
http://www.rightmichigan.com/section/Multimedia
OBAMA’S RECORD ON TAXES…doesn’t make sense for Michigan. Barack Obama’s self-proclaimed “change we need” should read instead as the change Michigan working families cannot afford after an examination of the Democrat’s record shows a long list of supporting Democrat tax increases that have raised the cost of living on middle class families. More below.
OBAMA BACK IN MICHIGAN…for a third time in less than a month. Michigan is a battleground state and Obama has to explain why he boycotted our state for 2 years, why he bashes the domestic auto industry, why he thinks Jennifer Granholm’s failed tax and spend policies will work in America….look what they have done here.
If you like what Jennifer Granholm has done for Michigan, you’re going to love what Barack Obama is going to do to America.
Taxing production, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship is NOT going to work. A huge increase in the federal government, government programs, and government spending is NOT going to help our economic situation. Obama is wrong for Michigan…and wrong for America. Pay attention folks, it’s going to cost us dearly.
OBAMA’S LEGISLATIVE RECORD…here is an interview that Chris Matthew’s conducted asking about Obama’s legislative record…his accomplishments…it almost hurts to watch it…almost J
http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/06/obamadoesnt-hav.html
ELLY PETERSON RIP…longtime Republican activists and former State Chair died this week. She was 95. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family.
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Michigan Republican Party Press Release:
Obama’s Agenda will skyrocket MI’s cost of living
Déjà vu for Michigan residents as Democrats select Obama
Nominee has record of raising taxes and failed judgment
LANSING - Barack Obama’s self-proclaimed “change we need” should read instead as the change Michigan working families cannot afford after an examination of the Democrat’s record shows a long list of supporting Democrat tax increases that have raised the cost of living on middle class families.
Barack Obama voted 94 times for tax increases that raise the cost of living on working families in just three short years as a U.S. Senator. As a candidate, he has promised higher income taxes, Social Security taxes, capital gains taxes, dividend taxes, and tax hikes on job creating businesses. Less than a year after Granholm and Democrats rammed the largest tax increase down the throats of Michigan families and small businesses, Obama’s seemingly limitless spending proposals will continue the Democrat’s assault on Michigan’s middle class.
“Obama’s laundry list of taxes is all too familiar to Michigan residents,” said Daniel Acciavatti, Republican vice-chair of the House Appropriations committee. “Michigan families and businesses have been battered with more taxes than they can afford, an ever increasing cost of living, and remain the nation’s leader in unemployment.”
“Obama continues to ignore Michigan’s feeble condition as he voices support for change, change through more taxes. We need change we can afford. Government needs to live within its means, led by a proven leader who has a record of frugal fiscal responsibility,” added House Republican Leader Craig DeRoche.
Last year, residents of Michigan were promised by their governor that her tax only cost pennies, but those pennies to date have exceeded $85 billion taken from taxpayers’ pockets-the cost of living has soared and will continue to increase through the Obama agenda. During just three years in the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama has already voted 94 times for higher taxes. Obama’s record is too familiar to the businesses and families, the victims of Michigan’s economic recession since Democrats have controlled the executive branch and state House.
“I am shocked he has the audacity to suggest we can afford this change. He doesn’t understand Michigan’s economy, he continues to lambaste the auto industry, and unfortunately Michigan residents have seen first hand that further taxation will remove more families from prosperity and place them into the gripe of poverty, he is not ready to be president,” Acciavatti said.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
The following stories and more are available at my Articles of Interest online.
Obama courts Michigan, focuses on economy
Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Barack Obama kicked off a two-week campaign swing Monday seeking to focus the presidential campaign on the economy — a tour that will include stops in Michigan next week.
Aides said Monday that Obama will be in Detroit for a fundraiser at the Renaissance Center, and a public event of some sort — though there were no details on the event.
Obama’s third visit to Michigan in a month will focus on the No. 1 issue for Michigan voters and those in most other states across the country: the economy.
Council trio to gov: Drop mayor action
Letter to Granholm says Kilpatrick didn’t deceive them on whistle-blower case.
Christine MacDonald and David Josar / The Detroit News
DETROIT — A faction of the City Council opposed to ousting Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is urging Gov. Jennifer Granholm not to remove him, saying they weren’t deceived into an $8.4 million whistle-blower settlement at the heart of the mayoral scandal.
Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers sent a letter May 27 that asks Granholm to refrain from using state powers that allow governors to unseat elected officials for misconduct. The letter disputes the council’s claim that Kilpatrick violated the city charter, claiming there is “no factual basis whatsoever” that members were duped into the deal.
That claim is “self-serving for some,” an apparent dig at Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr., who backs Kilpatrick’s removal and would temporarily become mayor.
Ex-Kilpatrick bodyguard files whistle-blower suit
By BEN SCHMITT and M.L. ELRICK • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS • June 9, 2008
A former bodyguard for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a whistle blower lawsuit today claiming he was harassed and intimidated during his tenure on the security detail and told by supervisors to keep quiet during an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by the mayor and his inner circle.
Officer Tony Davis, who now works in the department’s gaming division, filed the lawsuit Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court, laying out serious of allegations which include mayoral philandering
One of Kilpatrick’s lawyers, Jim Parkman, called the lawsuit “ridiculous,” during an evening press conference in response to the allegations.
City contracts for mayor’s friend to get a second look Detroit
Panel to review water main bids
BY BEN SCHMITT and M.L. ELRICK • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS • June 10, 2008
A Detroit City Council committee placed a hold on two water-main contracts Monday totaling about $4.4 million that were destined for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s friend Bobby Ferguson, citing a need for further analysis.
Councilwoman Sheila Cockrel told members of the Public Health and Safety Committee to hold off on sending the contracts to the full council until other bids are re-examined.
“There is a question of appearances,” Cockrel said of Ferguson’s close relationship to the mayor after Monday’s hearing. “And a question of setting proper boundaries.”
Congress, Get Off Your Gas, and Drill
By Chuck Norris
Last Thursday, oil prices increased $5.50 per barrel in one day. Last Friday marked the biggest single-day surge in oil price history, rocketing $11 more to $138 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In just two days, oil costs increased 13 percent.
Average Americans literally are driving to the poorhouse on financial fumes. With gas at $4 per gallon, roughly two cars in every household, and the average annual gas usage at 700 gallons, you do the math. Americans are being forced to use their hard-earned money that once put food in their stomachs to put petroleum in their tanks and to drive the exact same distances they drove a decade ago for four to five times the price.
McCain says using Google to vet VP candidates
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - It turns out choosing a vice president isn’t that complicated after all.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain joked on Monday that Google, the popular Internet search engine, had made investigating his list of potential candidates a little bit easier.
“You know, basically it’s a Google,” he said to laughter at a fund-raising luncheon when asked how the selection process was going. “What you can find out now on the Internet — it’s remarkable.”
Obama Veep Vetters Meet Pelosi, Other Top Dems
Right now, according to a Democratic aide, former deputy AG Eric Holder and Perseus LLC vice chairman James Johnson are meeting on with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The meeting is in Pelosi’s office on Capitol Hill.
Here’s what this tells me:
The veepstakes process is in the information gathering phase; the vetters will interview dozens of Democratic officials and get a sense from them what they think about any number of candidates and potential issues. After the information gathering phase comes the vetting phase, where candidates turn over reams of information and sit through hours-long interviews with discrete lawyers.
Dream On
by The Editors
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination may be over and Barack Obama may be its winner. But the Clinton family drama goes on. Early this week, as the final primaries took place and the mathematical reality of delegate counts became impossible to deny, Hillary Clinton let it be known that, yes, she’d consider accepting the vice-presidential nomination if Obama offered it to her. The statement gave instant political credibility to an idea already popular in some quarters. For many of Clinton’s disappointed supporters, putting her on the ticket is a moral imperative: By virtue of her close second- place finish in delegates and popular votes, Clinton earned the vice presidential nomination. To more disinterested observers, choosing Clinton would represent a savvy strategic choice: During the primaries, her strongest support came primarily from those voters–the white working class and Latinos– with whom Obama has famously struggled. Putting Clinton on the ticket, according to this argument, solves that problem. It is, say proponents of the scheme, a true Dream Ticket.
What Should Hillary Do Now?
A Symposium
Tuesday, June 10, 2008; 12:01 AM
Now that she’s officially announced the end of her presidential campaign, what’s next for Hillary Clinton? The Post asked five opinion leaders, representing a variety of viewpoints, to weigh in. Here are their responses:
John Zogby, pollster and president of Zogby International:
As his basketball career was coming to a close, Bill Bradley wrote eloquently about what happens when the lights dim and the cheerleaders and fans start following the younger starts. He did just fine proving that there are second acts in life. Other great second acts include Ted Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, who both reached for the brass rail but found their meaning in the Senate. Jimmy Carter defines second-act stardom, his most effective years coming after his presidency.
Elly Peterson: 1st woman to lead state Republicans
BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF • FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU CHIEF • June 10, 2008
Elly Peterson made history as chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party in 1965 — the first woman to head either state party.
She made a mark recruiting young moderates to run for office in what was then a moribund party.
She made waves in 1982 when she endorsed Democrat James Blanchard for governor over Republican nominee Richard Headlee, whom she labeled too conservative.
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June 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
[...] Randy Allgaier wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBut the Clinton family drama goes on. Early this week, as the final primaries took place and the mathematical reality of delegate counts became impossible to deny, Hillary Clinton let it be known that, yes, she’d consider accepting the … Read the rest of this great post here [...]
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Great stuff - we all love the site over here! Keep it coming…