Thousands Sign Petition Telling GM to Cut Ties With Controversial Lobby Group ALEC

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Tuesday, May 29, 2012Contact: Jessica Tramontana, jessica@progressmichigan.org, 517-974-6302Online petition calls on GM to “do the right thing,” drop ALEC membership LANSING – Today citizen’s group Progress Michigan announced that over 8,800 Michigan residents have signed an online petition calling on General Motors to drop its membership with the controversial American…

GOP Priorities: Election Year Gimmicks

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Last week, using the Twitter hashtag #23dollars, Michiganders Tweeted their ideas of what the average Michigan family wouldn’t be able to buy with the $23 election year tax gimmick originally proposed by Republicans in the state House.  The gimmick had a total cost of $90 million to Michigan taxpayers, and came in the same year when…