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You’ve got to hand it to Rick Snyder. He’s not content to just short-circuit democracy with an Emergency Manager law that gives unaccountable, appointed local government and school district managers big salaries, brand new SUVs and virtually unlimited power to break contracts, saddle taxpayers with debt and privatize parks, water systems and other public services. …
Two weeks ago we compared how Gov. Rick Snyder was performing to what he promised during his campaign. Today, we’re revisiting that comparison with some updated statistics. When Rick Snyder was running for governor he made creating a “jobs friendly environment” and “value for money government” his top priorities. How would he achieve this? Simple:…
Peter Sinclair delves into the 2011 heatwave and some of its causes in today’s Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
My home state of Wisconsin is in the national spotlight after the historic recalls last night, and I’m damn proud to call myself a Cheesehead. I’m rolling my eyes at all the headlines and soundbites about how the Democrats lost, fell short, etc. As a former journalist, I know that headline space is tight and…
(Jessica Kelton is a guest blogger for Progress Michigan. She teaches economics and political economy at Lansing Community College.) It looks like there may be another Tea Party showdown wild wild West style led by Governor Rick Snyder. After his legislative victory earlier this year slashing funding for schools, lowering taxes for businesses, and increasing…
Peter Sinclair takes a break from his much acclaimed “Climate Denial Crock of the Week” to bring you this week’s “Renewable Energy Solution of the Month”:
Do you follow President & CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Rich Studley on Twitter (@rstudley)? If not, you should. It reads as if he simply reposts GOP talking points straight to his account. Looking for absolutely zero in-depth analysis? Rich Studley’s Twitter account has it in spades. Nothing is too far-right or partisan…
For a guy who brags about being a founding member of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress, it was fascinating to see Pete Hoekstra thumping his chest over adding $2.3 million to the federal debt. But there he is, in an MLive video from February Progress Michigan unearthed. In the video, Hoekstra is caught preening…
Pete Hoekstra, who supported giving billions in bailouts to Wall Street, not only went to work for the law firm that defended convicted felon Bernie Madoff but yesterday announced his campaign to defeat U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow from the firm’s law offices. The press is calling this bad “optics” on the part of Hoekstra, but…
Russ Harding, he of the extreme right-wing advocacy group masquerading as a think tank, The Mackinac Center, had a wonderfully timed opinion piece in the Detroit Free Press this weekend. It is time to deflate the green energy bubble in Michigan before it does even more economic harm. Perfectly timed because this morning, one “green…