If the vote against the bailout plan sounds familiar to Michigan ears, it would seem to be the rise of the “conservatives” — and don’t we know them..
Explains Eve Fairbanks in The New Republic:
(they’re) proponents of “free trade, libertarianism, true free markets, freedom from government intervention in a wide range of sectors, true, rock-ribbed, hard [...]
Archive for September, 2008
That Explains It
Posted in Economy, tagged Conservatism, Justin Amash, Libertarian on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two Million Dollars Richer
Posted in Horace Mann, Uncategorized, tagged Grand Rapids Public Schools on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, it’s not Wall Street. The student count for GRPS yesterday showed a decline of only 600, not the 900 expected. So instead of losing $6.75 million, the schools lose $4.2 million. Although a hit, practically this means less of a budgeted loss. Or two million dollars back in the [...]
Continuation or Transformation?
Posted in Economy, Michigan, tagged Dow Chemical, GVSU, Right to work, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The West Michigan Regional Policy Conference closed Friday with a vote that sharply divides two views of our situation in Michigan. Asked to rate possible issues from one to ten, attendees listed the following as thier top five, according to The Grand Rapids Press.
8.65 Eliminate Michigan Business Tax and make corresponding spending cuts.
8.08 [...]
Mob Wisdom
Posted in Economy, Michigan, tagged Democratic Party, Right to work, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Put 600 business leaders in a room for two days and what do you get?
Well if you’re in West Michigan and at the Regional Policy Conference, you get this:
(P)articipants set these top five priorities for legislative action:
1. Eliminate Michigan Business Tax and corresponding spending cuts.
2. Implement a Right to Work status for the state of [...]
True Religion
Posted in Economy, Michigan, tagged Birgit Klohs, Globalization, Herman Miller, Republican Party, Right Place, Right to work, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mackinac on the Grand (our West Michigan Regional Policy Conference) opened with the official sermon from one Dr. Robert Genetski. As reported in The Press, he presented the old time religion: the problem Michigan is facing is due to no other reason than economic perfidy of Lansing, a failure to follow through on conservative [...]
Moving in with the Folks?
Posted in Communty, Economy, Michigan, tagged Cool Cities, culture war, Dan Scripps, Hoogendyk, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The topic at today’s noon time lunch at the West Michigan Regional Policy Conference is “Attracting and Retaining Today’s Millennial Generation.” The preview executive paper goes over some of the main talking points. More than a demographic term for those born between 1980-2000, the MG is also a term for the highly desirable [...]
A course for the future?
Posted in Michigan, tagged Chamber of Commerce, Dan Scripps, Globalization, John Austin, MI-101, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday starts the two-day event, Mackinac on the Grand, aka The West Michigan Regional Policy Conference, sponsored by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. Nominally the conference is to advance the cause of West Michigan in the halls of Lansing, to articulate an agenda, to schmooze and of course, to lobby. [...]
Self-Inflicted Injuries
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged Granholm, Kwame Kilpatrick, Macomb, Mark Brewer, McCain, RMGN on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A version of this post also appeared at Michigan Liberal.
Michigan native and gimlet-eyed blogger Nate Silver asks what’s wrong with Obama in Michigan. It’s not a pretty picture, all the more because some of the reasons are clearly self-inflicted.
The campaign’s late start is a big reason. As he explains:
In conversations with friends and family during [...]
Can Palin Move Michigan?
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged African-American, Bob Synk, Brandon Dillon, Bruce Hawley, MI-73, MI-75, Obama, polls, Robert Dean, Sarah Palin on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The post-convention bounce is well underway and recent polls underscore how much the race has tightened up. The recent poll by Public Policy Polling gave Obama a rather one point lead (47/46) – a tie given the 2.9% margin of error.
This post-convention bounce has certainly troubled Democrats nationally, but should Dems be worried here in [...]
