Up North Progressive
Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganMonthly Archives:
Commit To Vote Blue In 2016 No Matter Who Wins The Primary
Thursday , 24, December 2015 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 2 CommentsComments to the most recent Up North Progressive article was expected. One commenter suggested the article be removed. Another commenter informed me I would have to change the name of the blog if I don’t support Bernie Sanders for president. Then someone did some cheer leading for Bernie Sanders on Up North Progressive’s Facebook page […]
What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Have In Common
Tuesday , 22, December 2015 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentNeither one of them will ever be nominated by any party to run for president. Now that we have that out of the way, let’s discuss why. After 7 years of racism coming from the extreme and not so extreme fringe of the right, it’s no longer necessary to even put up a facade of […]
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Announces January Public Land Sale in Eastern Upper and Northern Lower Peninsula
Tuesday , 15, December 2015 DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentToday the Michigan DNR announced “surplus” public land for sale by sealed-bid auction beginning January 12 to February 10, 2016. Available land includes parcels in the Eastern Upper Peninsula and the Northern Lower Peninsula. Due to these parcels being isolated from other land managed by the DNR, they’re considered of little use for public recreation […]
Bill Schuette Job Security: Aramark Edition
Thursday , 3, December 2015 Aramark, Bill Schuette, Nerd Problems 6 CommentsAramark may be long gone, but thanks to the Nerd’s failure at privatizing the state prison food service, the Michigan taxpayers are stuck with the bill of cleaning up Snyder’s mess. Today Bill “I wanna be the next governor” Schuette announced a conviction on one of the former employees of Aramark who tried to pay […]
For-Profit Charter School Bad News For Baldwin
Thursday , 3, December 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsThis comment was submitted to the Lake County Star in response to their story about for-profit charter school Gateway To Success Academy’s presentation to the Baldwin Community Schools board. The Lake County Star did not publish the comment. Last week, the Lake County Star reported Jamie Bandstra presented the new for-profit charter school, Gateway To […]