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Todd “Fivehead” Courser Pleads No Contest for Being a Really Crappy Public Servant
Wednesday , 28, August 2019 Michigan Republicans, Tea Party 2 CommentsAttorney General Dana Nessel announced today in Lansing that former Michigan State House Rep Todd Courser (R – Probably still grousing about the seats) finally plead no contest to Willful Neglect of Duty by a Public Officer. He now faces sentencing on September 16, 2019, where he could receive a fine of $1000 and up […]
You Better Quit Larry We Really Mean It This Time: Michigan State House District 104 is Stuck With Larry Inman to the Bitter End
Wednesday , 5, June 2019 Michigan Republicans Leave a commentYesterday, the Michigan State House drafted a resolution “urging” Larry Inman (R-Would it have been okay if Betsy DeVos wrote the check?) to resign his seat as representative for the 104th State House District. On May, 15, 2019, Inman was charged by a federal court for extortion and lying to the FBI. Inman, claiming the […]
Lora Greene for 106th Michigan State House: Meet the Candidates 2018
Wednesday , 12, September 2018 Candidates, Election 2018, Meet the Candidates 2018 Leave a commentMichigan’s 106th District is made up of the counties of Alcona, Alpena, the Northern, Southern and Western townships of Cheboygan, Iosco, and Presque Isle. Alpena resident Lora Greene is running to be your next state legislator in Michigan. Originally from Dearborn Heights, Lora Greene moved to Alpena to practice law. The city has been her […]
Tim Schaiberger for 103rd Michigan State House: Meet the Candidates 2018
Sunday , 9, September 2018 Candidates, Election 2018, Meet the Candidates 2018 Leave a commentThe 103rd state house district in Michigan is made up of Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw and Roscommon Counties. The next representative for this district is Tim Schaiberger of West Branch. He has lived in the 103rd State House District his entire life, and currently with his daughter. Tim Schaiberger attended Ogemaw Heights High School playing […]
Meet the Candidates: Michigan State Legislature District 107 Dr. Phil Bellfy
Friday , 28, October 2016 Candidates, Elections, Meet the Candidates 2016 Leave a commentThe Mackinac Bridge connects the 107th State House District with Emmet County in the Lower Peninsula, and Chippewa and Mackinac Counties in the Upper Peninsula. Dr. Phil Bellfy. A resident of Sault Ste. Marie is running for the 107th State House. Dr. Bellfy’s family has lived in the area for ten generations. He attended Lake […]
Meet the Candidates: Michigan State Legislature District 106 Robert Kennedy
Friday , 28, October 2016 Candidates, Elections, Meet the Candidates 2016 Leave a commentRobert Kennedy is the Democratic Party Candidate for the 106th State House District. The counties of Alcona, Alpena, eastern portions of Cheboygan, and Iosco counties are included in this district. Kennedy is a lifelong resident of the region. He attended college in Alpena and served six years in the Army National Guard. Kennedy taught for […]
Parents Teachers School Districts and Now the Michigan Department of Education Speaks Out against House Bill 4822
Thursday , 15, October 2015 Section 16 2 CommentsAny time you have DeVos money GLEP in favor of something, you know it has to be a bad idea. H.B. 4822 is a really bad idea. H.B. 4822 requires third grade students to receive a satisfactory score on their ELA standardized mandatory state tests or repeat the third grade. The teacher has no say, […]
Cindy Gamrat Knows God Wants Her In Lansing: Files To Run For The Seat She Was Just Expelled From
Thursday , 17, September 2015 Candidates, Religious Fundamentalism, Tea Party 1 CommentCindy Gamrat has been out of office for a week, but she already knows she has to get back there and finish the work God wants her to do. At two in the afternoon today she filed paperwork to run in the November 3, 2015 primary for the house seat she was just expelled from. […]
Todd Courser Sucks At Writing Fan Fiction and Cindy Gamrat’s “In His Grip” Didn’t Mean What She Wanted Us To Think
Saturday , 8, August 2015 LGBT Rights, Religious Fundamentalism, Same Sex Marriage, Tea Party, Tealiban 2 CommentsIf you found the blog after googling Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat, welcome. In Todd’s own words, “We are living in the last days.” How many people suspected he was talking about his political career? Anyone who screams as loudly as Gamrat and Courser about the sanctity of traditional marriage is doing so out of […]
M-STEP Replaces MEAP But Will Be Replaced By Something Else
Sunday , 30, November 2014 Section 16 8 CommentsThere are two reasons teachers give students tests: To find out if the students learned the content taught. To find out if the teacher was effective in teaching the content. It has nothing to do with the teacher wanting you to feel stupid or they enjoy torturing kids with tests. There’s important information there that […]