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Frisky Friske Update: Nazi Legacy OUT – DeVos Stooge Running for Jodi Decker’s Seat
Wednesday , 7, August 2024 Candidates, Election 2024, Enbridge Line 5, Meet the Candidates 2024 Leave a comment
The dust settled over Michigan after the primary election on August 6, 2024, and there were happy surprises. In State House District 107, Neil Friske (R-Watch me chase a stripper while armed and receive no charges!) lost his primary race to represent the Northern Lower Peninsula and Eastern Upper Peninsula district for another term.
In a statement, Friske stated:
In Lansing, where conformity often overshadows conviction, I’ve made it my mission to stand firm on principles that matter—principles that I feel are essential to conservatives … It is evident that God has a different plan for my life. Therefore, I look forward with anticipation to following His leading down whatever path he puts before me.
Now that Friske has to figure out how to play the most dangerous game at home in Northern Michigan, who gets to take his place on the November ballot?
This guy: 
Support for Parker Fairbairn of Harbor Springs includes Farm Bureau, Right to Life, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Great Lakes Education Project, and Michigan Freedom Fund. He attends the DeVos School of Management to accompany his BBA in Automotive Marketing from Northwood University. Score another win for Dick and Betsy DeVos. 
Jodi Decker is the Democratic Party candidate for the 107th State House District. Jodi lives in Sault Ste Marie with her family. Her background is in juvenile justice and working with at-risk youth. She is a strong advocate for women’s reproductive health, shutting down Enbridge Line 5, and for young people. Rather than voting for a candidate who works for the DeVos family, vote for the candidate who will work for the people of the 107th State House. Vote for Jodi Decker on November 5, 2024.
Crib Fit For a Judge UPDATE: It’s Legal But is it Honest?
Tuesday , 30, July 2024 Candidates, Community, Election 2024 Leave a comment
There have been new developments in the case of the Lake County probate judge who lives in a 600-square-foot three-season hunting cabin in the woods. David Glancy claims his main homestead is 10211 East 16th Street in Lake County. But does he live there?
Until recently, according to one source, the answer was no. Glancy and his family have a much larger, more excellent home in Traverse City. Why live in a tiny cabin with a toilet next to the water heater? Previous owners of that “residence” got water from the neighbors if they stayed in their cabin during winter due to uninsulated pipes.
Once alerted there was a discrepancy, Pinora Township, where this cabin is located in Lake County, looked into the matter because it appeared that David Glancy had two homesteads in different counties with the primary residence exemption. This is illegal in Michigan. Most homes in Lake County are second properties, so you cannot apply for the tax exemption. The local school district is out of formula because of the number of vacation homes in the county. This means the school district no longer receives the foundation allowance funding from the state due to declining enrollment. This is happening to more school districts in Northern Michigan.
After Board of Review meetings and phone calls between township assessors, it was discovered missing paperwork made it appear that David Glancy and his family enjoyed the homestead tax exemption on two properties.
UNTIL
In an email dated May 28, 2024, Glancy attached the paperwork to rescind his name from the PRE for the property in Long Lake Township, Grand Traverse County. He had no idea how it didn’t arrive with the rest of the paperwork. Someone lost it at the real estate office or went to the wrong township, but here it is, a year and a half late.
The interesting thing about this form is that the Glancys signed it the day after the home sale for the Lake County cabin was final, January 19, 2023, but Long Lake Township didn’t receive the form until May 28, 2024.
Long Lake Township filed the rescinding form with the rest of the tax records, noting the late filing. Pinora Township received this paperwork in July 2024 and restored the PRE for 10211 East 16th Street. Both townships consider the matter settled. All the Glancys have to do is file separate tax returns, and they can claim both properties as primary homesteads.
All legal, but … is it honest? And does Glancy really live there?
Shortly after the dust settled over the taxes, there was a day when power tools and sounds of construction could be heard from 10211 East 16th Street. Fresh tire tracks in the driveway appear more frequently. It’s possible more effort is being made to make the tiny cabin in the woods look lived in.
Crib Fit For a Judge: The Curious Case of Judge Glancy’s Lake County Home
Friday , 5, July 2024 Candidates, Election 2024 2 Comments
Occasionally, the Up North Progressive receives a tip from a reader about strange things happening with political candidates. This time, the tip is about a candidate for probate judge in Lake County and the case of his home address.
David M. Glancy is the current Probate Court Judge of Lake County. He was appointed to the position by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on April 26, 2023, after the retirement of Judge Mark Wickens. In 2024, he’s running for a full term as Lake County Judge.
On January 19, 2023, David Glancy purchased a property in eastern Lake County. The address for this property is 10211 East 16th Street. According to the realtor.com website, this is Judge Glancy’s new home: 
The property is described as a one-bedroom, one-bath, 600-square-foot cabin on 2.5 acres. That’s not much living space for a judge. This could be a weekend cabin to get away from it all. So many houses in Lake County are vacation homes; the only school district in Lake County is an out-of-formula district.
However, evidence suggests Judge David Glancy is also registered to vote at 10211 East 16th Street, which would make this cabin in the woods his primary residence: 
So, does a county probate judge live in this three-season cabin full-time?
You can’t help but notice Judge Glancy in the image above wearing a wedding band. This 2014 Ludington Daily News article interviewed Glancy when he was a candidate living in Amber Township with his wife and two children and running for office—this time, for 51st Circuit Court Judge. He also coached the swimming team for Ludington Community Schools.
You may be thinking, “Has the reader who gave Up North Progressive the tip about Judge Glancy ever met him or his family? Sadly, the answer is no. In fact, since the autumn of 2022, when the cabin was put on the market, it’s been highly tranquil. No one visits this property, even on weekends. 
This is a remarkably undisturbed driveway, disturbing for a judge who lives and votes from this address.
Stay tuned. There could be more.
Frisky Friske Update: Multiple Felonies Edition
Friday , 21, June 2024 Election 2024, Gun Reform, MAGA, MIGOP Leave a commentNeil Friske faces multiple felony charges, including sexual assault, assault of a sexual nature, and a felony weapons charge. 
The Ingham County Prosecutor told the police to keep investigating. Friske was released from county lockup today.
In other news, the Supreme Court again upheld its ruling that red flag laws do not violate the Second Amendment.
BREAKING NEWS: @MIGOP State House Rep Neil Friske Arrested!
Thursday , 20, June 2024 Election 2024, Gun Reform, MAGA, MIGOP, Religious Fundamentalism 1 CommentUPDATE! STATE REP NEIL FRISKE MET THE ADULT DANCER AT DEJA VU.
State news reporting today that Republican State House Rep Neil Friske of the 107th has been sitting in a Lansing, MI, jail since early Thursday morning. Major news outlets so far say the reason is undisclosed at this time.
State Rep. Neil Friske, R-Charlevoix, was arrested around 2:45 a.m. on the 2000 block of Windbreak Lane in Lansing and remained in custody Thursday, Lansing Police Public Information Director Jordan Gulkins confirmed to the Free Press. Gulkins said potential charges for Friske remain under review, and declined to reveal the nature of Friske’s arrest. Should any charge be filed, Gulkins said an arraignment would take place Friday or Saturday.
According to MIRS:
Ah, so he’s acting like a typical conservative Republican.
If chasing an adult dancer through the streets of Lansing while packing heat is true, according to MIRS, Neil Friske might be in some serious trouble. We will have to wait and see.
If you don’t know who the Friske family is, they are a northern Michigan fruit farmer producing apples and other produce on land purchased by Richard Friske Senior shortly after arriving in the United States after World War II.
Only days after yet another mass shooting happened in Michigan, this time at a water park in Rochester Hills, state media reported a dozen Republicans in Lansing sponsored a bill to make the AR-15 the official state rifle.
Adopting state emblems began in the late 19th century. Michigan adopted the apple blossom in 1897. Over time, the robin became the state bird, the white pine became the state tree, and the Petosky stone became the state stone. Today, Michigan has a state fossil, the mastodon, a state soil, Kalkaska sand, and, in 2023, a state grain, manoomin, or wild rice.
Residents of Michigan choose symbols because they are significant to the history and culture of the state. This is true for all states. What is substantial culturally or historically about the AR-15 in Michigan? If you consider the assault rifle itself, absolutely nothing.
Ten states in the United States have firearms as official state symbols. Most of the guns have historical significance or are manufactured in the state. Utah was the first to adopt, but not everyone in the state legislature was happy with the adoption.
The AR-15 isn’t manufactured in Michigan. It has no historical significance, and it is not a symbol that unifies the people of Michigan; it does just the opposite.
The AR-15 is the phallic compensator of choice for the gravy seals, y’allqada, and ammosexuals of Michigan. You know, these idiots: 
Republicans sponsoring this bill do not want to unify the state with a new official symbol. This is a dog whistle to the weekend warriors.
This bill has no chance of reaching the House floor for a vote. The audacity of introducing a bill to add the AR-15 to the same list as the white pine, the Petoskey stone, and the apple blossom when we have a mass shooting as recently as four days ago shows the Republican party’s lack of empathy for Michigan. The cruelty is the point. Read the list of sponsors. Find out who is running against them. Vote for their opponents on August 6th and November 5th.
May the world be blessed with peace.