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Optometrist Turned Educator: The Continuing Story Of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Monday , 19, May 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 4 CommentsGREETINGS DELTA CHARTER SCHOOL VISITORS! Please click this link for an update on the Steve Ingersoll story. Michigan has lots of charter schools. The state leads the United States in charter school creation. These schools are advertised to parents as an alternative to public education often offering specialties such as fine arts and science, or […]
They say there is no bad publicity. If you want to make a name for yourself, doing something negative will produce the same result as doing something positive. The tea party has been using this tactic for years to get their names in the papers. Let’s meet a local man who decided to give it […]
Michigan’s Budget Woes: You Get What You Pay For (Or Don’t)
Wednesday , 14, May 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentToday the Michigan House Fiscal Agency released their forecast report on expected revenues for the next two years. The findings are dismal. The agency projects that the state of Michigan won’t collect as much in taxes as originally thought, and over the next two years the state could suffer from a shortfall of nearly $900 […]
Mother’s Day and Mesick, Michigan: May 9 through 11, 2014
Wednesday , 7, May 2014 Uncategorized Leave a commentIn two days the annual Mesick Mushroom Festival begins in the town of Mesick. Mushroom hunting is a time honored, sometimes-cutthroat tradition of spring in northern Michigan. Whether you hunt for the small black morels, the large, white-grey ones, or cross your fingers and say a prayer before feasting on “beefsteak” false morels, you know […]
Betsy DeVos is a woman on a crusade. Her goal for the state of Michigan is one thing, and that is eliminating public education from the state forever. Since 2001 Betsy DeVos with her husband Dick have spent over a million dollars on supporting candidates in Michigan who vote the way they want on promoting […]
Stealing Michigan Taxpayers’ Money The Charter School Way: The Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Monday , 5, May 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsOne month ago Dr. Steve Ingersoll and his wife Deborah were both charged with several counts of fraud, including defrauding Chemical Bank, the United States and tax evasion by a federal grand jury. The optometrist and wife team, along with his brother and another couple who owned a construction company engaged in a dizzy dance […]
In the spirit of great Michigan political blogs like Eclectablog, the purpose of Up North Progressive will be for news and opinions of the current state of political and social concerns of progressives in Northern Michigan. Northern Michigan faces the same problems and issues as downstate. The laws and policies made in Lansing have their […]