Dec 30, 2012
Hidden among the flotsam in the recent Tea Party tidal wave of mostly ALEC legislation shoved through the Michigan legislature in the last minute lame-duck frenzy earlier this month, we find a bill to prohibit employers from snooping on worker/job applicant social media. HB 5523 imposes penalties of up to 93 days in jail and a $1,000 [...]
Dec 30, 2012
A couple of things came together the past two weeks – a press release about a new report that ALEC sent your ALEC legislator – to get them to deregulate mining – and a story about the disaster that was caused by uranium mining that was documented on Common Dreams. I always look at coincidences [...]
Dec 27, 2012
Fast facts about Michigan’s new Emergency Manager Law Sorry Michiganders, it appears that your lawmakers and governor have done little more than rename the recently repealed Public Act 4 to make it appear more palatable to those that voted to strike down their 2011 version. Their working title is the Local Financial Stability and Choice Act – [...]
Dec 27, 2012
WELL – ALEC is doing what they do best again – LYING An editorial by Executive Director Ron Scheberle included the following misleading statements (my emphasis): “I wish that our critics would conduct themselves similarly. Instead, liberal activist groups like Color of Change have used this tragedy to falsely accuse ALEC of collaborating with the [...]
Dec 26, 2012
I am a public school teacher. The irony of teachers being the heroes this week after standing between students and a gun – is not lost on me. After being villainized for the last few years, I guess my main surprise is that someone else noticed that teachers are heroes. It seems apparent to [...]
Dec 26, 2012
From article written by Bob Sloan and published on Policy Mic… Fact: 282 bills were passed in Michigan during the lame duck session. 42% of all the bills passed in the last two years were in this last lame duck session, with 180 votes taken on the last day of the 2012 session alone. Fact: In the session [...]
Dec 23, 2012
Andre Agassi was a great tennis star and continues to be a celebrity. Lately, he is an education investor. Agassi may have good intentions. He may be trying to help a distressed and poverty riddled community in Las Vegas. Philanthropy and schools mixed with a dash of banker on the side. It’s likely that his [...]
Dec 21, 2012
A (satirical) Holiday Card from Republican Lawmakers: Dear Michigan, Season’s Greetings from Lansing to All Our Friends! It’s that time of year Michigan Republicans like to share what the kids in Congress have been up to — capping-off another year of magic and wonder for the whole gang. Santa came early for Michigan Republicans. And boy did they [...]
