Cotter Welcomes Back Engler

June 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Cotter Welcomes Back Engler June 25, 2010 So who was that masked man standing on the backyard porch of Dan and Gail Boge at Lake Isabella several days ago? None other than the former governor of the Great State of Michigan, John Engler. Engler back in his home county on a Thursday night? Isn’t he [...]

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Granholm Reflects on Palin Act

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Granholm Reflects on Palin Act June 4, 2010 70 million and one viewers watched the V.P. debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on October 2, 2008. That “one” had a huge vested interest as she watched intently from her Lansing home with her hubby and friends gathered around the tube. Periodically there were shouts: [...]

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Spread the Sunshine

April 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Spread the Sunshine by Tim Skubick April 16, 2010 In a sport where timing is everything, the Bernero for Governor team has racked up one impressive win after another. He was first to defend the domestic auto industry when it was under siege in the nation’s capital. He was first to argue that Lt. Governor [...]

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Must-See Policy

January 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Must-See Policy by T. Scott January 16, 2010 You can put every event on Dome’s public policy calendar on your to-do list (they’re always that good), but put these two February programs down as must attend: Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) annual Legislative Conference, February 16 at the Lansing Center. Michigan Political Leadership Program [...]

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Desperate for Diversification

January 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Desperate for Diversification A brief history of Michigan’s economic development strategies by Rick Haglund January 16, 2010 Michigan was in big trouble as the decade of the 1980s dawned. Detroit’s automakers, collectively known then as the muscular Big Three, were beginning to see their dominance challenged by imports from upstart Japanese automakers. They were unprepared, [...]

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Virg for Governor?

December 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Virg for Governor? by Tim Skubick December 4, 2009 If the political press corps were given a secret vote to install the mayor of Lansing as a Democratic candidate for governor, betya the vote would be an overwhelming yes. That’s not necessarily because Virg Bernero would make the best governor, but he’d certainly be the [...]

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