Searching for Tuesday’s Answers
by John Lindstrom
Gongwer News Service
July 30, 2010
In little more than four days the 2010 primary election will be done. Voters may sigh a refreshing sigh of relief to be done with the campaign conniption and cloddishness, only then to groan as they realize the primary is prelude to the main attraction.
The [...]

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Millions of MIA Voters
July 30, 2010
So what’s your excuse for not voting in the August 3 primary — and it better be a good one.
“I forgot,” does not cut it.
“I was too busy doing (fill-in-the-blank),” doesn’t either.
“I just don’t give a hoot,” may be understandable, but is still not acceptable.
The fact is about four million [...]

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Fat Lady Approaching for Dems
July 23, 2010
Take yourself back to election night 2008. The scene is a huge park underneath the picturesque skyline of Chicago, with hundreds of thousands of citizens making a little history. President-elect Barack Obama and family walk onto the stage amidst shouts, tears, joy and a change you can believe.
If you [...]

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Poll Tries to Polish Granholm Legacy
July 9, 2010
They are quietly passing out the polish deep inside the Granholm administration as the effort continues to put a little gloss on the governor’s economic track record — which is not breaking any records, to say the least.
Even she is forced to concede that the job she is [...]

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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 John Cherry could not [...]

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Getting to Know You
by Tim Skubick
April 9, 2010
In the midst of the most convoluted governor’s race in modern times, one question keeps popping up: why would anybody want to be governor now?
Aside from the lousy economy and a toxic political environment in town, there’s another good reason to avoid this job at all cost.
The new [...]

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Conquering the 2010-11 Budget
by John Lindstrom
Gongwer News Service
April 9, 2010
Once more into the breach, once more into the teeth of the fray, up boys, arise virtuous maidens, cast off your drowsy ways — for your state has need of you again. Come gallant lads and lassies, take up the cudgel, draw back your bows of [...]

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Nothing Getting Done
by Jack Lessenberry
April 2, 2010
When it comes to responsible state government, Michigan may be on the road to disaster.
Nobody seems to be able to agree on anything. The lawmakers are all scrambling to keep their jobs or find other jobs, since this is an election year for virtually every position in state government.
The [...]

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Ducking Taxes
by Tim Skubick
April 2, 2010
In an election year, lawmakers are loath to vote for a tax increase. Nothing new or profound about that.
But they are more willing to belly up to the tax hike bar in the lame-duck season after everyone is safely re-elected. Nothing new or profound about that either.
In fact, many of [...]

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The Sugar-High Story
by Susan J. Demas
April 1, 2010
It was, perhaps, the stupidest story I have ever had to write.
Now keep in mind, I’ve done years on the community beat in rural Iowa and Michigan. I’ve covered feuding senior citizen quilters, a chubby lawmaker’s quest to shed some extra pounds and the butter cow at the [...]

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