Millions of MIA Voters

July 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

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. [...]

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Let’s Have Our Say

June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Let’s Have Our Say by Craig Ruff June 16, 2010 I and colleagues at Public Sector Consultants are aligned proudly with the mission and work of the Center for Michigan. On June 3 the Center released findings of three years’ work to find out what Michiganians see as their values, the goals they would like [...]

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Hoekstra’s Tax Somersault

June 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Hoekstra’s Tax Somersault June 11, 2010 In politics it is the most dreaded disease of all: Flip-flop-itis. Problem is, there is no vaccine, and once you catch it there’s no quick cure either. And it can scar you for life. Ask John Kerry, who was against the war in Iraq before he was for it. [...]

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What Do Voters Really Want?

June 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments

What Do Voters Really Want? by John Lindstrom Gongwer News Service June 11, 2010 So what is it with politics this year? What do the signs and portents portend? Do we face a total ambush on incumbents and, if so, which incumbents? Who will be left gasping in the dust of the fresh and untested? [...]

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Experience Still Counts

March 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Experience Still Counts by Tim Skubick March 5, 2010 Everything you read these days about the political climate out there is bad news for anyone who even remotely resembles a career politician. The anger is palpable, as citizens are mad at Republicans and Democrats. End of story. Not so fast. In the latest TV7-Detroit Free [...]

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Political Establishment Out of Touch with Voters

February 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Political Establishment Out of Touch with Voters Guest Column by Roger Buchholtz February 16, 2010 Scott Brown’s Massachusetts victory demonstrates the disconnect between voters and the Republican and Democratic Party establishments that has been in evidence for some time now. That view was validated in two December 2009 polls: Wall Street Journal/NBC – Comparing the [...]

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Appoint Judges

November 14th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of six monthly columns in which Craig Ruff proposes far-reaching proposals to revamp state government if voters in November 2010 choose to convene a constitutional convention. Find the previous columns at http://domemagazine.com/columnlist/. Appoint Judges by Craig Ruff November 16, 2009 Here I am again trying to [...]

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