Phil Power

The public wants Lansing to fix the roads, improve education and keep our water safe and clean. In response: Nothing.

Tolerating continued deterioration of our schools contributes to the long-term abuse of our children. Don’t vote for any candidate who lacks a detailed, long-term turnaround plan.

There are risks in any sudden and hasty attempts to radically impose change on a system that has served Michigan pretty well over the years.

Public revulsion at the nakedly partisan nonsense in Lansing and Washington has grown so strongly that it’s possible there might emerge an opening for a bipartisan effort to undo our deadlocked democracy.

The link between struggling schools and a paucity of job talent has been clear for years. Those running for state office in 2018 need to make education gains job one.

The Center for Michigan and Bridge Magazine are devoting 2018 to making Michigan residents the best informed, most factually grounded electorate in our history. Check out what we’re doing.

If we focus solely on candidates’ backgrounds and policy positions, we won’t learn enough about how they are likely to behave in office.