MICHIGAN TRUTH SQUAD ANALYSIS: Pro-Proposal 3 ads “Choice” and “Afford” Who: Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs What: TV/Web ads Truth Squad call: Foul Proposal 3 would create an amendment to the Michigan Constitution a requirement that 25 percent of the state’s electrical power come from renewable sources by 2025, with certain caveats. The primary proponent group […]
Pro-Proposal 3 ads earn foul from Michigan Truth Squad
Posted inMichigan Government
Ballot props 'terrible,' 'devastating,' governor says
Gov. Rick Snyder is at the center of the debate in at least half of Michigan’s six ballot proposals this year. He pushed for – and signed – the 2011 rewrite of the emergency manager law that voters will approve reject Nov. 6 with Proposal 1. He pushed for – and signed – an agreement […]
Posted inMichigan Government
Welfare changes have saved state money; fate of ex-recipients unclear
The number of Michigan families getting welfare checks from the state plummeted to the lowest level in more than 40 years just nine months after welfare reform was implemented. Twelve months in, the state is spending nearly $18 million a month less on cash assistance, the cumulative result of reform and an improving economy. Those […]
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Global schooling for a smaller world
What started as a curriculum for children of diplomats and leaders of multinational corporations is being adopted in an increasing number of Michigan schools. The International Baccalaureate Programme — “IB” as it’s commonly called — has special emphasis on internationalism. At the high-school level, a world language is a requirement. Those students also write a […]
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Land O Links
“You can’t know, you can only believe — or not” — C.S. Lewis, 20th century English author. * About 25 percent of voters in Michigan this year are expected to cast ballots absentee. “More and more people, in talking to their neighbors, are finding out it’s convenient in saving you a trip to the polls,” said […]
Posted inPhil's Column
Reserve constitutional changes for serious matters; reject Props 2-6
I urge statewide voters to make a forthright statement at the polls on Nov. 6 that the Michigan Constitution is not for sale. Voting no on Proposals 2 through 6 stops special interest groups from hijacking the constitution, which is the state’s basic governing document. None of the matters addressed by these amendments belongs in […]
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Guest column: Blue Cross bills create fears over Medigap
By Mary Ablan/Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan Changing Michigan’s Blue Cross Blue Shield from a charitable state-chartered organization to a nonprofit mutual insurance company will be good for consumers, according to many elected officials and newspaper editors. And the Michigan Senate did improve the legislation for this, compared with the original versions. But […]
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Opposition ads to Prop 2 get 'no foul' from Truth Squad
MICHIGAN TRUTH SQUAD ANALYIS: “Student safety” and “What they are saying about Proposal 2” Who: Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution, Protecting Michigan Taxpayers What: TV/Web videos Truth Squad call: No foul Proposal 2 would “grant public and private employees the constitutional right to organize and bargain collectively through labor unions.” According to a report by the […]
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Truth Squad calls foul on pro-Proposal 2 'lying' claim
MICHIGAN TRUTH SQUAD ANALYSIS: “Mask” “Enforcement” and “Collective Bargaining Protects Jobs” Who: Protect Working Families, Pro-Proposal 2 ballot group What: TV/Internet ads Truth Squad call: Foul Proposal 2 would “grant public and private employees the constitutional right to organize and bargain collectively through labor unions.” According to a report by the independent, nonpartisan Citizens Research […]
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Proposal 2 highlights labor-business divide
Michigan has been the scene of historic, sometimes bloody, battles between organized labor and management. Proposal 2 – the ballot effort to include collective bargaining rights in the Michigan Constitution — has lacked physical confrontation. But there’s plenty of bad blood between labor unions, which put the measure on the November ballot, and business groups […]
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