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The Incompetence of City Bureaucracy Stalls Tax Hike

November 21, 2009 | 09:44 AM | 0 Comments

Mayor George Heartwell and Manager Gregory Sundstrom had a great idea to close the budget hole by lowering the city personal income tax exemption from $750 to $600. Luckily, for income-earners... read more »

Rob Portman Set to Defend Ohio's Open GOP Senate Seat

November 20, 2009 | 01:51 PM | 2 Comments

In 2010, Republicans across the country are going to be thinking about playing offense—looking to pick up seats in both houses of Congress from today’s majority Democrats. There is one... read more »

Granholm and College Students Rally for Subsidy

November 19, 2009 | 07:08 PM | 0 Comments

Thankfully for the jobless in Michigan, Governor Granholm was able to spend her day with Democrats’ favorite constituency, excluding organized labor, college students. Today was a... read more »

Abortion Matters: Bart Stupak and Health Care Reform

November 11, 2009 | 12:40 PM | 3 Comments

A Michigan Democrat in the U.S. House handed the GOP a glowing opportunity to gain credibility on pro-life issues and divided the Democratic Caucus in the Senate, jeopardizing the entire health... read more »

Kent County's Defender of Liberty: State Rep. Justin Amash

November 05, 2009 | 10:34 PM | 3 Comments

While at a Kent County Republican Party event in 2008, I noticed the Justin Amash campaign for State House. I was very impressed with the commitment to liberty that was expressed by the Amash... read more »

Grand Rapids City Commission Gets a Voice of Reason

November 04, 2009 | 05:58 PM | 0 Comments

Amidst the buzz over the encouraging elections on the East Coast, it was easy to overlook the Grand Rapids City Commission election. However, Grand Rapidians finally get a voice of reason for the... read more »

Michigan Senate Kills Doctor Tax

October 29, 2009 | 10:10 PM | 0 Comments

As I reported earlier here, Governor Granholm and the Democratic-controlled house wanted to tax Michigan's doctors to pay for a mere slice of the budget deficit. Physicians from across the state and... read more »

Counter-Point: Uproar Over Carly's Web Remarks are Much Ado about Nothing

October 28, 2009 | 08:17 PM | 4 Comments

After watching Carly Fiorina’s comments on the regulation of the internet, I must conclude that the broad attacks on her are unfair and largely unwarranted. During an interview last week, she... read more »

New EPIC-MRA Poll Shows Leading GOP Candidates Beating John Cherry

October 21, 2009 | 08:53 AM | 3 Comments

The Associated Press is reporting that a new poll released by EPIC-MRA shows the GOP beating Lieutenant Governor John Cherry, regardless of who will win the primary. The poll breaks down like this:... read more »