Michigan Votes Forum

Obviously members of the senate are exempt from jury duty, it cost the average taxpayer money out of pocket from the loss of wages to sit on a jury duty, I might ad most are willing to do as a citizen and tax payer. Its obvious they are not paying out fair amounts when we have built up such an amount...

I should also note that it is an objective fact that the MEA is involved in these recall efforts. Note this article from a newspaper in Escanaba, which has an MEA spokesperson fielding questions for a committee that is organizing a recall effort.

Good thought on the basis of the recall, freespeaker. Your characterization is indeed how it appears in the printed version of the story -- and now in the corrected version of this thread. In both cases it now says "launch recalls against." In my haste to post this discussion thread, I misquoted...

The March/April 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential carries a story about a program by the Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America to help candidates who line up with their values win closely contested races for the Michigan Legislature. Using organized door-to-door canvassing, fundraisers and...

The March/April 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential has a story about the Michigan Education Association launching recalls against local school board members who seek to save money by hiring private contractors to do non-instructional work like prepare meals, drive buses and clean the schools. What do...

By Ken Braun Michigan Capitol Confidential , a free publication and public service provided by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, exists because the Center decided that a new tool was needed to compare what politicians say with how they vote. The need for such exposure was recently confirmed in an...

The Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Michigan Capitol Confidential carries a story about Michigan winning a "State of the Year" award from Business Facilities magazine because the Michigan Economic Development corporation claimed that its targeted tax credits were responsible for luring $14 billion in...

The Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Michigan Capitol Confidential carries an article telling of institutions that get money from government and yet also deploy lobbyists to help them get the legislature to give them even MORE tax dollars. What do you think? Sample of article, written by Diane S. Katz: "....

The Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Michigan Capitol Confidential carries a story about the Chassell Township Schools, how this little district puts its check register on the Web for public inspection, and how much larger school districts elsewhere in Michigan have yet to catch up. Does YOUR school district put...

The bill is now on its way to the governor, having been overwhelmingly approved by all but four lawmakers (3 in senate, 1 in house.) More discussions of past ethanol votes from Michigan Capitol Confidential here and here . Is this a wise energy policy? Is using tax incentives to encourage turning food...