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RMGN declared unconstitutional

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on 21 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

–Lauren Ruhland, MCPP intern
Many of us intern bloggers are returning back to school as summer winds down, but after Josh’s fantastic coverage of the RMGN proposal (not to mention Jim’s amazing initial PowerPoint discovery) I don’t think we can ignore this:
Detroit Free Press:  “Attempt to change much of Constitution fails court test“
Detroit News: “Reform ballot [...]

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Mackinac Center Current Comment :: 28 July 2008

Posted in Current Comment, tagged on 28 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »

<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
Jack McHugh writes today’s Current Comment about the proposed Reform Michigan Government Now amendment’s streamlining for Michigan’s budget.  He concludes that the amendment ends up saving the state approximately one-twentieth of one percent of its operating budget.  This amount is almost laughable compared to the hype the proposal [...]

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RMGN News and Commentary

Posted in politics, tagged on 21 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »

<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
A compendium of news stories, editorials and blog-posts from around the state. Most are related to the exposure of the “Changing the rules of Michigan politics to help Democrats” Powerpoint on a UAW Web site, but also contains earlier material. Updated regularly.
RightMichigan: 31 July 2008: An article citing the Mackinac Center’s [...]

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I feel your pain

Posted in politics, tagged , , on 18 July 2008 | 1 Comment »

-Hannah Mead, MCPP Intern, 2008
I can’t even tell if this was a quick response to what hit the fan yesterday or if this was already in the chute, but Mark Gaffney, president of the Michigan AFL-CIO, had a piece in The Detroit News today: “Reform state government to help voting, share pain.”
Share the pain? That’s [...]

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