Another assault on our checks and balances

One thing is sacred in our checks and balances of government. Recall. Recalls are rare, but they are there when needed. Democrats hate recal...

Another push to increase Michigan's 34 cent gas tax

I normally agree with the Chamber and personally like a lot of the people there. I also know that many of their members are road builders, a...

Jobs not fluff.

Back in April , I wrote a piece ripping the new urbanist "cool cities" style of BS that bureaucrats and ivory towers think is the ...

Election Results - May Primaries in Pennsylvania, Oregon, Kentucky, Arkansas

The results are coming in from the primary races, along with the special election for the John Murtha district. First off, in Kentucky, the ...

Updates

Today I updated the congressional districts to list the candidates who made it past the filing deadline. Also, today is the day for the big ...

Fireworks finally to be legalized in Michigan?

While I've long thought that fireworks should be legalized I have mixed views on this bill. It seems awfully bureaucratic. The bill is H...

The Livingston County Commissioner seats

The Argus has an opinion piece story about the challenges in Livingston County. They think it is a big deal that they got people to put thei...

Filing Deadline Passes - Preliminary Report (Unofficial) - Primary 2010

The pretenders are out and the contenders are in. Today is the filing deadline for the 2010 primary. It was at 4PM. There may be some paperw...

Filing Deadline coming up, preview of candidates.

We're less than a week away from the filing deadline for the August Primary. Some of the races are starting to come together here. I...

MI-01 - Sheltrown is out

I caught that on Right Michigan and the Michigan Liberal sites. Sheltrown is probably the strongest of the "troll" (below the brid...