Keys To THE GAME
This is Gumbo. He lives just outside Lexington, Kentucky. Gumbo has a corneal ulcer. This requires medication to be applied directly in his left eye every four hours. My daughter #2 (D2) and her partner Daniel own Gumbo and it takes both of them to administer the meds. This is why D2 could not […]
Champions of the East
Elections Director Gobsmacks Deceptive Proposed Ballot Summary
0 for 2 on efforts to describe Proposition One as ‘reducing” term limits. Michigan’s Elections Director again substitutes the more, but not completely, accurate, term “change” for “reduce.” This ballot summary to be presented at the public hearing – also streamed live – this Friday morning at ten. Though we do not know what exact […]
Solving A Problem That Does Not Exist
I have asked the proponents: Just who are these legislators that were in office 14 years that did so much harm that changing from 14 to 12 years will change? The response: Crickets. We did a deep dive to find out just how many legislators have been in office 14 years, since the voters imposed […]
History Of Term Limits In Michigan
1. A Brief History of the MI Term Limit Amendment 1. A Brief History of the MI Term Limit Amendment 4. The Myth of Institutional Experience – Inside Michigan Politics 6. Patrick Anderson Term Limits interview – MIRS 2003
2022 Ballot Summary History – Legislature Wording
No surprise hear – the Legislature drafter their own Ballot Summary after their stealth surprise votes to put a DIFFERENT proposed Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot. Sponsor proposed summary COMPARISON OR SUMMARIES AND PROPOSED SUMMARY The statement shall consist of a true and impartial statement of the purpose of the amendment or question in such language […]
2022 Ballot Summary History – The Abandoned Petition Drive PROPOSALS COMPARED
COMPARISON OR SUMMARIES AND PROPOSED SUMMARY The statement shall consist of a true and impartial statement of the purpose of the amendment or question in such language as shall create no prejudice for or against the proposed amendment or question. HJR R Text of Ballot Summary 5-10-22 Resolved further, That it is the intent of the […]
2022 Ballot Summary History – The Abandoned Petition Drive
The attack shifted from court defeats to a petition drive that would require hundreds of thousands of signatures. And millions of dollars to collect those signatures- which funds they secured in secret, as is their wont. Consistent with their campaign of deception, they submitted a proposed ballot summary that mis-represented the goal of the proposal, […]
HJR-R Teased Out
Anatomy of Proposal 22-1 Article 2. Section 10 By April 15, 2024, and by a date each year thereafter as prescribed by state law, each member of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the attorney general …. Annual financial disclosure reports must include information regarding all of the following: […]
Coordinated Anti-Term Limits Attack Revealed by Campaign Finance Disclosures
“‘Bipartisan’ usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.” – George Carlin If you wonder why Stephen Ross kicked in 75k for the Term Limits gutting proposal, maybe getting his legislative buddies to kick in mega-bucks for one of his projects? D’ya think? The political class insiders from both parties advanced a […]