The polling looks nice, so -- yep -- former Macomb prosecutor Carl Marlinga could get into the race for Mickey Switalski's Senate seat, sayeth the Macomb Daily.
Meanwhile, the Kalamazoo Gazette gives us a glimpse at Thomas Batten, the one Democrat who so far has thrown his hat into [...]
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K-zoo Taxpayers May Ante Up for New Sports Arena — In the midst of the Silverdome debacle, Kalamazoo is considering creating a hotel and restaurant tax to finance a new stadium at a cost of [...]
Grand Rapids has announced a January layoff of 125 staff, including 44 police officers and 25 fire fighters. Mayor George Heartwell is calling for a tax increase.
Troy has announced deep cuts and possible layoff of 1/3 of city staff. City Manager John Szerlag has proposed a 2 mill [...]
Last week, voters in Kalamazoo passed the city’s new anti-discrimination ordinance. This week, city employees are figuring out how to implement it.
According to a story in Sunday’s Kalamazoo Gazette, the city’s new protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity require that individuals alleging discrimination file a [...]
Several months ago both Michigan State University and Kalamazoo College received a letter that notified them of a generous gift. The schools were among an exclusive group of ten institutions across the country that had individually received a significant donation. Michigan State [...]
Before we get into the body of this post, let's for a moment reflect on the death of conventional wisdom last night ... and also the unrecognized victory on the part of Teh Ghey Agenda.
Most of us have today been happy with the results out of Kalamazoo. And, indeed, those [...]
Reactions keep pouring in on the lopsided passage of Kalamazoo’s Ordinance 1856, the anti-discrimination ballot initiative, from yesterday’s vote.
The voters in this southwestern Michigan city backed the ordinance by a 62 to 38 vote, in still unofficial results.
In the words of Jon Hoadley, the Michigan native who successfully [...]
Momentarily turning away from the news of Maine’s nail-biter vote apparently won by opponents of civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians, the Human Rights Campaign issued a statement on yesterday’s Kalamazoo vote.
The Washington D.C.-based civil rights organization — the nation’s largest for LGBT individuals — [...]
LANSING — The Michigan House Judiciary Committee Wednesday voted 9-5 to send legislation to the full House to amend civil rights laws in the state to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes.
“With the passage in Kalamazoo last night by overwhelming majority of voters of [...]
Ordinance 1856, the Kalamazoo city referendum that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, looks like it’s going to pass. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that with 15 of 19 precincts reporting in, there are 6333 yes votes and 4007 [...]
"Our campaign started with a very basic idea, and today voters confirmed that we are One Kalamazoo," said Campaign Manager, Jon Hoadley.
With only absentee ballots outstanding, 65 percent of Kalamazoo voters have approved Ordinance 1856 by a vote of 6,463 to 3,527, adding protections for gay [...]
If any of the undecided voters in Kalamazoo are New York Times subscribers, then supporters of the anti-discrimination ordinance on the ballot tomorrow just got a nice boost.
In a Monday editorial, the NYT editorial board offered its strong support for the handful of gay-rights initiatives on the [...]
You see the above ad? It's not just the inflammatory comments that basically attack Transgender people, but shes not a M.D. She is a registered Nurse, but in the video they refer to her as a Doctor.
Will the Religious right ever stop lying?
h/t: Good As You
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As a sidebar to my story from earlier today that begins with the new (but old) TV ad from opponents of Kalamazoo’s anti-discrimination ordinance, here’s something else to ponder.
A flier from opponents that’s also been making the rounds focuses on related, but less shocking [...]
I give you the instantly worst campaign Web site in the history of electoral politics ... the group opposed to the Kalamazoo non-discrimination ordinance (Yes, they spelled the word Discrimination with an "e" in the Web site name). By the way, according to that Web site, here is the [...]
Aren't these the same people who bitch non-stop about how business expansion is held up by environmental regulations?
Tom George, a Republican from Kalamazoo, is trying to pass a package of “regulations” he says would “define and clarify” the rules for stem cell research. In fact, they would make [...]
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