Michigan Caucus

The DeVos Ten Point Economic Plan

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ALOHA BABY!

Brewerism v. Anuzisism 2.0

Scoring the Chairmen's Propaganda

The propaganda war con­tinues. This week Mich­igan Dem­ chair Mark Brew­er beats GOP chair Saul Anuzis with an attack on Dick De­Vos. A­nu­zis crap­s out with an un­­in­­tel­­li­­gi­ble bill­board at­­tack­­­ing Gran­holm. More ...

Gorcyca's Meltdown

Good thing Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca isn't running for re-election and is expected to step-down when his term expires in 2009. But considering the weirdness that is Gorcyca these days, we're not even sure he'll make it that far.

An average lawyer who's managed a below average per­formance as the county's chief law enforcement of­ficer, Gorcyca has "distinguished" himself in the last few months with his tortured investigation of the Cox-Fieger-O'Brien affair, his ham-fisted efforts to blackmail a circuit judge over her decades-old drunk driving charges and his public feud with the South­field police chief over the charges in the Thomas Hearns case.

Now comes news that he's pushed-out two long-time lieutenants, Deputy Pro­se­cutor Jim Halushka and Warrants Division Chief Charles Claus apparently over their refusal to support Gorcyca's hand-picked successor, Chief Deputy Deborah Carley.

Got to love a guy who dumps his last wife with infant twins. Too personal? You bet.

Oakland Turmoil

Amid an investigation of Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca's use of the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to intimitate a circuit judge comes news that Gorcyca has fired one member of his staff and suspended two others yesterday. More as the story develops.

Gosselin Grandstands

The Grand Conservative Wizard of the Michigan Re­pub­lican­ite Party, Bob Gosselin (Troy), pro­poses to slash 7 per­cent, or about $5,500, from every law­maker's pay­check. So far, just about every­one in Lan­sing is run­ning from the pro­po­sal and Gosselin - but not the Mich­i­gan Caucus. We love the idea but under­stand how dif­ficult it could be to get this thing mov­ing. So, we sug­gest that Bob lead by exam­ple and cut his salary by 14 percent, sell-off his million dollar portfolio and donate it to chartity.

How 'bout it Bob?

Smith Smacks, Smith Smacked

Freshman Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith gets smacked by the US District Court for screwing-up his firing of assistant prosecutor Maryann Bru­der.

In a recently issued decision, Judge Julian Cook orders Smith to reinstate Bruder with back pay because he violated her due process rights by not allowing her to defend herself or telling her why she was being fired.

But Smith's office says Bruder was fired for making deputy sheriffs go into areas of Detroit "where crime is prevelent" to arrest a witness - thus sub­ject­ing the deputies to unnecessary risk and because Smith's lack of faith in her loyalty and trust­worth­i­ness.

Yeah, OK, Smith, get real. Making deputies go into areas of Detroit "where crime is prevelent?" Jeez. Crazy. Aren't law enforcement officers expected to do that kind of work? Something like asking firemen to, ah, put out a fire ... crazy.