Michigan Caucus

Michigan's Worst 25 - Update!

Several news items have caused the editorial staff here at the Michigan Caucus to re-think some of the entries on Michigan's Worst 25 list. So, from the bottom's up:

New at Number 25, Adolf "I'm in Business" Mongo. A political consultant's equivalent to nuclear waste; good to have when you need it, good to smear your opponents with it when you have to, but it really sucks when you get it on your own hands.

New at Number 24, The Detroit News is a long overdue entry to the Michigan's Worst 25 list. Calling itself "conservative," the paper's editorial staff can barely restrain its fervor to move the clock back to the Dark Ages. Still fighting lost battles from the 30's, 40's and 50's, it recently called attention to itself when it opined that assistant prosecutors should not be in a union. Not only did they misunderstand the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals case they cited, but they also proved that Shakespeare's dispatch of lawyers should have been reserved for anonymous editorial writers. We only wish the Detroit Free Press could provide as much venom in favor of the Left.

Moving up four notches from Number 22 to Number 18 is freshman Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith on news of his proposal to institute a loyalty clause in the labor contract with his assistant prosecutors. Says its necessary to keep things running smoothly, keep everyone rowing in the same direction, keep focus on prosecution, not politics and eliminate any competition from my subordinates when I turn-out to be a dick. Only The Detroit News seems to favor the idea, but then mostly because they hate unions.

MICHIGAN CAUCUS INVESTIGATION Michigan College Republicans Flouting the Campiagn Finance Act?

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In the continuing Republican effort to straitjacket the Little Guy and Gal, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox says its illegal for governmental bodies to process voluntary payroll deductions for the benefit of the employee’s chosen political action committee.

The Cox opinion, issued February 16 (AG Op. No. 7187), is the basis for a complaint filed by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce against Saginaw Valley State University and threats against Central Michigan University for “unlawfully … operating a PAC payroll deduction plan.†Both schools have long-time PACs, financing them through voluntary payroll deductions made by university employees. The complaint against Saginaw Valley was apparently filed with the Michigan Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land.

Are Michigan College Republicans Violating the Campaign Finance Act?

Coming Wednesday, the Michigan Caucus re­veal­s how Michigan College Republicans are vio­lat­ing the Campaign Finance Act and what Sec­re­tary of State Terry Lynn Land should do about it and what you can do to turn the heat up.

Defrocked Judge Running for Circuit Bench

Former Wayne County Circuit Judge Andrea J. Ferrara, who was removed from the bench by the Michigan Supreme Court in 1998, is now running for a newly created judgeship in Macomb County Circuit Court. She was removed from the bench for hind­er­ing an investigation started after recordings of tel­e­phone conversations with her estranged husband came to light revealing her crude, if unimaginative, racial and ethnic slurs.

While everyone can change, we haven’t seen any­thing showing remorse from Ferrara or why the voters should trust her on the bench again.

Read the full opinion from the Michigan Supreme Court removing her from the bench here.

Candice Miller’s Zero Record for Michigan

Candice Miller, the real-life embodiment of the Chauncey Gardner (see “Being There†by Jerzy Kosinski), disses Governor Jennifer Granholm in a letter to the editor as a do-nothing blame gamer without leadership and no plan for the state. (Forget, for now, the obvious question about Dick DeVos’ blame game strategy).

With this invitation, it looks like the perfect time to talk about Candice Miller’s record as a representative to the US Congress for the 10th District of Michigan.