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conservative policies at the state level

To the editor:

There is an election coming up and with it a chance to help determine the direction that our country will take.

We currently have a federal government that has gone off the rails into lawlessness and a Congress that is unwilling to assert its rightful authority to serve as a check against a runaway executive branch.

With little hope of seeing a change in federal policies, it…

The following article published on Breitbart News is an excellent refutation of Common Core by a Stanford Mathematician who was initially involved in advising on the standards:…

TIME TO UNITE

I think it's time to stop all the angry talk about who won in the primary election and who didn't. I would also hope the talk by some to not vote at all, or vote for the other party, is just emotional talk. Everyone needs to remember they are voting for their party’s platform and the importance of supporting their party. If you don't vote, or decide to vote for the other party out of spite, your…

 Mark Schauer and Rick Snyder



Story by Craig Maugers, MIRS



Isabelle TERRY, of Rockford, is a member of the Republican state committee. And she’s been a dedicated volunteer for GOP causes. But after a bitter race for lieutenant governor between conservatives and the so-called “establishment,” Terry says she won’t vote for Gov. Rick SNYDER on Nov. 4.



And she’s not the only conservative who feels that way.…

Justin Amash, a heretofore self described conservative, supports amnesty for all illegal aliens residing in the country.  Read More:

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LAPEER COUNTY — In an article headlined “Without millage county’s roads will go from bad to worse,” on Page 1C in The County Press’ June 22 edition, the amount of money raised annually by the propose road millage was incorrect.

Rick Pearson, managing director of the Lapeer County Road Commission, said, if the 1.85-mill tax is approved by voters in November, it will raise $4.8 million annually based on 2013 property…

     Eric Cantor was/is a liar who put his own selfish political ambitions above the desires of the people he was elected to represent and eventually he paid the price by being fired.  Cantor lied repeatedly.  He told his constituents one thing and then went to Washington and did the exact opposite.  Cantor told his constituents he was a fiscal conservative, but went to Washington and voted to increase spending and increase the…

The experts who support it describe Common Core (CC) as “A tighter set of smarter standards focused on developing critical learning skills instead of mastering fragmented bits of knowledge.” “It equalizes the playing field by raising expectations for all children, especially those suffering the worst effects of the “drill and kill” test prep norms of the recent past.”

As positive as these claims sound it’s hard to hide the political agenda behind the CC project. For starters,…

ANOTHER LAND GRAB

I can’t help but wonder if this latest attempt by the Department of Land Management (DLM) to stop cattle ranchers from using land that they have been using for decades, isn’t just a further implementation of the Agenda 21 Program in this country.  Mr. Cliven Bundy may not be paying his bill like he should, but there are many other ranchers who are paying and the government is doing the same thing to them. The Federal Government is using the DLM…

Republican Mike Rogers is the Chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee.  One of his responsibilities is to investigate the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi where four Americans were murdered by terrorists. However Rogers has dragged his feet and done almost nothing.  Why?  Also, recently Rogers, 51 years old and “serving” since 2001, announced he would not run for re-election to the House of…

Appalled’ by letter writer

Regarding the writer who is “appalled” that anyone would dare think that a young person would question the attributes of the ACA, I can only assume her head is stuck in the sand.

Writer, are you appalled that six million families have had their insurance policies canceled because of this Unaffordable law? Are you appalled that many patients have lost their policies, doctors, and hospitals despite the President promising otherwise?…

COMMON CORE IS NOT THE WAY

Common Core is a set of guidelines instituted by a Federal mandate to change and control our children’s educational standards. This change and control impacts all of us even if we do not have children in school at this time.  We should all understand how Common Core is impacting us as a country.

Common Core is a special interest takeover of education that replaces local control with national standards, treating every child as…

Lapeer County Tea Party Patriots

Editor’s note: The following guest column was written by Tim Lintz, a director of the Lapeer County Tea Party Patriots. Lintz is also a trustee on the Elba Township Board of Trustees. For the last five years the Tea Party has become one of the fastest growing grassroots organizations in the country. Who are we? We are “The People.” We are moms and dads, Grandmas and Grandpas, Republicans and Democrats — just regular Americans who…