William Gavette's Blog – January 2012 Archive (8)

IMLAY CITY — Imlay City Community Schools Superintendent Gary Richards, like superintendents around the county and across the state, is holding his breath in anticipation of Gov. Rick Snyder’s Feb. 9 announcement of his budget proposal…

    For anyone that is interested, I have added Cindy's response as I said I would do. Once again, let me make it perfectly clear that I speak for myself alone and in no way represent the Lapeer County Tea Party Patriots or any other group. I have many friends and know many wonderful patriots whose groups are among those who are participating in MI4CS and others who are not. Again, for full disclosure, my organization withdrew very early on. I wholeheartedly…

Representative Gail Haines will take testimony at a Health Policy meeting on Senate Bill SB 693. The meeting is Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 9 AM in the House Office Building, 124 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI

This is an important meeting to discuss the creation of the Michigan Health Care Exchange, which has already passed the Michigan Senate and is in discussion in the House. The current consensus in the House is to wait and see what the Supreme Court rules on its…

BY NANCY R. ELLIOTT 810-452-2601 • nelliott@mihomepaper.com

     LAPEER — Saturday marked the launch of the petition drive seeking to get the recall of State Sen. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Twp., on the August ballot. Organizers in Lapeer and St. Clair counties, which comprise the 25th Senate district, now have 90 days to come up with a total of 20,466 valid signatures in order to make it happen.

About 20 volunteers…

Why recall Pavlov?

There is a recall effort for State Senator Phil Pavlov. Why?

I’m pleased with his service for his part in replacing the job killing MBT, passing a reform budget in record time, capping welfare benefits and emergency manager reforms among other matters. This is what we elected him to do and voters in our district are smart and should be respected. What the heck are we supposed to do with cities like…

Signature drive for Pavlov recall starts Saturday in two counties

BY NANCY R. ELLIOTT 810-452-2601  nelliott@mihomepaper.com

Sen. Phil Pavlov LAPEER — Local organizers will hit the ground running this Saturday, as they launch a petition drive seeking to recall State Sen. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Twp.…