With the Presidential primary election this past Tuesday, our group has been visibly involved with getting to know our candidates and issues for the all important 2012 election. On Friday, February 17th, several from our group went to see Sen. Rick Santorum. Bob Murphy and myself met with Mr. Santorum privately in a group of about 20. It was very informative.
Our groups was also one of the cosponsors of a forum with Gov. Mitt Romney on Feb 23rd. This is something that Gov. Romney has not done before, and a first for us here in Michigan. It was informative, and we were able to pose some pretty tough questions to the Governor. We had around 20 from our group go down and take part in this event. Over 50 from the media were there covering the forum and it was a class act all the way.
Last Saturday, Americans For Prosperity had an forum in Troy. Again, we had a dozen or so of our members who were talking with candidates, asking questions, and getting informed. For those at the event, this was the final public event that Andrew Breitbart spoke at. His message of working together with other conservatives to defeat our common foe was very timely and to the point. We have posted this video on our homepage at www.lapeerteaparty.org for viewing.
We were also contacted by the BBC to discuss our view on the candidates and the auto bailouts. We met with the North American Editor of the BBC, Mark Mardell. We met with him in Brighton and there were leaders from 5 groups participating in the discussion. It was a fair interview and we were treated with respect and it was accuratly reported.
While we all are trying to make the best decisions we can and are engaged in working to inform folks of just what all of our candidates are all about, we need to stop and reflect on where we have been. 4 years ago, could we have ever imagined that candidates for our nations highest office would take the time to engage us and have a conversation? Tha fact is that the politicians know that we are here and we are not going away. We always try to engage in a polite and civil conversation, but with firm expectations from our elected officials. Though we have a titanic amount of work to do, we can take some pride and comfort that we conservatives who are in this movement that so many are trying to destroy and smear, are truly making a difference. Below are some of the clips from the events of the last 2 weeks.
If you haven't had the opportunity to join with us at some of these events, I would urge you to make the next one you can. You will find that meeting new friends and getting to know the people who are involved in the Tea Party movement in Michigan makes all the hard work worth it. We look forward to seeing you soon.
In the 1972 movie, The Godfather, the Corleone mafia family has an unknown traitor within the family. The traitor has supplied important information to a rival mafia family concerning the schedules of two important Corleone family members: Don Vito (Marlon Brando) and his son, Sonny (James Caan). The rival mafia family is seeking to increase its power and territory. With the information supplied by the traitor, the rival mafia family proceeds to assassinate Sonny. An assassination…See More
Davison Community Schools is indoctrinating young students in the tenets of socialism.I recently came into possession of a Hahn Intermediate School hand-out that was openly discussed in a sixth grade class. The hand-out was titled: “Spatial Inequality in Mexico City: From Cardboard to Castles, Chapter 9” and is eight typewritten pages long with illustrations. The hand-out describes the living conditions of two families: the Romeros who live in a poorer section of Mexico City (cardboard) and…See More
The Governor has been hard at work trying to twist a few arms to get our legislators to vote to expand Medicaid. This is a bad idea and could potentially cost our state BILLLIONS. Please take the time to contact these folks in the MI Senate and urge them to vote NO on medicaid expansion in Michigan.Here is a list of the Senate Appropriations members, with contact info. (Some have an e-mail address listed, others use an online comment form.) All the state senators can be looked up here:…See More
Lapeer County residents have until Monday to register to voteBY PHIL FOLEY810-452-2616 • mihomepaper.comLAPEER COUNTY — If you live in Imlay City, Dryden Township or the village of Dryden and you’re not registered to vote, you have until Monday to register at your local clerk’s office to be eligible to vote in the May 7 election.Dryden area voters will be asked to approve a two-mill tax to fund the Dryden Township Police Dept. from 2013 to 2017.While the ballot proposal calls it a tax increase,…See More
LAPEER — The LCS Board of Education is expected to take up a secondary education program proposal (grades 6-12) when it meets Thursday at 7 p.m. To accommodate a larger than usual turnout for a typical meeting, the board has moved the meeting location from its administration office to the cafetorium at Zemmer Middle School, 1920 W. Oregon Road.The current plan under development by Lapeer Community Schools is to close Lapeer West to make Lapeer East the district’s main high school. Lapeer…See More
Online petition drive underwayBY JEFF HOGAN 810-452-2640 • jhogan@mihomepaper.com Superintendent Matt Wandrie addressed nearly 100 residents Wednesday evening during a forum…See More
If you want to learn about the Patriot Act there is an excellent YouTube video with speaker Judge Napolitano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9n6cVQp4I The video is about 35 minutes long and the judge begins speaking about the Patriot Act at the 21 minute mark. Representative Candice Miller voted in Congress FOR the original Patriot Act and then again voted FOR to renew it. A vote for Rep. Miller is a vote against the Constitution…See More
Davison Schools Superintendent Eric Lieske has short-changed Hahn Intermediate and Middle School students, their parents, and the taxpayers of the school district regarding the Collins Field Track which is adjacent to the two schools. This track is used by all fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in the Davison School District. In June 2012 my letter to the Davison Index describing the deplorable and unsafe conditions of the Collins Field Track, prompted a response by Mr. Lieske…See More
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway filed resignation papers on December 20, 2012, (but it was not made public until January 19, 2013) just ahead of Federal Prosecutors filing fraud charges against her involving a real estate deal. You can read about it here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/19/michigan-justice-fraud/1848109/This is just another example of corrupt…See More
This past month we in Michigan have witnessed Republicans who acted very courageously and Republicans who acted very cowardly. The courageous Republicans were Governor Snyder and the Republican State Senators and State Representatives who passed legislation guaranteeing the Right To Work. These courageous men and women withstood verbal and physical intimidation and abuse to advance freedom for all working individuals of this state. They deserve high praise and respect for their courage and…See More
On Tuesday October 2, I attended the Lapeer County Tea Party Patriot’s meeting regarding the six ballot proposals. After the speaker, Vinny - from the Mackinac Center, finished his presentation, I asked him the following question: “How is it that the Michigan Constitution can be amended by a simple majority vote on a petition submitted by group of people?” Vinny responded by saying he basically agreed that it was a good idea for the people to be able to directly change the Constitution. I…See More
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