No, none that were BORN in that year, but a pair that served in the Michigan Legislature under the 1908 Constitution. After all, if they were born in 1908, they would turn 112 years old this year. Maybe that’s a little too much to expect. Last week, we reported that, with the death of former […]
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JACK FAXON IS GONE. ONLY RAY MURPHY SURVIVES
The death of former state Senator Jack Faxon, who passed away Jan. 9 at age 83, leaves Raymond M. Murphy (D-Detroit) as the last surviving delegate to the state Constitutional Convention of 1961-62 who also served in the Michigan Legislature. The iconoclastic Faxon served three decades in the Legislature from 1965-1994 (three terms in the […]
IS MICHIGAN SYMPTOMATIC OF THE DECLINE OF THE WEST?
OUR REAL EXISTENTIAL CRISIS: EXTINCTION By Patrick J. Buchanan RealClearPolitics Jan. 3, 2020 “The Death of the West” is not a prediction of what is going to happen. It is a depiction of what is happening now. First World nations are dying.” — Buchanan If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #84 — Interviews with state Rep. Brandt Iden (R-Oshtemo Twp) and Eric Guthrie, State of Michigan Demographer
WALT DeVRIES, AUTHOR & KEY AIDE TO FORMER GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY, DIES AT AGE 90
Walt DeVries, a native of West Michigan who was co-author of “The Ticket-Splitter” and other highly-regarded books on electoral politics and government, died last month at his home in North Carolina following a lengthy illness, shortly after his 90th birthday. DeVries was an elected delegate from Grand Rapids to the famous 1961-62 Michigan Constitutional Convention […]
PRO-BUSINESS LEGAL EAGLES REVOLUTIONIZE MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW
Campaign finance law, an overlooked and poorly-understood aspect of Michigan government and politics, has been profoundly altered over the past quarter-century by a low profile attorney to the advantage of business and the detriment of organized labor. In all started back in the spring of 1994, when Gov. John Engler found both chambers of the […]
OPINION: Bad News for Oakland County’s Bottom Line?
by Chuck Moss Detroit News Dec. 4, 2019 You know about canaries in coal mines? Back in the old days, miners would carry canaries down with them. If the air went bad, canaries would feel it first. Up in Oakland County, 2019 has been a year of regime change. The Board of Commissioners flipped to […]
MPHS ORAL HISTORY: Bill Ballenger’s First 55 Years in Michigan Politics
Ballenger Relives 1,100-Mile Walk Across Michigan In New Interview Then-1982 U.S. Senate candidate Bill BALLENGER had a great attention-grabbing idea, says a Michigan Information & Research (MIRS) report posted this week. The former state legislator was never much of a fundraiser, says MIRS, and didn’t have the Congressional experience of former U.S. Rep. Philip Ruppe (R-Houghton), […]
INMAN RECALL PETITIONERS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN IN COURT
Petitioners in the effort to recall embattled state Rep. Larry Inman (R-Williamsburg) have a good chance to get their rebuff by the Secretary of State’s elections division overturned in court. There are at least two recent cases that tell us why. Last week, state election officials rejected the petitions circulated to recall Inman on the […]