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Legislature’s Detroit Schools Bailout Could Be Destroyed by Misguided Lawsuit

July 22, 2016 by tbreport Leave a Comment

A little-noticed lawsuit has been filed in the state Court of Claims challenging the constitutionality of the $617 million financial rescue and restructuring plan for Detroit’s beleaguered public schools, and the plaintiffs appear to have a strong chance to be successful. Amazingly, those plaintiffs include the elected Detroit school board members, the Keep the Vote/No […]

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C-Sections in the Jungle? McCain Knocks off Bush in Michigan in 2000? Joe Schwarz Tells All!

July 20, 2016 by tbreport Leave a Comment

Few Michigan politicians in the past half-century have had a more varied, productive life than former state Senator/Congressman John J.H. “Joe” Schwarz (R-Battle Creek), an otolaryngologist whose career in public service was almost an anti-climax to all that had gone before. Schwarz submitted himself to an hour and half-long videotaped interview on July 8 for […]

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How & When Did Michigan’s Top Lobbyists Get Started?

July 13, 2016 by tbreport 5 Comments

Thomas J. Cleary was 32 years old, married with six kids to feed, and out of a job through no fault of his own. Prowling the empty halls of the Hollister Bldg. on Allegan Street in downtown Lansing, he wondered, “How did I wind up here? Can I turn things around?” He did, and here’s […]

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Odds on 2016’s Big Political Decisions in Michigan

July 13, 2016 by tbreport Leave a Comment

A lot of races, many candidates, a few polls, tons of speculation — but what are the ODDS on what will happen in coming days, weeks and months in Campaign 2016, particularly as it relates to Michigan? Here is The Ballenger Report’s morning line: Odds Hillary Clinton will win Democratic Presidential Nomination: 1-10 Odds on […]

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Will 2016 Be a Big Democratic Year in Michigan?

July 4, 2016 by tbreport 2 Comments

Some political observers think so.  Republicans are in charge of everything in state government, they say, and if anything’s wrong and if you think the “country” is on the “wrong track,” well, the GOP must be to blame, right? So, take it out on Republicans at the polls. Is that really how voters are thinking? […]

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How to be a great fundraiser

July 1, 2016 by Dennis Denno Leave a Comment

What do you need to do to be a successful candidate in raising money? What does an Ingham County Commissioner do?   LANSING—The Friday Morning Podcast, a podcast hosted on Bill Ballenger’s website, www.theballengerreport.com and produced by Dennis Denno, today uploaded the latest podcast with Rebecca Bahar-Cook, the CEO of Capital Fundraising Associates.   Bahar-Cook […]

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Another Bill Ballenger? Yes! In Fact, Four …

June 29, 2016 by tbreport 5 Comments

… starting in 1833, when the first William Sylvester Ballenger was born in Wayne County, Indiana, just west of Richmond. His son, my grandfather, was born Dec. 5, 1866, the year after the Civil War ended. This WSB arrived in Flint, Michigan, in 1888 as a stenographer/bookkeeper for the old Flint Wagon Works (a buggy […]

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Was Last Year the Apex of Republican Power in Michigan?

June 28, 2016 by tbreport Leave a Comment

It appears so, but we’ll have to wait till the Nov. 8 general election to find out for sure. For now, however, it’s easy to make a case that the Michigan GOP is more strongly in command of state government than at any time since just after World War II. In 1947-’48, all eight statewide […]

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A San Diego Republican Mayor It’s Hard to Believe

June 18, 2016 by tbreport Leave a Comment

(Posted June 19) The Michigan-born son of a former top state political organizer has just helped spearhead the re-election of a Republican mayor of America’s eighth-largest city who defies every GOP stereotype. The same day that Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in California’s June 7 Democratic presidential primary, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer was re-elected, […]

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“RATF**KED” Tells Democrats How They’ve Been Outfoxed

June 16, 2016 by tbreport Leave a Comment

(Posted June 17) The editor of a left-wing online website plays Paul Revere for the Democratic Party in a new book, but he acknowledges Dems have already lost the battles of Lexington and Concord. The best they can hope for is Stony Point somewhere down the road. With the politically-incorrect title “RATF**KED,” now available in […]

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