RESEARCHER SAYS HE MADE MISTAKES ABOUT DANGERS OF BATHING IN FLINT By Ron Fonger Flint Journal/MLive July 13, 2018 rfonger1@mlive.com FLINT, MI — A man who warned of possible dangers tied to showering in Flint water in 2016 now says it’s “extremely unlikely” bathing caused “significant adverse health effects” here. Scott Smith, who worked with […]
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The Political Insider, Episode #1: Interviews with John Reurink, Publisher of MIRS, and Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio
Flint Bathing Water Has Always Been Safe, Researcher Now Admits
PODCAST: Marketing Marijuana to the Masses/Blue Suitcase Broadway Bound
7/13/18 Why would a Supreme Court Justice allow herself to be caught in a conflict of interest on a ballot proposal? Interview with Josh Hovey, spokesman for MI General Election statewide ballot proposal to legalize use of recreational marijuana. Also, new dramatization of Shri Thanedar’s “Blue Suitcase” opens in a Detroit theater — is Broadway […]
Will Elon Musk Help Flint? If So, Is That a Good Thing?
(Photo: Mark Brake / Getty Images, files by Neil Rubin The Detroit News July 12, 2018 Elon Musk’s offer to help get clean water to Flint drew praise from some and derision from others Thursday as the billionaire tech entrepreneur continued to make waves on social media. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has not yet heard […]
Jackson Harness Raceway, 70 Years Old, to be Torn Down
“THERE WERE A LOT OF TEARS” — FANS FLOCK TO JACKSON HARNESS RACEWAY FAREWELL By Taylor DesOrmeau MLive July 9, 2018 tdesorme@mlive.com JACKSON, MI – Musical motifs of “Auld Lang Syne” and “Happy Trails” trumpeted from the loudspeakers. Bittersweet onlookers stood, clapped and readied their cameras for photos and videos to chronicle the Jackson Harness Raceway’s closing […]
Pollster Steve Mitchell Makes Provocative Predictions on Talk Radio
Longtime Michigan pollster Steve Mitchell went out on a limb several times Friday, predicting that President Donald Trump will nominate federal appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday and then, next fall, shut down the U.S. government in a budget battle with Congress. Mitchell, who is president of Mitchell Research & […]
PODCAST: Defund or Defend/Supreme Dream/Kowall Colossus/Mickey’s Miracle
7/5/18 Can a campaign blunder be determined by a single letter of the alphabet? Will President Donald Trump nominate a Michigander for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday? Mickey Lolich’s fantastic book about his career and the 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers/Interview with state Senate Majority Leader Milke Kowall (R-White Lake), a candidate for the […]
Snyder’s Judicial Legacy Up for Grabs
No matter what Republicans have thought about President Donald Trump’s overall performance in office, the one thing they have lauded him for is his record of delivering on his 2016 campaign promise to appoint conservative judges to fill vacancies on various federal courts. Of course, Trump’s first and foremost challenge was filling the seat on […]
PODCAST: Thanedar Teasers/Which Lake is Greatest?/Will Trump Pick MI Judge?
6/29/18 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar launches three more clever, humorous TV ads. Attorney General Bill Schuette intervenes on behalf of challengers to Voters Not Politicians ballot proposal. Michigan police and firefighters impacted by U.S. Supreme Court ‘Janus’ decision. Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, opening way for a Trump nominee from Michigan to fill […]