 ccrp thank you  we had a great summer bbq last night in bath township at buck kuisel toot barnard s home with around 80 people in attendance it was warn and humid but it was a great night for the event it was great to see all of the candidates and to hear rep opsommer talk of the issues before the michigan legislature and his hope that his efforts and agendas will continue with our new state representative next year i would like to thank everyone who was there for coming and extend special thanks to buck toot for the use of their home and to all those who helped at the event larry coreen strzalka phil nancy bareham bruce janice harte ray elaine snyder dave seeger and sheri harte willis our event sponsors dr rob steele u of m board of regents candidate dawn bill sherman larry coreen strzalka and to jeff sakawa msu board of trustees candidate i would also like to thank jeff sakawa for his donation of two tickets each for detroit tiger piston lion and redwing games for our silent auction additionally i would like to give thank alan nelson at the cellular connection in st johns for donating an htc windows smartphone and to mary and steve gobbo for the bracelets donation for the silent auction one sad note to mention at an otherwise great event was that sheriff kangas and 93rd house candidate mike trebesh mentioned they had both had personal attacks on them in the last week from sources that are difficult if not impossible to identify it rsquo s sad that people or organizations choose to make these types of attacks for their own personal agendas i know wayne and mike both are willing to take any comments or accusations that are made against them from anyone or any organization as long as they are able to know who their accusers are we all need to remember that politics is a tough business and we need to take these types of accusations with a grain of salt and concentrate on facts not half truths and unverifiable rumors judge the candidates for what they say and where they stand on the issues thanks again for all you do ndash and remember to vote on august 7 steve willis chair clinton county republican party  2011 all emails addresses  