 news you need to know from the ccrp  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues public employee benefit fight governor snyder is threatening to veto a bill that would would ban benefits for samesex and domestic partners for public workers at michigan s public universities the bill has passed both houses of the michigan legislature and has gone on to the governor rsquo s desk click on the following story link to read about the controversy and the threatened veto by the governor http wwwclintoncountygoporg content publicemployeebenefitfight not teaching on the taxpayer s dime in michigan there are currently 39 school districts that have paid teachers to work on union activities twentyfive of those districts paying for full release time the cost to the taxpayers for these 39 districts was at least 2700000 million with the mea being so flush with cash that they can pay for targeting legislators for recall maybe it s time that they foot the bill for their union members on union business instead of putting the cost on the back of the taxpayer read the details by clicking on the following story link  http wwwclintoncountygoporg content notteachingtaxpayersdime to vote in our poll on the issue click on the following poll link  http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldteachersspendingtheirtimeunionbusinessgetpai the president s policies barry sternlicht the chairman and ceo of starwood capital a privately held global investment firm appeared on squawk box on cnbc this morning he was asked to comment about the economy unemployment and the direction president obama is taking the country he also makes some comments about the republican field for 2012 after about the first three minutes he gets into his opinions about the president s campaign strategy and how his policies and rhetoric are affecting the country check out the entire video at  http wwwclintoncountygoporg content presidentspolicies  other ccrp news links to like the ccrp on facebook click on this link http wwwfacebookcom pages clintoncountymigop 103375466421220 sk wall to join the ccrp facebook group and get important news updates click on this link http wwwfacebookcom groups ccrpmich  to learn how to become a precinct delegate click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content becomingclintoncountyprecinctdelegate ccrp executive committee monthly meeting in st johns thursday january 19 2012 http wwwclintoncountygoporg content ccrpexecutivecommitteemonthlymeetingstjohns you control our country s future with your vote get involved elect responsible people in 2012 send this link to your friends and neighbors  http wwwclintoncountygoporg  steve willis chairman clinton county republican party 5172814458 sgwillis1945 gmailcom  2011 all emails addresses  