 research material for the election i don t know if you ve heard but we have an election coming up in a few weeks kind of a big one but since pitching obama isn t the only goal of the election stabenow is still for some reason also still in office here are two useful links first the official candidate list from clinton county has a list of you guessed it all candidates in clinton county i find this useful for the lesserknown candidates like those for college trustees decisions are made at all levels that effect your life and pocketbook so it is useful to know who you voting for across the board second is the list of propositions  we have six this year and i ve blogged about a few of them the link will show you the complete list and wording of each one there are a couple that are baldfaced attempts by the unions to benefit themselves over the vastly nonunionized population of michigan so check them out  