('content:1517:1517','a:1:{s:15:\"field_page_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:34750:\"<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">BATH TOWNSHIP </span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Bath Township Hall, 14480 Webster Rd, Bath, Michigan 48808 Ph: (517) 641-6728, Fax (517) 641-4170)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently no Republican elected officials in Bath Township.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is in 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bath Township has one Republican County Commissioner:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 7</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adam Stacey (R), 6724 English Oak Drive, East Lansing, 48823</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH: (517) 339-6919 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for County Commissioners is November 2014.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\">TOWNSHIP MEETINGS: 7:00 pm on the first and third Mondays of each month at the Bath Township Hall, 14480 Webster Rd, Bath, Michigan 48808 </span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">BENGAL TOWNSHIP</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> (The Township Hall is located on M-21 between Francis and Lowell Road).</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp; There are 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Eric Mohnke (R), 6357 W. Parks Rd., St. Johns 989-224-9479</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Deborah A. Schafer (R), 7857 West parks Road, St. Johns, 989-593-2325, dschafer53@hotmail.com</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Denice Schmitz Schultheiss (R), 2801 S. Forest Road, St. Johns, MI 517-927-9273</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Stephen Mahoney (R), 4950 W Taft Rd., St. Johns 989-224-4361</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Marilyn Irrer (R), 4507 Francis Rd., St. Johns 989-224-7685</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bengal Township has one Republican elected county commissioner.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 2</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Pohl (R),1180 S. Hinman Road, Fowler, 48835</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;PH: (517) 669-9355 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> <em><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"> The Bengal Township Board Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of every month starting at 7:00 PM.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n-----------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>BINGHAM TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> The Township hall is located at 1637 S. DeWitt Road, St. Johns, MI 48879</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp; There are currently 5 Republican elected officials at the township level.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: James Ostrowski (R), 1487 W Parks Rd., St. Johns 989-224-8380</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Helen Kus (R), 1612 S. Krepps Road, St. Johns 989-224-2951</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Hong Trebesh (R), 4505 S US-27, St. Johns 989-224-4389</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Eric D. Harger (R), 1989 S. Dewitt Rd., St. Johns, 48879</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Tony Hufnagel (R), 3999 S. Dewitt Rd., St. Johns, 48879</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bingham Township has one Republican elected county commissioners.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 3</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bruce Delong (R), 900 N. Oakland Street, St. Johns 48879</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH: (989) 224-1936 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong>The Bingham Township Board Meetings are the 2nd Monday of every month starting at 7:00 PM at: Clinton County RESA,&nbsp; 4179 S. US-27, St. Johns MI 48879.</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n---------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>DALLAS TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Dallas Township Hall is located at 225 S. Main St., Fowler, MI 48835</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp; There are currently 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Vern Feldpausch (R) 415 Sorrell St., Fowler 989-593-3704</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Therese A. Koenigsknecht (R), 11245 W. 1st St., P.O. Box 135, Fowler&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 989-593-2542</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Gerald Arens (R), 11101 W Townsend Rd., Fowler 989-593-2522</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Philip Schafer (R), 14895 Dexter Trail, Westphalia 989-587-6977</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Trustee: Stephanie L, Schafer (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dallas Township has one Republican elected county commissioner.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 2</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David W. Pohl (R), 1180 S. Hinman Road, Fowler, MI 48835</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ph: (989) 593-2688 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Dallas Township Board Meetings are the first Tuesday of every month starting at 7:00 PM at the Dallas Township Hall.</span></span></strong></em><br />\r\n--------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>DEWITT TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> DeWitt Township Hall is located at 1401 W. Herbison Road, DeWitt, Michigan 48820, Ph: (517) 668-0270, Fax (517) 668-0277</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 6 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Rick Galardi (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Diane K. Mosier (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Phyllis Daggy (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Stephen Musselman (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Brian Ross (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: David Seeger (R)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DeWitt Township has two Republican elected county commissioners.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 5 (DeWitt City &amp; DeWitt Township Precincts #1, #2, and #3)</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Robert Showers (R), 120 East Washington Street, Dewitt, MI 48820-8748</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ph: (517) 669-3732 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The DeWitt Township Board Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at the DeWitt Township Hall.</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>DUPLAIN TOWNSHIP </strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> DuPlain Township Hall is located at 145 W Main St., Elsie, MI 48831</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 4 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Bruce Levey (R), 6048 N. Lusk Road, Elsie 989-862-5674</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Richard Bates (R), 340 W Main St., Box 75, Elsie 989-862-5084</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Amy Bowen (R), 4634 N. Watson Road, Elsie 989-862-0242</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Denis A. Baese (R), 4639 E. Ridge Road, Elsie 989-862-5770</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016. </span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Duplain Township has one Republican elected county commissioner.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 1</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kam Washburn (R), 5201 East French Road, Elsie 48831</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH. (989) 862-5565 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> The Dallas Township Board Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month starting at 7:30 PM at the Duplain Township Hall.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n-------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>EAGLE TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Eagle Township Hall is located at 14318 Michigan St., Eagle, MI 48822</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Patti Jo Schafer (R), 10388 Herbison Rd., Eagle 517-626-6538</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Mark Therrian (R) 14810 Stoll Rd, Eagle 517-627-3664</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Joseph A Smith (R), 11821 Monroe Rd., Portland 517-647-4340</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Richard V. Jones (R), 15980 Jones Rd., Grand Ledge 517-627-7176</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: John L. Rademacher (R), 13381 W. State Road, </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Grand Ledge</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> 517-627-5731</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eagle Township has one Republican elected county commissioner.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 2</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David W. Pohl (R), 1180 S. Hinman Road, Fowler, MI 48835</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ph: (989) 593-2688 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> The Eagle Township Board Meetings are the second Tuesday of every month starting at 6:30 PM at the EagleTownship Hall.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n-------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>ESSEX TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> 4648 W Colony Road, St Johns, MI 48879</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Lynn Ferguson (R), 5851 W Colony Rd., St. Johns 989-224-4747</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Angela Bunn (R), 4848 W. Kinley Rd., St. Johns 989-227-2180</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Patti J. Warnke (R), 4633 N. Essex Center, St. Johns 989-224-7353</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Rex Ferguson (R), 5666 W. Colony Rd., St. Johns 989-224-6639<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Aurelio Henry Zamarron (R), 4801 Findlay Rd., St. Johns </span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Essex Township has one Republican elected county commissioner.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 1</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kam Washburn (R), 5201 East French Road, Elsie 48831</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH. (989) 862-5565 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Essex Township Board Meetings are held at the Maple Rapids Communiry Center at 209 W Union St, Maple Rapids, MI 48853 on the second Thursday of February, March, April, June, August, October, and December at 7:30 p.m.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>GREENBUSH TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Greenbush Township Hall is located at 7274 N Scott Road, St Johns, MI 48879</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There arecurrently 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: James Joreau (R), 2657 W. Marshall Rd., St. Johns 989-224-2775</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Bernadette Hayes (R), W. Hyde&nbsp; Rd., St. Johns</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Julie Havens (R), 1500 W Silvers Rd., St. Johns 989-224-2150</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: William A. Dershem (R), 7370 N Williams Rd., St. Johns 989-224-3332</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Daniel Jorae (R), 1097 E. French Rd., St. Johns 989-224-4936</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Greenbush Township has one Republican elected county commissioner</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 1</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kam Washburn (R), 5201 East French Road, Elsie 48831</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH. (989) 862-5565 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> The Greenbush Township Board Meetings are the first Monday of every month starting at 7:00 PM at the Township Hall.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n-----------------------------<br />\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> LEBANON TOWNSHIP</span></span></strong><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Lebanon Township Hall is located at 10990 Colony Rd., Fowler 48835 </span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Gregory Armbrustmacher (R), 11152 Stone Rd., Fowler 989-593-3279</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Daniel C. Smith (R),14234 W Kinley Rd, Fowler 989-593-2193</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: Michael C. Klein (R), 4166 Jones Rd., Pewamo 989-593-3186</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: David Piggott (R), 4661 N. Bauer Rd., Fowler 989-593-2282</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Gene Sanborn (R), 15674 Island Rd., Hubbardston 989-981-6878</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lebanon Township has one Republican elected county commissioner</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 1</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kam Washburn (R), 5201 East French Road, Elsie 48831</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH. (989) 862-5565 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> </span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Lebanon Township Board Meetings are the second Monday of every month starting at 8:00 PM at the Township Hall.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>OLIVE TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Olive Township Hall is located at 1400 W Pratt Road, DeWitt, MI&nbsp; 48820</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Earl T. Barks (R), 3600 E. Centerline, St. Johns 989-224-6969</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Sandra June (R), 1669 E. Alward Road, DeWitt 517-668-9506</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: David L. Cook (R) 10408 Bond Rd., DeWitt 517-669-5082</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Eric Voisinet (R), 3252 E. Chadwick Rd., DeWitt 517-669-8986</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Gail Watkins (R) 1869 E. 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(989) 862-5565 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> </span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Ovid Township Board Meetings are the 2nd Thursday at 7:30 PM and are held at the Ovid Township Hall.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>RILEY TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Riley Township Hall is located at&nbsp; 6952 S Airport Road, Dewitt, MI 48820</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 5 Republican elected officials.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supervisor: Lee R. Chant (R), 6952 S. Airport Rd., DeWitt 989-224-7249</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clerk: Lisa Powell (R) 4690 W. Pratt Road, DeWitt 517-669-8564</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer: David J. Feldpausch (R), 4254 W. Jason Rd., DeWitt 989-224-7618</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Trish Martens (R), S. Forest&nbsp; Rd., St. Johns<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Charles Silm ( R), 6322 W. Price Rd., St. Johns 989-224-3051</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Riley Township has one Republican elected county commissioner</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 2</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David W. Pohl (R), 1180 S. 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Parker Rd., </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Laingsburg&nbsp; 517-651-6391</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Warren Malkin (R), 6644 Alward Rd., </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Laingsburg&nbsp; 517-651-5839</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee: Mike Wall (R), 6752 Highland Dr., </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Laingsburg</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next election for all township elected positions is November 2016.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Clinton County Commissioners:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Victor Township has one Republican elected county commissioner</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISTRICT NO. 7</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adam Stacey (R), 6724 English Oak Drive, East Lansing, 48823</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PH: (517) 339-6919 Term Exps: 12/31/2014</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> TOWNSHIP MEETINGS:</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> The Victor Township Board Meetings are the first Tuesday at 7:00 PM and are held at the Victor Township Hall.</span></strong></em></span><br />\r\n----------------------------------<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP</strong></em></span></span><br />\r\nWatertown Township Hall is located at 12803 S. 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Hinman Road, Fowler, MI 48835<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ph: (989) 593-2688 Term Exps: 12/31/2012<br />\r\nTOWNSHIP MEETINGS:<br />\r\nThe Westphalia Township Board Meetings are the 2nd Monday of every month starting at 7:30 PM and are held at the Township Hall.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415502136,'',1),('content:4346:4346','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:886:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Hours before Obamacare was to take effect Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor blocked implementation of part of President Barack Obama&rsquo;s health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth control.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">For an article on Justice Sonia Sotomayor&rsquo;s decision to delay the implementation of Obamacare regarding the birth control mandate click on the following link:</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131231/POLITICS03/312310099/1022/POLITICS/Justice-delays-health-law-s-birth-control-mandate\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131231/POLITICS03/312310099/1022/POLITICS/Justice-delays-health-law-s-birth-control-mandate</span></a><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"3779\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:1:\"1\";s:8:\"filename\";s:21:\"religious_reffdom.jpg\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:48:\"sites/default/files/images/religious_reffdom.jpg\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:10:\"image/jpeg\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"77583\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1388586502\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";s:2:\"18\";}}}',0,1415502314,'',1);
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In other words, the hitch would have to be removed except when towing.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Referred to the House Transportation Committee on May 9, 2012.<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass legislation to require the removal of the hitch and ball from a vehicle when they are not towing?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-legislation-require-removal-hitch-and-ball-vehicle-when-they-are-not<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAre you in favor of eliminating the current sugar subsidies?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . . 79%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . . 18%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . . 3%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415502349,'',1),('content:1444:1444','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1127:\"<div class=\"field field-type-text field-field-news-body\">\r\n<div class=\"field-items\">\r\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\r\n<p>PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS:<br />\r\nThe Question: Are you in favor of the passage of the &quot;Dream Act&quot;?<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes . . . . 0%<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No . . . .100%</p>\r\n<p>NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\nTHE ISSUE:<br />\r\nThe Republicans in Washington are threatening a GAME OF CHICKEN with the  Democrats regarding the federal debt limit. The republicans are  threatening a federal shutdown and are calling for fiscal  responsibility, spending cuts, and reform of federal entitlements.  Democrats say this tactic will damage our country&rsquo;s economic stability  and cause the loss of full faith and credit of the United States.</p>\r\n<p>Click on the Question link to place your vote:<br />\r\n<a href=\"../../../../../../content/should-new-republican-congress-refuse-raise-federal-debt-limit-demanding-governmental-reform\"><em><strong>Should the new republican congress refuse to raise the debt limit and demand governmental reform?</strong></em></a></p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415502385,'',1),('content:830:830','a:1:{s:15:\"field_blog_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:260:\"<blockquote>\r\n<div>Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone. <br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n</blockquote>-- <a href=\"http://www.conservativeforum.org/authquot.asp?ID=162\">Frederic Bastiat</a>.<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415502651,'',1),('content:3837:3837','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:587:\"In 2004, Michigan voters rejected gay marriage with a 60% majority of the vote.&nbsp; But now, with gay marriage winning approval in some states and a purported shift in the public view of gay marriage, proponents are working to put the issue on the ballot again.&nbsp; How do think it will all turn out?&nbsp; Read Tim Skubick\'s assessment of the situation:&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/tim_skubick_heres_gay_marriage.html#incart_river_default\">www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/tim_skubick_heres_gay_marriage.html#incart_river_default</a><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"3336\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:2:\"21\";s:8:\"filename\";s:23:\"Gay_marriage_symbol.png\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:52:\"sites/default/files/images/Gay_marriage_symbol_0.png\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:9:\"image/png\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"26155\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1371990676\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";N;}}}',0,1415502688,'',1),('content:1924:1924','a:1:{s:15:\"field_page_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3049:\"<em><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2011 CCRP Scholarship Winners</span></span></strong></em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width=\"195\" height=\"244\" src=\"/sites/default/files/biewer_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width=\"201\" height=\"254\" src=\"/sites/default/files/thelen_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width=\"200\" height=\"244\" src=\"/sites/default/files/whiteman_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Catherine Biewer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kimberly Thelen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anna Whiteman</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For a second year the Clinton County Republican Party has awarded $500.00 scholarships to Clinton County Seniors who will be attending college in the fall of 2011. This year we increased the number of scholarships awarded from 2-to-3. We feel the awarding of the scholarships is just one way we can encourage our young people to get a better understanding of the foundational truths our government was founded upon and to make the graduates more aware of their responsibilities as voting citizens of our country.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The scholarship award recipients were determined based on an essay written by the applicant, their GPA, school activities, community service, and letter of recommendation. The scholarship awards were issued to the individuals at either their school&rsquo;s awards ceremony or at the Clinton County Republican Party BBQ held on July 21 in Bath Township.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The essay question was:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em>&ldquo;Our country&rsquo;s founding leaders had a vision of the role of the federal government.&rdquo; Explain what this role is and it&rsquo;s importance today.</em></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 2011 CCRP scholarship winners were: <br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Click on their link below to see their essay and a list of their achievements)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/catherinebiewer\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><em><strong>Catherine Biewer from St. Johns High School<br />\r\n</strong></em></span></a> <br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/kimberlythelen\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Kimberly Thelen from Fowler High School</span></strong></em></a><br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/annawhiteman\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\nAnna Whiteman from DeWitt High School</span></strong></em></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415502813,'',1),('content:1926:1926','a:1:{s:15:\"field_page_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:10713:\"<strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kimberly Thelen </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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</span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Daughter of Brian &amp; Rose Thelen<br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Fowler High School Graduate<br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">GPA: 3.99<br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Salutatorian<br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Organizations: National Honor Society, Band, 4-H, Students Against Destructive <br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Decisions, Piano teacher for four years, Active in her church, altar server, Children&rsquo;s</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Liturgy of the Word Assistant<br />\r\n</span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">College: Will be attending Baker College of Owosso majoring in accounting</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">KIMBERLY THELEN ESSAY:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe that our country&rsquo;s founding leaders had a clear vision of the role of the federal government.&nbsp; James Madison and other founding fathers made this apparent in the Constitution of the United States.&nbsp; Here they laid out their ideas of an ideal, but not perfect government.&nbsp; They envisioned the government as being the voice and protector of the people.&nbsp; The role of the federal government should be to do what is best for the United States as a whole while trying to keep the best interests of the people in mind.&nbsp; The government should also protect every person&rsquo;s unalienable rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and happiness.&nbsp; Our founding fathers also defined what the role of the government is by establishing the three branches of government.&nbsp; The legislative, executive, and judicial branches each have a precise role in our government according to the Constitution.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe they wanted the government to be a strong and dependable force in our lives, but not to be too controlling or big.&nbsp; They showed this by establishing that our country&rsquo;s economic system is free enterprise.&nbsp; This way, people can make their own decisions while the government can provide for essential public services.&nbsp; Therefore, I believe our founding father&rsquo;s vision of the role of the federal government is to act on our country&rsquo;s and people&rsquo;s best interests while not being too big.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; While our country&rsquo;s founding leaders&rsquo; vision of the role of the federal government has not changed, it still remains very relevant and important today.&nbsp; The United States is in a recession right now, and does not seem to be coming out of it soon.&nbsp; Our country is currently facing the biggest deficit we&rsquo;ve ever had, currently at over $14 trillion.&nbsp; Millions of unborn children have been killed due to abortions because of the Roe v. Wade case.&nbsp; The government is imposing job-killing laws that put more regulations on businesses.&nbsp; There is too much reckless and irresponsible spending going on in Capital Hill.&nbsp; The list can go on and on.&nbsp; This is where the federal government needs to step in and realize that these things need to be stopped.&nbsp; First of all, the federal government needs to protect the right to life, including unborn children.&nbsp; The government has to protect the most innocent of our society.&nbsp; The government needs to reduce spending immediately and decrease our dependence on foreign oil to stimulate the economy.&nbsp; Raising taxes is not the answer to our spending problems, so cuts must be made.&nbsp; I believe the government should have some regulations on businesses, but not so many that we cannot be competitive in a global economy.&nbsp; The government needs to identify what is proper and necessary for the good of the public, and eliminate what is not.&nbsp; For example, President Barack Obama&rsquo;s budget for 2010 had a deficit of $1.555 trillion. This is an outrageous number, let alone that is only for one year.&nbsp; The U.S. Representatives just passed a bill that would reduce federal spending by an unprecedented $38 billion.&nbsp; This is hopefully the beginning of reduced spending and more responsible use of our hard-earned tax money.&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn conclusion, I believe the federal government needs to go back to its roots and look upon our founding leaders&rsquo; views of government.&nbsp; They need to be reminded of what the role of the federal government was intended to be.&nbsp; Only then will we see the necessary reform that is needed in Washington D.C.<br />\r\n</span><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415502815,'',1),('content:1308:1308','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:287:\"After Tuesday\'s election, President Obama commented on his view of what had happened.&nbsp; Mark Alexander offers a response to the President\'s remarks in <a href=\"http://patriotpost.us/perspective/2010/11/04/rebutting-obamas-rebuttal/\">this article</a> posted on the Patriot Post.<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;N;}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";s:3:\"215\";}}}',0,1415502816,'',1),('content:1709:1709','a:1:{s:15:\"field_blog_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:824:\"For those of us who live in Clinton County, we have good news from a recent report. The Lansing State Journal reports that Clinton County is the sixth healthiest county in the state, according a new study. Ingham County was thirtieth, and Eaton was eleventh. You can see the report at http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110407/NEWS01/104070321/Study-finds-Clinton-County-sixth-healthiest-state.\r\n\r\nThere are several factors, including access to healthy foods and crime rates, but regardless, we\'ve got it better here, and maybe that is why we had the highest growth rate of any county in Michigan according to the last census, with a growth rate of 16%. That is impressive, even more impressive than the rates of pay increases for federal workers under Obama.\r\n\r\nSo come to Clinton County - we have plenty of room.\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415502854,'',1),('content:2810:2810','a:1:{s:15:\"field_page_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:9307:\"<strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">____________</span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">____________</span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">____________</span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">____________</span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">____________</span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">_____</span></strong><br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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Democrats feel they can connect their policies on economic issues, values of equality, tolerance, and humanitarianism with a voting segment that has traditionally voted republican.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThey state they have evidence showing that social issues such as abortion are not as important as the issues of unemployment and poverty.<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">However, democrats have been know to be delusional - they think Obama is doing a GREAT JOB!</span></strong></em><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTo read the article on the democrat&rsquo;s attempt to sway the &ldquo;faith based&rdquo; voter, click on the following story link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/197025-democrats-see-opening-among-religious-voters\">http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/197025-democrats-see-opening-among-religious-voters</a><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"1972\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:1:\"1\";s:8:\"filename\";s:10:\"church.jpg\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:39:\"sites/default/files/images/church_0.jpg\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:10:\"image/jpeg\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"85431\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1323010480\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";s:2:\"19\";}}}',0,1415517216,'',1),('content:3700:3700','a:1:{s:15:\"field_blog_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2952:\"Hats of to the <a href=\"http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130411/POLITICS02/304110362/Next-frontier-Cheeks-Kilpatrick-Panel-exploring-existence-alien-life\">Detroit News</a> for this fantastic title: Next frontier for Cheeks Kilpatrick: Panel exploring existence of alien life<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe (ahem) esteemed former congresswoman, and proud mother of His Honor, Detroit\'s own Kwame Kilpatrick, has got a new gig - searching for life beyond our own planet. Yes, a group here on earth will be trekking among the stars, or at least in their imagination, for proof that the truth is out there:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<div>Dubbed the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, the public panel pledges to expose evidence of &quot;extraterrestrial vehicles&quot; and a government effort to deny sightings of such craft commonly called UFOs.</div>\r\n</blockquote>If you are like me, you probably wondered why Mrs. Kilpatrick would be involved in such a far-out, cheeky idea as looking for alien life and government conspiracies. (Granted, aliens visiting earth is a saner idea that the 9/11 Truthers have, but still.) Wonder no more:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nKilpatrick will be joined by five other former members of Congress for the hearings. Each will be paid about $20,000 and their expenses will be covered, Bassett said.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes, for hosting 30 hours of congressional-style hearing (not congressional hearing, but congressional-style hearings), Mrs. Kilpatrick&nbsp; will be paid a fair amount of cash and get the opportunity to visit strange new worlds. Or at least the East Coast. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nShe is not the only one, either. This is a bi-partisan event, showing that both Republicans and Democrats can reach out and touch the face of crazy when there is cash involved.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(Full disclosure: I like Star Wars, Star Trek, and The X-Files and, if asked, I would be on this commission. And I would delay my mocking of the group until after I was paid my $20,000.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSo what\'s the point? Well, Stephen Bassett, executive director of &quot;Paradigm Research Group&quot; (no, I had never heard of them either), has been looking for truth in all the wrong places, but he has high hopes with his new ex-elected officials sort-of all star team. After all these years of government secrecy about Area 51 and all those other hidden alien artifacts stored away in government facilities (right next to the Arc of the Covenant, which Indiana Jones found), things are hopefully going to change:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBassett said he hopes the hearings will generate enough attention for the government to change its mind.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<div>&quot;There is a government policy of denial,&quot; Bassett said. &quot;And once that policy ends, we are going to learn the truth about this phenomenon pretty quickly.&quot;</div>\r\n</blockquote>Hope and change, my friends, is everywhere. So adjust your tin foil hat and hold on tight.<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415517247,'',1),('content:514:514','a:1:{s:15:\"field_page_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3130:\"<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http://www.dewitttownship.org/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">DEWITT&nbsp; CHARTER&nbsp;TOWNSHIP Website</span></a><br />\r\n</span></strong></em><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Board Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at the DeWitt Township Hall.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1401 W. Herbison Road&nbsp; &bull;&nbsp; DeWitt, Michigan 48820</span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&bull;</span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ph: (517) 668-0270</span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&bull;</span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Fax (517) 668-0277</span></span></span><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n</span></strong></em><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If you have any DeWitt Township News or Information you would like posted on the CCRP website on this page send it to <a href=\"mailto:sgwillis1945@gmail.com?subject=DeWitt%20Township%20News%2Finformation%20.%20.%20.%20\"><em><strong>Steve Willis</strong></em></a>&nbsp; with the content of your information you would like posted.<br />\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></strong><br />\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">DeWitt Township News &amp; Information:</span></strong></span></em><br />\r\n</span></span></span><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span></strong></em></span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415517500,'',1),('content:3907:3907','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1913:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">We are finalizing our plans for the SUMMER BBQ so please take the time to let us know if you will be able to make the event -- and remember </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">kids are free</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> (SEE THE ATTACHED FLYER FOR DETAILS).<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGUEST SPEAKER CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR WILLIAM WAGNER:<br />\r\nProfessor William Wagner will be speaking on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">American Laws For American Courts</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">.<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n2013 CCRP SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:<br />\r\nThis years 3 scholarship winners, and their parents, will all be in attendance. <br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCLINTON COUNTY JUDICIAL ELECTION in 2014:<br />\r\nShannon Schlegel and Michael Clarizio, who are considering running for that open judge seat will be in attendance.<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nTHE WEATHER:<br />\r\nThe weather this year is projected to be around 80, so it should be a perfect night.<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nTO REGISTER YOU CAN RSVP BY:<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCALLING: 517-281-6212 <br />\r\nREGISTERING ONLINE AT: <a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/2013ccrpsummerbbq\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/2013ccrpsummerbbq</a><br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nAs always, late registrations will be accepted at the door but for planning purposes early registration is preferred.<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nWE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON JULY 25th!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"/sites/default/files/2013_bbq_flier_rev1.pdf\">CCRP SUMMER&nbsp;BBQ FLYER</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415517509,'',1),('content:4896:4896','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:11266:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe fedeal government is looking to house up to 120 illegal immigrants in the town of Vassar, Michigan.&nbsp; Local community leaders and activists are expressing their oppositions and concerns regarding such a move to federal and state authorities.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDuring a heated town meeting at Vassar High School, about 300 activist residents gathered to voice their concerns about a possible contract between Wolverine Human Services and the federal government to house the group of illegal teen immigrants in their community.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWolverine is a social service agency for Michigan\'s children, and it is currently reported that they are reviewing a contract from the Chicago-based anti-poverty organization Heartland Alliance to maintain a shelter for male unaccompanied minor teens. After an initial 60 teens, aged 12-17 years arrive, the number could increase to 120, said Derrick McCree, Wolverine</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>s senior vice president.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>If we are allowed, our intentions are to move forward with this, but not without the support of local community and leadership,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> McCree said.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>We</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>ll do anything in our power to help children,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> he added. </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>I understand it</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>s controversial, and many people might not agree with that. We can</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>t make everyone happy.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'<br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>The children are fleeing from harm</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>s way and extreme poverty,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> McCree said, adding that children with a known criminal history or gang affiliation would not be permitted to stay at the center.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFederal funds, he said, would pay for the teens to reside at the Vassar center. In addition, he said bringing in the teens would create 115 jobs.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTamyra Murray, an organizer for Michiganders for Immigration Control and Enforcement (MICE), said the illegal children surging across the border amounted to an </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>invasion.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'<br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>The children are a game to control to the nation,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> Murray said. </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>If this program is allowed to proceed, it will never end.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'<br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\nShe added that the process of bringing children into the U.S. and Vassar is against federal law. These children, Murray said, should request sanctuary and refugee status in a neighboring country.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMcCree, on the contrary, said Heartland Alliance began contacting him in June to ask if Wolverine could accept the illegal children from Central America, and Heartland representatives even toured the Wolverine facility on June 11. The facility is applying for the proper licensure to house the illegal children, he said.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGrosse Pointe Park-based Wolverine has a 145-bed juvenile center in Vassar called the Pioneer Work and Learn Center. The plan reportedly is that the illegal teens would stay at the facility for up to four weeks, receive vaccinations, medical care, trauma counseling, life skills development, and etiquette training.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe teens could also receive English as a second language instruction at Vassar Public Schools through its alternative education program, though they would not enter the general student population.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAfter up to four weeks, Heartland Alliance would reunite the teens with their parents or with relatives in the U.S.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>This places without question many Michigan families in harm</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>s way,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> said Tom Wassa, a Republican candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives 84th district. </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>President Obama would be classified as a domestic terrorist. He is creating an atmosphere of fear and terror,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\' </span></span>he added to cheers from other citizens.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nVassar City Mayor Pro-Tem Dan Surgent said he trusts Wolverine, but believes citizens should </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>put the blame where it belongs, right over in Washington, D.C.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'<br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the Governor take a stand and demand that these illegals not be allowed to come to Michigan?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://clinton-countygop.org/content/should-governor-take-stand-and-demand-these-illegals-not-be-allowed-come-michigan\">http://clinton-countygop.org/content/should-governor-take-stand-and-demand-these-illegals-not-be-allowed-come-michigan</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould congress pass legislation to allow companies to delay pension contributions to fund the </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span></span></span></span></span>Highway Trust Fund</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span></span>?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 10%<br />\r\nNo - 90%<br />\r\nUndecided - 0% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHREE COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS POLL:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n--------------------<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHighway Trust Fund<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis must be practice for a second career as a slight of hand trickster with a traveling carnival. Whoops - he is already amply qualified with years of experience.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n--------------------<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\nHighway Trust Fund<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt\'s because of BS like this that makes me want to vote for Pete Konetchy!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n--------------------<br />\r\nCOMMENT #3<br />\r\nHighway Trust Fund<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWith all due respect to our retiring Congressman, it sounds like the same old methods that he and his generation of legislators have practiced for decades that finds us where we are today. It is time for some tough love!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n------------------------------------ <br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415517538,'',1),('content:1196:1196','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1025:\"Representative Ed Clemente (D-Lincoln Park) has introduced another bill in the Michigan House to spend more money the state doesn&rsquo;t have. Clemente has introduced legislation to authorize a $20,000 tax break to gas stations that will install &ldquo;Charging points for electric cars&rdquo;. I could be wrong but I was under the impression the &ldquo;New Electric&rdquo; cars, that almost no one can afford, need to be plugged in for 8 to 12 hours before they are recharged. It isn&rsquo;t like getting a &ldquo;quick fill up of petrol&rdquo; and hitting the road. When are the progressive democrats in Lansing going to realize the state is BROKE and there is no more money for another hair brained tax credit.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nClick on the story titled &ldquo;<a href=\"http://www.mackinac.org/13594\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>More Taxpayer Money for Social Engineering</strong></em></span></a>&rdquo;, by Russ Harding from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for an analysis of the plan.<br />\r\n<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:3:\"917\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:1:\"1\";s:8:\"filename\";s:24:\"car_charging_station.jpg\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:51:\"sites/default/files/images/car_charging_station.jpg\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:10:\"image/jpeg\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"69537\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1304616084\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";s:3:\"233\";}}}',0,1415517915,'',1),('content:3769:3769','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:15683:\"<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img src=\"/sites/default/files/WARREN_1.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"283\" alt=\"\" /><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Senator Rebekah Warren</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Washtenaw County: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Township, Augusta Township, Chelsea, Dexter Township, Freedom Township, Lima Township, Lyndon Township, Northfield Township, Pittsfield Township, Salem Township, Scio Township, Sharon Township, Superior Township, Sylvan Township, Webster Township, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township</span>&nbsp;</span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n<p class=\"p1 rtecenter\"><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2013 Senate Bill 223: Give tuition subsidies to all high school grads</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2 rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) has introduced Senate Bill 223 that would give all Michigan high school graduates up to five years of grants covering tuition in a state college or university. Funding would come from repealing $1.8 billion worth of current state tax deductions, exemptions and credits.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp; &nbsp; This list of so-called &ldquo;tax expenditures&rdquo; from which this money would come includes both corporate welfare tax breaks and subsidies (which are often styled as tax &ldquo;credits&rdquo;), and potential expansions of various taxes paid by individuals (larger items include the 18 mill principle residence property tax exemption, the income tax personal exemption, and the sales tax on food exemption; the list also includes many smaller and more obscure items).&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Do you think this is a good idea?</p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">THE FOLLOWING IS THE CONTENT OF THE BILL AS INTRODUCED:</p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">A bill to establish an educational grant program for eligible resident students who attend public community colleges and universities in this state; to provide for the administration of the program; to create the Michigan higher education grant trust fund; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the &quot;Michigan higher education grant act&quot;.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 3. As used in this act:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) &quot;Academic year&quot; means the period from September 1 of a calendar year to August 31 of the next calendar year.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (b) &quot;Authority&quot; means the Michigan higher education assistance authority created by 1960 PA 77, MCL 390.951 to 390.961.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (c) &quot;Community college&quot; means a community college organized under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to 389.195, or a federal tribally controlled community college that is recognized under the tribally controlled colleges and universities assistance act of 1978, 25 USC 1801 to 1864, and is determined by the department of education to meet the requirements for accreditation by a recognized regional accrediting body.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (d) &quot;Eligible expenses&quot; means all of the following:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (i) Tuition and fees charged by a state educational institution.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (ii) A student\'s cost of attendance, expenses for books, supplies, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses, including a reasonable allowance for the documented rental or purchase of a personal computer, as described in 20 USC 1087ll(2), as determined by the authority.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (e) &quot;FAFSA&quot; means the free application for federal student aid developed under 20 USC 1082.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (f) &quot;Fiscal year&quot; means the fiscal year of this state.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (g) &quot;Michigan higher education grant&quot; means a grant awarded by the authority under section 7.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (h) &quot;Public university&quot; means a university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (i) &quot;Qualified program&quot; means a bachelor\'s degree, associate\'s degree, or postsecondary vocational training program at a state educational institution.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (j) &quot;State educational institution&quot; means a degree- or certificate-granting public university or community college in this state.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (k) &quot;Trust fund&quot; means the Michigan higher education grant trust fund established in section 11.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 5. (1) The Michigan higher education grant program is established. The authority shall administer the Michigan higher education grant program.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (2) The authority shall do all of the following:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) Award grants to eligible students under this act.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (b) Develop a grant agreement to be entered into by a grant recipient and the authority that contains the terms of a grant made under this act and the rights and obligations of the grant recipient and the authority.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (c) Conduct periodic audits of grant recipients to ensure compliance with the terms of the grant agreement and take necessary steps to enforce the terms of the grant agreement.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (d) Promulgate any rules that it determines are necessary to implement and administer this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 7. Beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year, the authority shall award a grant under this act to an individual if the authority determines that he or she meets all of the following eligibility criteria:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) Continuously resided in this state for the 12 months immediately preceding the date of his or her application and is not a resident of any other state.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (b) Received a high school diploma from a school district, nonpublic school, or home school located in this state or successfully completed the general educational development (GED) test and received a GED certificate from this state.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (c) Received the diploma or GED certificate described in subdivision (b) in the 2-year period preceding the date of the student\'s application to receive Michigan higher education grant money. If the student became a member of the United States armed forces or peace corps during this 2-year period and served for 4 years or less, the authority shall extend the 2-year period by a period equal to the number of days the student served as a member of the United States armed forces or peace corps. The authority may also extend the 2-year period if the authority determines that an extension is warranted because of an illness, disability, or other family emergency of the student or in the student\'s immediate family.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (d) Is enrolled or has been accepted into a qualified program.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (e) Signs a written grant agreement with the authority.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (f) Provides proof satisfactory to the authority that he or she has done both of the following:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (i) Submitted a FAFSA to the United States department of education to determine his or her eligibility for federal grants or scholarships.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (ii) Applied for any grants or scholarships offered by this state for which he or she is eligible.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (g) If the student received a Michigan higher education grant in the preceding academic year, the student made satisfactory academic progress, as defined by the state educational institution in which the student is enrolled, since receiving the previous Michigan higher education grant.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (h) Is in compliance with this act and the rules promulgated under this act.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (i) Meets any other eligibility criteria established in rules promulgated by the authority under section 5.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 9. All of the following apply to the award of a Michigan higher education grant under this act:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) In the 2013-2014 academic year, the base amount of the grant is an amount equal to the median cost of tuition for a full- time student enrolled at a public university in the 2012-2013 academic year, as determined by the department. For each subsequent academic year, the authority shall adjust the base amount of the grant to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the Detroit consumer price index in the preceding 1-year period, as determined by the state treasurer. As used in this subdivision, &quot;Detroit consumer price index&quot; means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit area by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (b) The authority shall determine the amount of a student\'s grant for an academic year by subtracting the amount of any other state or federal grants or scholarships he or she is eligible to receive in that academic year from the base amount established under subdivision (a).&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (c) A student shall use the grant money he or she receives in an academic year to pay for his or her tuition and fees at the state educational institution. If the amount of his or her grant exceeds the amount of his or her tuition and fees, the student may use the grant money to pay other eligible expenses related to that academic year. If the amount of his or her grant exceeds the amount of his or her fees and other eligible expenses in an academic year, the student shall return the remaining balance to the authority.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (d) A student attending a state educational institution as a full-time student may not receive a grant in more than 5 academic years. If a student is attending a state educational institution as at least a half-time student but is not a full-time student, the authority shall determine the number of academic years for which the student may receive a grant. A student attending an state educational institution less than half-time shall not receive a grant.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (e) The authority shall disburse a student\'s grant money to the state educational institution in which he or she is enrolled on the student\'s behalf, according to a payment procedure established by the authority by rule.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (f) The annual cost of the total number of grants paid in a fiscal year shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the legislature for Michigan higher education grants in that fiscal year. If there are not sufficient funds appropriated by the legislature to provide each student with a grant in the amount to which those students are eligible in an academic year, the authority shall establish a maximum grant level for that academic year. In any fiscal year, the authority may adjust the amount of a Michigan higher education grant available to eligible students, based upon its determination of available resources and amounts appropriated.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 11. (1) The Michigan higher education grant trust fund is established in the department of treasury. The trust fund shall consist of the following:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) Money allocated to the trust fund as provided by law.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (b) Money appropriated to the trust fund.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (c) Donations of money made to the trust fund from any source.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (d) Interest and earnings from trust fund investments.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (2) Money in the trust fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund and shall not revert to the general fund.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (3) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the trust fund.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (4) The department of treasury is the administrator of the trust fund for auditing purposes.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 13. The department of treasury shall establish and administer a restricted account in the general fund for the Michigan higher education grant program. All of the following apply to the account:&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) The department of treasury shall credit to the account money appropriated from the trust fund or received from any other source, including, but not limited to, interest and earnings from account investments and any money returned to the authority under section 9(c).&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (b) The department of treasury shall use the money in the account only to provide money to the authority for grants awarded under this act.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (c) Money in the account at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried over in the account to the next fiscal year.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (d) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the account.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (e) The department of treasury is the administrator of the account for auditing purposes.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sec. 15. By November 1 of each year, the authority shall submit a report on its activities under this act to the senate and house fiscal agencies and the state budget director. The report shall contain at least the number of Michigan higher education grants awarded, the maximum amount of a Michigan higher education grant paid, and the total amount paid out for Michigan higher education grants in the immediately preceding fiscal year.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Enacting section 1. It is the intent of the legislature that the first $1,800,000,000.00 savings realized from the elimination of tax expenditures identified by the legislative tax expenditure review commission described in chapter 7C of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1771 to 4.1772, shall be used to fund the Michigan higher education grant trust fund created in section 11 of this act.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Enacting section 2. 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The health ramifications of these have never been studied and the ability for them to control your electricity if they decide you are consuming too much by monitoring your usage and where the usage is coming from in your home is frightening. What happened to the land of the free?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nComment #2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe vote should be 100%. I don\'t understand why 21% willing to give up your freedom. The govt. owns much of you already, are you willing to let Consumers Energy own what the govt. does not?! Do you not think, what are they going to do in the future with the power they will have?<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ida Salisbury<br />\r\n<br />\r\nComment #3<br />\r\n(I apologize for the length of this comment but this is an important subject in which few know anything.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTo the 3 (so far) who have voted in this poll, &quot;no&quot;, Consumer\'s shouldn\'t allow people to &quot;opt out&quot; in having their regular electric meter changed to a smart meter, I would like to understand why you voted &quot;no&quot;. I would like to know the extent to which you know about smart meters and why you think that a company who sells you a utility is entitled to detailed information in your home. And, I mean much more than how much electricy you used and how much they need to bill you. With a smart meter installed, you have lost all privacy about what is in your home and what goes on in your home, minute by minute. It\'s very scary Big Brother stuff. Google it and and or check out this link for a video:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/8JNFr_j6kdI\">http://www.youtube.com/v/8JNFr_j6kdI</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nAlso, someone I know sent the following letter to Consumers as a notice of no consent for the installation of any smart meters on their properties as Consumers indicates that property owners give &quot;implied consent&quot;. I don\'t know to what extent this letter has any meaningful legal basis BUT read it as it does summarize the problems with smart meters which, among other things transmit detailed wireless signals about activities in your home that can be intersepted by criminals. I don\'t know what role the Michigan Public Service Commission has played/could play in this matter nor what role they might serve if a property owner discovers that Consumers or some other provider wishes to or has installed a smart meter. BE ALERT as Consumers is changing out meters in Michigan.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&quot;Consumers Energy<br />\r\n&nbsp;Lansing, MI<br />\r\nRE: NOTICE OF NO CONSENT TO TRESPASS AND SURVEILLANCE, NOTICE OF LIABILITY<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDear Consumers Energy and all agents, officers, employees, contractors and interested parties,<br />\r\nAlthough you not have intention of installing such devices or smart meters at this time, other states have adopted such devices. This notice will cover any future negotiations for such monitoring devices at the addresses shown below.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf you intend to install a &quot;Smart Meter&quot; or any activity monitoring device at the below addresses, you and all other parties are hereby denied consent for installation and use of all such devices on the below properties. Installation and use of any activity monitoring device is hereby refused and prohibited. Informed consent is legally required for installation of any surveillance device and any device that will collect and transmit private and personal data to undisclosed and unauthorized parties for undisclosed and unauthorized purposes. Authorization for sharing of personal and private information may only be given by the originator and subject of that information. That authorization is hereby denied and refused with regard to the below properties and all its occupants. &quot;Smart Meters&quot; violate the law and cause endangerment to residents by the following factors:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n1. They individually identify electrical devices inside the home and record when they are operated causing invasion of privacy.<br />\r\n2. They monitor household activity and occupancy in violation of rights and domestic security.<br />\r\n3. They transmit wireless signals which may be intercepted by unauthorized and unknown parties. Those signals can be used to monitor behavior and occupancy and they can be used by criminals to aid criminal activity against the occupants.<br />\r\n4. Data about occupant\'s daily habits and activities are collected, recorded and stored in permanent databases which are accessed by parties not authorized or invited to know and share that private data by those who\'s activities were recorded.<br />\r\n5. Those with access to the smart meter databases can review a permanent history of household activities complete with calendar and time-of-day metrics to gain a highly invasive and detailed view of the lives of the occupants.<br />\r\n6. Those databases may be shared with, or fall into the hands of criminals, blackmailers, corrupt law enforcement, private hackers of wireless transmissions, power company employees, and other unidentified parties who may act against the interests of the occupants under metered surveillance.<br />\r\n7. &quot;Smart Meters&quot; are, by definition, surveillance devices which violate Federal and State wiretapping laws by recording and storing databases of private and personal activities and behaviors without the consent or knowledge of those people who are monitored.<br />\r\n8. It is possible for example, with analysis of certain &quot;Smart Meter&quot; data, for unauthorized and distant parties to determine medical conditions, sexual activities, physical locations of persons within the home, vacancy patterns and personal information and habits of the occupants.<br />\r\n9. Your company has not adequately disclosed the particular recording and transmission capabilities of the smart meter, or the extent of the data that will be recorded, stored and shared, or the purposes to which the data will and will not be put.<br />\r\n10. Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency energy contamination from smart meters exceeds allowable safe and healthful limits for domestic environments as determined by the EPA and other scientific programs.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI forbid, refuse and deny consent of any installation and use of any monitoring, eavesdropping, and surveillance devices on my property, my place of residence and my place of occupancy. That applies to and includes &quot;Smart Meters&quot; and activity monitoring devices of any and all kinds. Any attempt to install any such device directed at me, other occupants, my property or residence will constitute trespass, stalking, wiretapping and unlawful surveillance and endangerment of health and safety, all prohibited and punishable by law through criminal and civil complaints. All persons, government agencies and private organizations responsible for installing or operating monitoring devices directed at or recording my activities, which I have not specifically authorized in writing, will be fully liable for any violations, intrusions, harm or negative consequences caused or made possible by those devices whether those negative consequences are justified by &quot;law&quot; or not..<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis is legal notice. After this delivery the liabilities listed above may not be denied or avoided by parties named and implied in this notice. Civil Servant immunities and protections do not apply to the installation of smart meters due to the criminal violations they represent.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNotice to principal is notice to agent and notice to agent is notice to principal. All rights reserved.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis applies for the following properties: - - - - -<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSigned By -- - - - &quot;<br />\r\n<br />\r\nComment #4<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI don\'t need Consumers Energy checking up on my energy consumption. As long as I pay my bill, it is none of their business what I am using the energy for. BUTT OUT!!!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY\'S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415523413,'',1),('content:2436:2436','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:4628:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nWE HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THE <br />\r\nCOMMENTING OPTION TO STORIES<br />\r\nAND POLLS ON OUR WEB SITE.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENTS WILL STILL BE ALLOWED<br />\r\nBUT THEY WILL BE SCREENED BEFORE<br />\r\nTHEY ARE POSTED TO THE STORY OR<br />\r\nPOLL THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH.<br />\r\n----------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nNEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW!<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">----------------------------------------------------------</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Smart Meter Investigation<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/smart-meter-investigation\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/smart-meter-investigation</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nRomney, Obama &amp; A VAT Tax?<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/romney-obama-vat-tax\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/romney-obama-vat-tax</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nObama Just Needs Another 1.2 Trillion To Hold Him Over<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/obama-just-needs-another-12-trillion-hold-him-over\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/obama-just-needs-another-12-trillion-hold-him-over</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nUS Economic Freedom Declines<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/us-economic-freedom-declines\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/us-economic-freedom-declines</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nIn New Hampshire Dead Democrats Get to Vote<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/new-hampshire-dead-democrats-get-vote\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/new-hampshire-dead-democrats-get-vote</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nMichigan Democrats Developing College Grant Plan<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/michigan-democrats-developing-college-grant-plan\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/michigan-democrats-developing-college-grant-plan</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nCensoring the Internet<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/censoring-internet\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/censoring-internet</a><br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nOTHER CCRP NEWS &amp; LINKS<br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBECOME A CCRP 2012 CLUB SPONSOR - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/club-sponsor-form\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/club-sponsor-form</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO LIKE THE CCRP ON FACEBOOK - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Clinton-County-MI-GOP/103375466421220?sk=wall\">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Clinton-County-MI-GOP/103375466421220?sk=wall</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO JOIN THE CCRP FACEBOOK GROUP AND GET IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATES - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ccrpmich/\">http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ccrpmich/</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO LEARN HOW TO BECOME A PRECINCT DELEGATE! - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/becoming-clinton-county-precinct-delegate\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/becoming-clinton-county-precinct-delegate</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nCCRP Executive Committee Monthly Meeting in St. Johns - Thursday January 19, 2012<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/ccrp-executive-committee-monthly-meeting-st-johns\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/ccrp-executive-committee-monthly-meeting-st-johns</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY\'S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\"> http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n517-281-4458<br />\r\nsgwillis1945@gmail.com<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415523413,'',1),('content:2424:2424','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3556:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n---------------------<br />\r\nConsumers Energy and DTE Energy are in the process of installing &quot;SMART METERS&quot; to replace existing electric usage meters in Michigan. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nCritics say that the plan to install the meters without an opt out option for consumers is a violation of their privacy rights because they claim the meters give utilities too much information about energy usage and what is happening within our homes. Additionally the critics also believe the Smart meters are are unsafe.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ----------------------------<br />\r\nShould energy companies allow electricity customers to opt out of having Smart Meters installed to replace their existing meters?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-energy-companies-allow-electricity-customers-opt-out-having-smart-meters-installed-re\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-energy-companies-allow-electricity-customers-opt-out-having-smart-meters-installed-re</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment&quot; after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf the republican primary for the President were held today who would you vote for?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMitt Romney . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%<br />\r\nRick Santorum . . . . . . . . . . . 32%<br />\r\nNewt Gingrich . . . . . . . . . . . 16%<br />\r\nRon Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%<br />\r\nRick Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%<br />\r\nJon Huntsman . . . . . . . . . . . .0%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nONE COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI am astounded that so many people supposedly support Mitt Romney. When it comes to obamacare, which imo is the final nail in the U.S. coffin, how will Romney contrast himself with obama? Obama will use a Romney nomination as confirmation that &quot;all Americans&quot; must want nationalized healthcare. Romney cannot argue it away.<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY\'S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415523413,'',1),('content:2416:2416','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2918:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n---------------------<br />\r\nMichigan\'s Presidential Primary is a little more than a month off and two of the major candidates having dropped out of the field.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe debates have raised issues about the candidates that may have altered people\'s previous choice.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWith that said pick who you would vote for if the republican primary were to be held today.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ----------------------------<br />\r\n&nbsp; If the republican primary for the President were held today who would you vote for?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNewt Gingrich <br />\r\nJon Huntsman&nbsp; <br />\r\nRon Paul <br />\r\nRick Perry<br />\r\nMitt Romney <br />\r\nRick Santorum<br />\r\nNone of the above<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/if-republican-primary-president-were-held-today-who-would-you-vote-0\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/if-republican-primary-president-were-held-today-who-would-you-vote-0</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment&quot; after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould drug testing be implemented as a way of determining eligibility to receive welfare benefits from the state?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . .&nbsp; 94%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . . . 3%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . . 3%&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY\'S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415523413,'',1),('content:2408:2408','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:5829:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nWE HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THE <br />\r\nCOMMENTING OPTION TO STORIES<br />\r\nAND POLLS ON OUR WEB SITE.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENTS WILL STILL BE ALLOWED<br />\r\nBUT THEY WILL BE SCREENED BEFORE<br />\r\nTHEY ARE POSTED TO THE STORY OR<br />\r\nPOLL THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH.<br />\r\n-------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHE REASON FOR THE CHANGE:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe have been receiving a number of garbage posts to the web site periodically that were automatically posted to the story or poll they were associated with. These posts were from &quot;anonymous&quot; web site visitors. Each morning these meaningless garbage posts were deleted as part of the daily audit and web site cleanup process.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLately, however we have been receiving vicious hate based comments on some of the stories that have appeared on the web site. Because of the change in the content of the comments being posted the new procedure outlined above has been implemented.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf you make a post and you don\'t see that it has shown up it will be posted after the daily posts have been reviewed for acceptability.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe don\'t have anyway of tracking who made the objectionable posts because they are anonymous. We believe in free speech, but we also believe in civility in the expression of that right. We will continue to be an open web site offering information and the opportunity to make comments&nbsp; to anyone who visits our web site.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-------<br />\r\nObama To Rule By Fiat!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; President Obama has made the statement that he no longer needs congress. He says he can and will find ways to work around them to get his agenda accomplished.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For an article from www.newsmax.com on his attitude and how he plans on governing over the&nbsp; next year click on the following story link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/obama-rule-fiat\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/obama-rule-fiat</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------<br />\r\nA FEMA Detention Camp Coming To A Location Near You?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I know you have all heard the stories about detention camps. Our government would never do such a thing.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not one to subscribe to conspiracy theories but the link to the article at www.americanthinker.com is worth reading and food for thought about what is really happening at Homeland Security.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/fema-detention-camp-coming-location-near-you\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/fema-detention-camp-coming-location-near-you</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------<br />\r\nHope, Change &amp; Disenchanted Young Voters<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President Obama managed to convenience the young voters that he would &quot;Change&quot; America and make their future more promising. After three years his record is abysmal and the young people are looking for other options.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For an article on how Obama may have lost the young voters click on the following story link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/hope-change-disenchanted-young-voters\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/hope-change-disenchanted-young-voters</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\nOTHER CCRP NEWS &amp; LINKS<br />\r\n--------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBECOME A CCRP 2012 CLUB SPONSOR - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/club-sponsor-form\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/club-sponsor-form</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO LIKE THE CCRP ON FACEBOOK - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Clinton-County-MI-GOP/103375466421220?sk=wall\">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Clinton-County-MI-GOP/103375466421220?sk=wall</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO JOIN THE CCRP FACEBOOK GROUP AND GET IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATES - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ccrpmich/\">http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ccrpmich/</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO LEARN HOW TO BECOME A PRECINCT DELEGATE! - CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/becoming-clinton-county-precinct-delegate\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/becoming-clinton-county-precinct-delegate</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nCCRP Executive Committee Monthly Meeting in St. Johns - Thursday January 19, 2012<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/ccrp-executive-committee-monthly-meeting-st-johns\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/ccrp-executive-committee-monthly-meeting-st-johns</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY\'S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\"> http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n517-281-4458<br />\r\nsgwillis1945@gmail.com<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415523413,'',1),('content:2396:2396','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3723:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Thomas More Law Center recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Howell Public School District, and teacher, Johnson McDowell, for punishment and humiliation regarding a student after he expressed his religious belief opposing homosexuality when asked by the teacher during class. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe student, a junior at Howell High at the time of the incident, was specifically asked by McDowell about his feelings related to homosexuality. He responded that as a Catholic he was offended by the gay and lesbian lifestyle. The result of his response was that he was ordered to leave the classroom under threat of suspension.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Michigan Education Association has supported McDowell\'s actions.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe day the incident occurred, Jay McDowell the student\'s Economics class teacher, wore a purple &quot;Tyler\'s Army&quot; t-shirt, as part of a national campaign promoted by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to highlight alleged &quot;bullying&quot; of homosexuals.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMcDowell decided to spend the entire day promoting this national pro-homosexual agenda, which included showing his classes a video concerning such &quot;bullying.&quot;<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMcDowell asked the remainder of the class whether anyone else did not accept homosexuality. A student raised his hand, and McDowell ordered him out of the classroom as well.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe lawsuit claims that student\'s constitutional rights to freedom of speech and equal protection have been violated by the policies and actions of the school district and McDowell. Among other things, the lawsuit seeks nominal damages, a declaration that the school policies and actions violate the Constitution, and injunction to prohibit further constitutional violations.&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould a student be suspended for their comments on homosexuality based on their religious beliefs?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-student-be-suspended-their-comments-homosexuality-based-their-religious-beliefs<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment&quot; after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould state voter registration laws be changed to allow for automatic voter registration similar to what Holder is proposing?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . . 5%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . 95%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . .0% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nONE COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnonymous Comment #1<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMore Totalitarism. First ObamaCare to use federal authority to require everyone to buy insurance and make sure that the feds agree that the particular insurance purchased meets the feds requirements. Now, the same thing with voter registration which is very Soviet of him. Of course, Dems also have a very Soviet approach to Presidential caucauses: while they do not yet require party members to show up to caucuses, one\'s ballot is not secret in their caucauses. 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There is no proven return on investment studies for these dollars in fact believe there is the opposite. I worked three jobs, saved money, paid 100% of my college costs, took 7 years to get my undergrad but had no debts when I graduated.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe helped pay for both of our sons education and they also worked during college. Both graduated with useful degrees, are fully employed with no debt.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSorry, this is another wrong headed, weakminded give away by bureaucrats. Why do we who are paying taxes need to be so vigilant, haven\'t they learned that spending taxpayers money on such giveaways will ensure they will not remain in office?<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI saved and worked to pay my own way to college, and I got my 4 year degree in 3 1/2 years! And I didn\'t owe anything when I got done, either! The degree requirements need to be changed in 4 year programs. 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College education could be affordable if the universities were made to reform degree requirements, and cut high salary administrative positions.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #3<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSo, after saving the state of Michigan over $300,000 by home-educating my 5 kids, paying my property taxes to public schools I didn\'t use, my kids wouldn\'t get any money for college under this plan.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd by giving students -who went to public school - this large sum, the colleges wouldn\'t have to lower tuition . . . and my kids could pay top dollar for that.<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY\'S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\"> http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415524754,'',1),('content:3445:3445','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:751:\"The nation is drowning in debt.&nbsp; Every American owes about $52,000 to cover his or her share.&nbsp; Still, we\'re collectively distracted by one social issue after another, while the dollars just keeps adding up.&nbsp; The GOP&nbsp;is disparaged on every front for being stingy, hateful and greedy (to name just a few adjectives) because they dare to bring up the country\'s burgeoning, crippling debt.&nbsp; Fiscal conservatism is labeled as extreme.&nbsp; Why are the Republicans being so unreasonable?&nbsp; Read more:&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/338011/wake-socially-liberal-fiscal-conservatives-jonah-goldberg\">www.nationalreview.com/articles/338011/wake-socially-liberal-fiscal-conservatives-jonah-goldberg</a><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"2995\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:2:\"21\";s:8:\"filename\";s:11:\"Wake_up.png\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:38:\"sites/default/files/images/Wake_up.png\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:9:\"image/png\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"52127\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1358706802\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";N;}}}',0,1415525047,'',1),('content:2122:2122','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:920:\"The mainstream media has finally found a cause they can support in the &quot;spontaneous&quot; gathering of &quot;PAID UNION PROTESTERS&quot; and ill informed young people who are voicing their disdain with Capitalism and Wall Street.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTo make any comparison between this movement and the Tea Party movement is ludicrous.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTea partiers don\'t block traffic, sleep on sidewalks, wear ski masks, fight with the police or urinate in public. They read and understand the Constitution and can make serious policy arguments unlike their counterparts.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFor and article by Ann Coulter from www.frontpagemag.com on the protests click on the following story link&rdquo;<br />\r\n<br />\r\nhttp://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/07/this-is-what-a-mob-looks-like/<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI\">IF&nbsp;I&nbsp;ONLY&nbsp;HAD&nbsp;A&nbsp;BRAIN VIDEO</a><br />\r\n<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"1830\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:1:\"1\";s:8:\"filename\";s:15:\"wall_street.jpg\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:42:\"sites/default/files/images/wall_street.jpg\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:10:\"image/jpeg\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"69365\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1318261095\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";N;}}}',0,1415525058,'',1),('content:4677:4677','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1368:\"Never mind about the sluggish economy, a shrinking work force and our lack of foreign policy. &nbsp;What this administration sees as the biggest issue facing the nation is: &nbsp;Climate Change! &nbsp;It wasn\'t that long ago that Al Gore said the polar ice caps would be gone by now. We\'ve just had a winter that the government claims slammed GDP in the first quarter. &nbsp;Geopolitics in the Middle East and Russia are downright scary. &nbsp;Yet the Democrats stayed up all night recently to talk about climate change. &nbsp;Do you think this has anything to do with the billions of dollars one hedge fund millionaire has promised to the Dems if they support his climate-change agenda? &nbsp;Hmmm... &nbsp;Get the details:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:// www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/05/06/Welcome-to-the-alternate-green-universe-national-security-meh-climate-change\"> www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/05/06/Welcome-to-the-alternate-green-universe-national-security-meh-climate-change</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nNot everyone is buying into the government\'s climate assessment. &nbsp;For an alternate view, see: &nbsp;<a href=\"http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/06/dissenting-scientists-label-white-house-climate-report-as-pseudoscience/?advD=1248,146049\">dailycaller.com/2014/05/06/dissenting-scientists-label-white-house-climate-report-as-pseudoscience/</a><br type=\"_moz\" />\r\n<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;N;}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";N;}}}',0,1415525882,'',1),('content:1246:1246','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1127:\"POLL&nbsp;RESULTS:<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are reults of the latest poll which posted the question:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould Michigan continue to grant tax abatements to Michigan Businesses?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n60%&nbsp; -&nbsp; No - All businesses should be treated equally<br />\r\n27%&nbsp; -&nbsp; Yes - with accountability/performance conditions<br />\r\n13%&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes<br />\r\n0%&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes - under special circumstances<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEW&nbsp;POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Should congress continue the practice of attaching &quot;spending&quot; earmarks to other legislation?<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eliminate all earmarks<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keep some earmarks<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leave earmark process the same<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CLICK ON&nbsp;THIS&nbsp;LINK&nbsp;TO&nbsp;VOTE:<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-congress-continue-practice-attaching-spending-earmarks-other-legislation<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415526131,'',1),('content:3857:3857','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:14610:\"<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">SEE WHY THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE SHOULD REJECT</span></span></strong><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n</span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">GOVERNOR SNYDER&rsquo;S PUSH TO PASS OBAMACARE&rsquo;S MEDICAID EXPANSION</span></span></strong></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">-------------------------------------------</div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The following is reprinted with permission from The Michigan Center for Public Policy Blog by Jack McHugh on July 1 Regarding Medicaid Expansion in Michigan</span></strong></em></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">-------------------------------------------</div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Obamacare Medicaid: Facts, Figures, Background</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">What you don&rsquo;t know can hurt you</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><em><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Posted by Jack McHugh on July 1, 2013 at 2:00pm</span></em></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">(Editor\'s note: Much of the following is derived and in some cases directly quoted from previous Mackinac Center articles, studies and blog posts.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; According to the &ldquo;official&rdquo; state numbers, starting in <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">2020 the Medicaid expansion will impose $300 million in annual costs on Michigan taxpayers.</span></em> That money will have to come from either tax hikes or cuts to current government services. Gov. Snyder proposes placing half of any short-term savings in a lockbox to cover these future cost increases.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Publications/Issues/MedicaidExpansion/MedicaidExpansionProposal.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Publications/Issues/MedicaidExpansion/MedicaidExpansionProposal.pdf</span></a><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n--&nbsp; The Mackinac Center has critiqued the simplistic &ldquo;arithmetic&rdquo; approach the official estimates use, because their numbers depend on shaky assumptions, the shakiest being that the feds won&rsquo;t renege on delivering the 90 percent funding share they have promised: <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">&ldquo;President Obama has already signaled that increasing states\' Medicaid share is in the administration\'s playbook. He did so by recommending a lower Medicaid &lsquo;blended rate&rsquo; in his last two annual budget recommendations.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></em>&nbsp;</span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.mackinac.org/18268\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.mackinac.org/18268</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; Congressman Paul Ryan reinforced this point in a recent interview:</span><em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t matter if Republicans are running Congress or Democrats are running Congress &mdash; there&rsquo;s no way we&rsquo;re going to keep those match rates like that.&rdquo;</span></span></em><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.mackinac.org/18561\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.mackinac.org/18561</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; According to the Heritage Foundation, <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Medicaid will impose $1.3 billion in net costs on Michigan taxpayers through 2022</span></em>. </span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mackinac.org/18416\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.mackinac.org/18416</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; Money for the expansion doesn&rsquo;t come from some &ldquo;pool&rdquo; of funds to be divided between the states, but goes right onto the federal government&rsquo;s credit card. </span><em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">If Michigan legislators accept the Medicaid expansion, they will be approving an increase in the national debt of $22.5 billion through 2022.</span>&nbsp;</span></em><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.mackinac.org/18582\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.mackinac.org/18582</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; Medicaid is a flawed program that serves recipients poorly. <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">According to a 2009 survey, many specialists in metropolitan Detroit refuse to accept Medicaid patients, including: 33 percent of dermatologists, 41 percent of family practitioners, 50 percent of obstetrics-gynecology specialists and 67 percent of orthopedic surgeons.</span></em> </span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2013/s2013-03FINAL.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2013/s2013-03FINAL.pdf</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; According to the most important study of the program, Medicaid &ldquo;generated no significant improvement in measured physical health outcomes.&rdquo; Health care policy expert Avik Roy characterized the findings this way in Forbes:</span><em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &ldquo;If Medicaid were a new medicine applying for approval from the Food and Drug Administration, it would be summarily rejected.&rdquo; </span></span></em><br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/05/02/oregon-study-medicaid-had-no-significant-effect-on-health-outcomes-vs-being-uninsured/\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/05/02/oregon-study-medicaid-had-no-significant-effect-on-health-outcomes-vs-being-uninsured/</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; Medicaid recipients use hospital emergency rooms at twice the rate of people with no health insurance or private insurance.<em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"> &ldquo;The Obama Administration&rsquo;s decision to push insurance coverage through a major expansion of Medicaid ensures a greater number of emergency room visits&hellip; (A)s patients grapple with even more crowded emergency rooms, what will be the negative impact on their access to life-saving care in a real emergency?&rdquo;</span></em>&nbsp;</span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM170_hcr_medicaid.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM170_hcr_medicaid.pdf</span></a><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n--&nbsp; Many of those covered by the expansion won&rsquo;t be &ldquo;the uninsured,&rdquo; but will be <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">people who previously had private coverage taking advantage of a taxpayer-funded alternative. In some previous expansions, as many as 50 percent of the new beneficiaries dropped private coverage. &ldquo;A conservative estimate (of the proposed expansion) is that Medicaid rolls might have to rise by 1.4 people in order to reduce the uninsured by 1 person &mdash; a crowd-out rate of about 29 percent.&rdquo;</span></em>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2013/s2013-03FINAL.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2013/s2013-03FINAL.pdf</span></a><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n--&nbsp; The Obama administration has essentially forbidden substantive state reforms of the Medicaid program (such as extending an innovative Indiana Health Savings Account alternative). (See Avik Roy, &quot;The Arkansas-Obamacare Medicaid Deal: Far Less Than It First Appeared.&quot;) Expanding Medicaid in the context of implementing Obamacare makes the prospect of real reforms less likely, not more.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; At this time, <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">19 states WILL NOT expand Medicaid, and six are leaning against. (So why do our legislators think they and this state are so unique and special in this area?)</span></em>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.avalerehealth.net/news/spotlight/20130524_Medicaid_Expansion.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.avalerehealth.net/news/spotlight/20130524_Medicaid_Expansion.pdf</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; <em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Michigan provides medical welfare for children up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Any claims that the expansion is &ldquo;for the children&rdquo; are just demagoguery.</span></em>&nbsp;</span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MIChildfullmanual_13163_7.PDF\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MIChildfullmanual_13163_7.PDF</span></a><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n--&nbsp; Those pushing the expansion claim that Obamacare is a &ldquo;done deal&rdquo; and we all have to just knuckle under and pay up. This is wrong.<em><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"> When the law goes into effect in just six months, its complexity, internal contradictions and perverse incentives are expected to inflict tremendous damage on families, employers and the health care system.</span></em> There is a strong probability this could trigger a widespread public revolt, making the law highly vulnerable to being opened up next year for major revisions by Congress, including the Democratic-controlled Reid Senate. Ways in which Obamacare is vulnerable, with evidence for each: </span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/18723\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/18723</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; Mackinac Center Senior Legislative Analyst Jack McHugh&rsquo;s testimony explaining to a House committee what &quot;vulnerable&quot; means for Michigan families and businesses: </span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mackinac.org/18741\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.mackinac.org/18741</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">--&nbsp; MichiganVotes.org descriptions of the Medicaid expansion bill, House Bill 4714 (note in particular differences between the bill as &quot;Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori&quot; and as &quot;Passed 76 to 31 in the House&quot;):</span><br />\r\n<a href=\"http:// http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4714\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4714</span></a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Background: Medicaid Expansion and the Obamacare &ldquo;Exchange&rdquo; </span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Roughly speaking, there are three components to the Medicaid expansion population: Able-bodied childless adults under 100 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), people between 100 and 138 percent of FPL, and individuals who are already eligible but are not enrolled (the &ldquo;woodwork&rdquo; population).</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\nWith some exceptions the first group does not get medical welfare benefits now and will continue not getting them if this state does not expand Medicaid. These individuals DO get treatment if they show up at a hospital emergency room. They also receive a bill that most aren&rsquo;t able to pay, so the cost of their care is shifted to everyone else. The magnitude of this problem is greatly exaggerated by the hospitals &mdash; various measures show that uncompensated care constitutes less than 3 percent of total health care costs.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">This is not a new problem, and it would be short-sighted to solve it now at the cost of further entrenching a vulnerable Obamacare. Sen. Bruce Caswell, R-Hillsdale, has introduced a bill to provide coverage to this population without expanding Medicaid. MIRS News reports it would &ldquo;include a limited hospitalization benefit, likely capped between $10,000 and $15,000,&rdquo; and it would also pay for preventive care services. Sen. Caswell told me this approach builds on existing programs and would probably solve 90 percent of the problem, at a cost he claims is not prohibitive. Importantly, Michigan would remain &ldquo;captain of our own ship,&rdquo; not trapped in an expansion roach motel, and not subject the whims of federal bureaucrats.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">This below-100 percent of FPL population is also the largest source of the short-term savings this state will realize with the expansion &mdash; Michigan will be able to transfer $200 million in mental health spending from the state budget onto the federal one.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">It is thought that the Obamacare individual mandate will drive many of the second group, the &ldquo;woodwork&rdquo; people, into Medicaid, and without the expansion Michigan taxpayers will have to pay a larger share of the cost than with it. However, according to the Snyder administration this group represents less that 10 percent of the total expansion numbers.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\nThe 100-138 percent of FPL population is more interesting. A Mackinac Center study estimates this population will number 177,516 people in 2014, and that 124,261 of them will actually enroll in Medicaid if the expansion is adopted, costing Michigan state taxpayers $475 million over the next 10 years. Without the expansion, however, people in this group could go into the &ldquo;exchange&rdquo; and get a real health insurance policy at little or no cost to themselves, and at no cost to Michigan state taxpayers.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Bottom Line: The Mackinac Center believes that Obamacare is vulnerable to serious revision next year, and this state should do nothing that reduces the chances of that outcome. 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pm)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n$20.00 per person&nbsp; -- $50.00 as an Event Sponsor<br />\r\n(Children under 18 admitted free with their parents)<br />\r\n(Dress is Casual - Fall Food Items will be provided)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCome and join us to hear what Representative Dave Agema has to say and for a great time with friends, food, plenty of things to do for the kids, free wagon rides, pig race, and of course talk of the upcoming November election.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Let\'s have a great turnout for the event as we look forward to victory on November 6.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(300 Club Sponsors are given free admission to all fundraising events and 200 Club Sponsors are given free admission to either the Summer BBQ or the Fall Fundraiser for 2012.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;Late registrations will be accepted at the door.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING FLYER FOR DETAILS:<br />\r\n<a href=\"/sites/default/files/2012_fall_fundraiser_bw.pdf\">CCRP FALL FEST FUNDRAISER</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nCLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO REGISTER:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/node/1763\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/node/1763</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415530402,'',1),('content:3122:3122','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3543:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n---------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it hopes to complete a rule that would require rear view cameras in the back of vehicles, which could cost as much as $57.2 million per life saved. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nEquipping all vehicles with the rearview camera with interior mirror display would cost between $1.1 billion to $2.57 billion and is estimated to result in 26 to 69 &quot;total fatalities avoided,</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> according to NHTSA documents.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMagna Electronics Technology Inc. in Grand Blanc Township is getting local and state tax incentives to produce the rear view camera technology. The company received a five-year, $2.1 million deal in 2011 with the Michigan Economic Development Corp.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMagna Electronics plans to invest $64.8 million over the next five years in Michigan to expand the plant in Grand Blanc Township. Magna is the largest manufacturer of rear view camera technology in the country.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;----------------------------<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the federal government mandating rearview cameras on all new vehicles?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-federal-government-mandating-rearview-cameras-all-new-vehicles\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-federal-government-mandating-rearview-cameras-all-new-vehicles</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the State passing a law that would restrict setting aside state land for </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">biological diversity</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . . 50%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . .42%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . .8% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY&rsquo;S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415530402,'',1),('content:3111:3111','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1668:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">With: SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER REPRESENTATIVE DAVE AGEMA<br />\r\n(The Michigan Republican Party\'s Newly Elected National Committeeman)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAT<br />\r\nTHE PEACOCK ROAD TREE FARM<br />\r\nIn The &quot;Snack Barn</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">(Graciously Provided by Owners Ed &amp; Diana Carpenter)<br />\r\n11854 Peacock Road<br />\r\nLaingsburg, MI 48848<br />\r\n<br />\r\nEVENT SPONSORS:<br />\r\nJean &amp; Rod Bond<br />\r\nBuck Kuisel &amp; Toot Barnard<br />\r\nBruce &amp; Janice Harte<br />\r\nDawn &amp; Bill Sherman<br />\r\nLarry &amp; Coreen Strzalka<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhen: Thursday, October 18, 2012 (6:00 pm to ?:?? pm)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n$20.00 per person&nbsp; -- $50.00 as an Event Sponsor<br />\r\n(Children under 18 admitted free with their parents)<br />\r\n(Dress is Casual - Fall Food Items will be provided)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCome and join us to hear what Representative Dave Agema has to say and for a great time with friends, food, plenty of things to do for the kids, free wagon rides, pig race, and of course talk of the upcoming November election.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Let\'s have a great turnout for the event as we look forward to victory on November 6.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(300 Club Sponsors are given free admission to all fundraising events and 200 Club Sponsors are given free admission to either the Summer BBQ or the Fall Fundraiser for 2012.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;Late registrations will be accepted at the door.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO REGISTER:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/node/1763<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415530402,'',1),('content:3101:3101','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:4967:\"<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n---------------------<br />\r\nState Senator Tom Casperson has introduced a bill to prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from designating an area of land specifically for the purpose of achieving &quot;biological diversity</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe bill would amend several parts of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to do the following:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prohibit the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Natural Resources Commission from promulgating or enforcing a rule or an order that designates or classifies an area of land specifically for the purpose of achieving or maintaining biological diversity.<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Delete the conservation of biological diversity from the DNR\'s duties regarding forest management, and require the Department to balance its management activities with economic values.<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eliminate a requirement that the DNR manage forests in a manner that promotes restoration.<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Provide that a State department or agency would not have to designate or classify an area of land specifically for the purpose of achieving or maintaining biological diversity.<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eliminate the restoration of natural biological diversity from the definition of </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">conservation</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eliminate a reference to </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">unusual flora and fauna</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> in the definition of&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">natural area</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<br />\r\n&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Delete a legislative finding that most losses of biological diversity are the result of human activity.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;----------------------------<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the State passing a law that would restrict setting aside state land for </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">biological diversity</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-state-passing-law-would-restrict-setting-aside-state-land-%E2%80%9Cbiological-diversit<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf Obama wins the election in November what will be the reason he won?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe ignorance of the voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; 50% <br />\r\nThe influence of the main stream media . . . . . . .31%<br />\r\nThe weakness of Governor Romney . . . . . . . . . . .8%<br />\r\nThe influence of his special interest groups . . . . .6%<br />\r\nObama&rsquo;s policies and programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3%<br />\r\nBecause I didn\'t get involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY&rsquo;S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GET INVOLVED<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</a><br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415530402,'',1),('content:3079:3079','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:6743:\"<span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp;-----------------------------------------------------------------  </span>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">YOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n-------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">If you believe the polls, Governor Romney should drop out of the race now -- he doesn&rsquo;t have a chance!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br type=\"_moz\" />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Obama is campaigning everyday while the country and the world are in turmoil and the mainstream media say things are getting better everyday.<br />\r\n<br type=\"_moz\" />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Obama panders to all of his special interests to garner their votes and he promotes class and race warfare.<br />\r\n<br type=\"_moz\" />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">The question, if Obama wins a second term, is how did it happen that a president that performed so poorly won a second term?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\nObama&rsquo;s future an&nbsp;&quot;OUR FUTURE<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>&nbsp;are vested in&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>YOUR VOTE<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>YOUR PARTICIPATION<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>&nbsp;in the political process!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Answer the poll question and then ask yourself if you want 4 more years of Obama and his goal to&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">If that\'s what you want do nothing -- and it will happen!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">NEW POLL QUESTION:</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp;----------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">If Obama wins the election in November what will be the reason he won?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Obama\'s policies and programs</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">The influence of his special interest groups</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">The influence of the main stream media</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">The ignorance of the voters</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">The weakness of Governor Romney</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Because I didn\'t get involved</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Undecided</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p5\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p6\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">TO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p6\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/if-obama-wins-election-november-what-will-be-reason-he-won</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">(To enter your comments click on&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>Add new comment<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px; \">&quot;</span>&nbsp;after you vote.)</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">-----------------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">-----------------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Do you favor the State passing a law that would mandate a driver turn on a vehicle\'s interior lights when stopped by the police?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Yes . . . . . . . . 12%</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">No . . . . . . . .&nbsp; 82%</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">Undecided . . .&nbsp; 6%</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">NO COMMENTS WAS WERE ON THIS POLL QUESTION</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">---------------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP:</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">CALL 517-281-4458</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">OR</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">E-MAIL ccrpmich@gmail.com</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; YOU CONTROL OUR COUNTRY&rsquo;S FUTURE WITH YOUR VOTE!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GET INVOLVED</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ELECT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN 2012</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SEND THIS LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: large; \">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; http://www.clinton-countygop.org/</span></p>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415530402,'',1),('content:3077:3077','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1383:\"&nbsp;September 26, 2012\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">PETE HOEKSTRA FUNDRAISER ON OCTOBER 2 IN OKEMOS</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Come to Okemos and help the Hoekstra Campaign in the last few weeks of the campaign to defeat the Senate&rsquo;s Worst Senator.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">For details on the event&nbsp; download the following file:<br />\r\n<img src=\"/sites/default/files/hoekstra_0.pdf\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"/sites/default/files/hoekstra.pdf\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br />\r\n<a href=\"/sites/default/files/hoekstra.pdf\">HOEKSTRA FUNDRAISER DETAILS<br />\r\n</a><br />\r\nCCRP FALL FEST FUNDRAISER ON OCTOBER 18<br />\r\nCome and join us at the Peacock Road Tree Farm,11854 Peacock Road in Laingsburg on Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 6:00 pm to ?:?? pm. Our special guest will be Michigan&rsquo;s newly elected Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema. It should be a great time with friends, food, plenty of things to do for the kids, free wagon rides, pig race, bon fire, roasting marshmallows, and of course talk of the upcoming November election. Let&rsquo;s have a great turnout for the event as we look forward to a victory on November 6.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">For details of the event click on the following link:<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/node/1763\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/node/1763</a></p>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415530402,'',1),('content:1456:1456','a:1:{s:15:\"field_page_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:35439:\"<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Special Thanks To Our $1,000 Lincoln Day Dinner Event Sponsor</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img height=\"190\" width=\"216\" src=\"/sites/default/files/GrangerLogo_new_2_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br />\r\n<br />\r\n</strong></em></span></span> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Special Thanks To Our $500 Lincoln Day Dinner Reception Sponsor</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<img height=\"191\" width=\"264\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Pohl_logo_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong><br />\r\n</strong></em></span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><strong>   </strong></em></span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Special Thanks To This Year\'s Table Sponsors</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dennings &amp; Associates, Inc - Elsie, MI</span></span></strong></em></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Moore Seed Farm - Elsie, MI</span></span></strong></em></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Grand Delta Properties, LLC - Bath, MI</span></span></strong></em></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><strong>The CCRP would also like to express our thanks to our 2013 Club Sponsors</strong></em></span></span></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 128);\"><em><strong><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300 Club Sponsors</strong></em></span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Patrick Anderson, Anderson Economic Group (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Phil &amp; Nancy Bareham, Federal Beverage, Inc. (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Bill &amp; Jennifer Brewbaker, Allaby Brewbaker Insurance (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Alan &amp; Erika Cropsey (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Roger &amp; Janet Dennings (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Phyllis Dagy, Dewitt Township Treasurer (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioner Jack &amp; Beulah Enderle (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Bruce &amp; Janice Harte (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Anne Hill (3)</span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Scott &amp; Gwen Hummel (4)<br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; State Senator Rick Jones (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Kevin &amp; Dana Kirk (3)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;State Representative Tom &amp; Jenell Leonard (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Larry &amp; Gail Meyer (4)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Alan &amp; Tami Nelson, The Cellular Connection (2)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Paul &amp; Barb Opsommer (1)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> &nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jim &amp; Carol Renner (3)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> &nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Stephen &amp; Anita Russell (4)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mark &amp; Shannon Schlegel (4)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; David &amp; Mary Seeger (4)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Dawn &amp; Bill Sherman (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Tom &amp; Mary Kay Shields, Marketing Resource Group, Inc. (3)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; David &amp; Jody Smith (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ray &amp; Elaine Snyder (3)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Larry &amp; Coreen Strzalka (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Charles &amp; Gail Wadell (4)<br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioner Kam Washburn (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Brian &amp; Julie Wethy (3)<br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Steve &amp; Sheri Willis (4)</span><br />\r\n</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">  <span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; 200 Club Sponsors</strong></em></span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ryan &amp; Sarah Cressman (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Paul &amp; Carol Bechtol (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Steve &amp; Mary Gobbo (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Buck Kuisel &amp; Toot Barnard (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Paul &amp; Evie McNamara (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Treasurer Tina Ward &amp; Norm Shaw (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 51, 0);\"><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; 150 Club Sponsors</strong></em></span></span></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mitch Dobrzelewski, DeWitt Optometry (1)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioner Robert &amp; Marie Showers (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioner Dave &amp; Joyce Pohl (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioner Adam Stacey (2)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Andy &amp; Sunday Todosciuk (3)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Janice Thelen, Watertown Township Treasurer (1)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Michael &amp; Gayle Wagner (1)</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Diane Zuker, Clinton County </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Clerk/Register </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (4)</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n&nbsp; </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 51, 0);\"><em><strong>============================================<br />\r\n&nbsp; Other Club &amp; LDD Donations to be Acknowledged</strong></em></span></span></span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span></span>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Framed Portrait of Ronald Reagan<br />\r\n</span></span><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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Mitch Dobrzelewski, DeWitt Optometry <br />\r\n</span></span><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --</span></span></em></strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> ($50 gift certificate for the LDD Silent Auction)</span></span></em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; Bill Brewbaker<br />\r\n</span></span><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --</span></span></em></strong><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> (Tom Izzo Autographed Spartan Ball Cap</span></span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> - $50 Value</span></span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">)</span></span></em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp; 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-- </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">($200 donation to support CCRP activities)</span></span></em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Charles &amp; Gail Wadell <br />\r\n</span></span><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">($200 donation to support CCRP activities)</span></span></em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br />\r\n</span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alan Nelson, The Cellular Connection <br />\r\n</span></span><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> </span></span><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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Rick Santorum at 3 p.m. Monday in a ballroom at the Lexington Hotel<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in Lansing Hotel at 925 S. 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US27 St. Johns.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sheriff Wayne Kangas will be holding a fundraiser on Tuesday, February 28<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from 6:00 p.m. &ndash; ??, at Relli&rsquo;s Restaurant, 202 E.Main St., DeWitt.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; REMEMBER TO VOTE ON TUESDAY<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOUR VOTE WILL DETERMINE OUR CANDIDATE!<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415532903,'',1),('content:3272:3272','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:4132:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Michigan House will consider allowing faith-based agencies to deny adoptions on religious grounds.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nUnder proposed legislation in the Michigan house faith-based organizations that accept state funding would not be required to perform or assist in adoptions that violate their religious teachings.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe legislation, which moves on for a possible House vote by the end of the year, would prohibit the state or a local government entity from denying a grant or contract to an agency that objects to participate in certain adoptions or child-care placements due to religious convictions.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Michigan Catholic Conference, which supports the legislation, says faith-based organizations around the nation have been forced to decide between funding and honoring traditional beliefs.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&quot;The legislation does not change or restrict how any adoptions are administered today; the bills simply recognize religious liberty rights and protect those rights from coercive efforts,</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> Tom Hickson, conference vice president for public policy and advocacy, said in a release.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass legislation that would allow faith-based agencies to determine eligibility based on religious criteria?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-bill-allow-faith-based-agencies-determine-adoption-eligibility-based\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-bill-allow-faith-based-agencies-determine-adoption-eligibility-based</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould the Michigan legislature pass legislation to grant </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Personhood</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> to fetuses and award tax credits to expecting mothers?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . . 52%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . .42%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . .6% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1<br />\r\ntax fairness: a tax deduction for parents of fetuses<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhat a great idea. It\'s time for tax fairness: one group of women will get all of us to pay for their contraception and abortions and another group of women will get a tax break from all of us to have a child. And that child will grow up to fill the seats in schools and universities and eventually become teachers and professors, doctors and nurses to keep us healthy, inventors to make new products to improve our lives, soldiers, policy and fire personnel to make us safe, workers to make things that we need and farmers to grow our food, lawyers and judges to help us straighten out our disagreements, and politicians to find more ways to take our money. Why didn\'t someone think of this sooner. The rest of us can actually enjoy an eventual benefit for the tax deduction. Get the bills passed.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\nPersonhood<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes to personhood. No to tax credits. We\'ll have to get social security numbers for the unborn. Rand Paul has a good idea. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgCy4jyIs_s.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415533228,'',1),('content:3963:3963','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:6065:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nA Livingston County \'tea party</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> member and Treasurer of Hartland Township-based RetakeOurGov, Wes Nakagiri,&nbsp; is leading an effort to replace Lt. Gov. Brian Calley with a more conservative Republican at the state GOP</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">s 2014 convention. He has even said that if no one else is willing to challenge Calley on the ticket to run with Governor Snyder to be the Lieutenant Governor he would be willing to do that.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNakagiri said Michigan and the republicans need a more conservative lieutenant governor candidate and that it would bring more Republicans to the polls who otherwise would stay home on Election Day rather than support the potential Snyder-Calley ticket.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe also said Calley should be replaced to bring a </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">balanced perspective</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> to an administration that has supported the expansion of Medicaid to Michigan</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">s working poor; creation of a state-run health-care exchange; increased road revenue; and the Common Core State English and math standards.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Those are the issues that are really aggravating traditional Republicans and people like myself, so I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a hard sell,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> Nakagiri said.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe plan to replace Calley is supported by about six other </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">tea party</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> representatives in Michigan who would like to see to Calley replaced.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSnyder</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">s office said the governor and Calley </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">have made a strong team</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> but that disagreement is to be expected.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhen asked if Snyder believes the </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">tea party</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> plan will gain traction, Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">I think it&rsquo;s clear that the governor and lieutenant governor have been and will continue to stay focused on making the tough, but needed decisions that will ensure Michigan&rsquo;s comeback continues and that are in the best interests of 10 million Michiganders, regardless of politics or polls. We know that&rsquo;s bound to make people on the left unhappy from time to time, as well as those on the right, and those in the middle,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> Wurfel said.<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the Michigan GOP convention delegates replace Calley as the Lt. 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GOP has to stand firm against this horrible program any way possible. Fear of offending voters has caused the GOP to become a party that stands for nothing. Conservatives will applaud their standing firm on &quot;something&quot;. 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It was warn and humid but it was a great night for the event.&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt 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.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI would like to thank everyone who was there for coming and extend special thanks to &quot;Buck</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> &amp; </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Toot</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> for the use of their home and to all those who helped at the event (Larry &amp; Coreen Strzalka, Phil &amp; Nancy Bareham, Bruce &amp; Janice Harte, Ray &amp; Elaine Snyder, Dave Seeger and Sheri Harte Willis) , our event sponsors, Dr. Rob Steele (U of M Board of Regents Candidate), Dawn &amp; Bill Sherman, Larry &amp; 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.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nOne 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.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe 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.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO &ndash; AND REMEMBER TO VOTE ON AUGUST 7!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chair<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534078,'',1),('content:2939:2939','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3184:\"<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Clinton County Republican Party Summer BBQ is just 2 days off on!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THURSDAY, JULY 26 AT 5:30 to 8:30 pm<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; with State Representative Paul Opsommer as our guest speaker.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; THANKS THIS YEAR\'S EVENT SPONSORS!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DR. ROB STEELE (Candidate for U of&nbsp; M Board of Regents)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JEFF SAKWA (Candidate for MSU Board of Trustees)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ALAN NELSON<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LARRY &amp; COREEN STRZALKA<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BILL &amp; DAWN SHERMAN<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; For details and/or to register for the CCRP Summer BBQ click on the following link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/2012summerbbq\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/2012summerbbq</span></span></strong></em></a><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LATE REGISTRATIONS WILL ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR!<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $20.00 PER ADULT (kids free!)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; Please bring a check made out to &quot;The Clinton County Republican Party</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; DON\'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CANDIDATES<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND TO HEAR REPRESENTATIVE OPSOMMER!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534078,'',1),('content:2935:2935','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:5467:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nGovernor Snyder recently vetoed a bill that was unanimously approved by the Michigan Legislature.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe bill related to &quot;memorandums of agreement</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> reached by state officials with governments outside Michigan. The governor said that the bill would have required state agencies to forward&nbsp; so-called </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">cross boundary</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> agreements to the attorney general\'s office before approval by the governor.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Snyder administration says it would have violated the separation of powers clauses for state government. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nRep. Paul Opsommer, the sponsor of the bill, stated:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">It was one of the last bills I thought would ever get vetoed, because it is a \'transparency\' bill,</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> <br />\r\n<br />\r\nOpsommer said the bill wasn\'t motivated by a recent and controversial agreement involving Michigan and Canada related to a proposed new bridge to link the nations. Rather that the impetus dates back to Governor Granholm&rsquo;s administration and a memorandum of agreement with England related to energy savings.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe said the bill was designed to make sure future agreements with other governments could be found on file with the Michigan attorney general&rsquo;s office and the state\'s Office of the Great Seal.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLawmakers of both political parties were fine with that. The bill received final approval in the House by a 109-0 vote, and it cleared the Senate by a 38-0 vote.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature override Governor\'s veto of the Tranparency Bill?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-override-governor-snyders-veto-transparency-bill\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-override-governor-snyders-veto-transparency-bill</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould the Michigan House agree to setting up a healthcare exchange or wait until after the November election to decide?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n28% -- Yes - Set up the healthcare exchange NOW that Governor Snyder wants<br />\r\n69% -- No - Wait to decide on what to do until after the November election<br />\r\n3%&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Undecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHealth Exchanges<br />\r\n<br />\r\nContinue to say &quot;no&quot; to health exchanges. It will NOT be a benefit to Michigan residents. Listen to Rick Perry who understands the false promise of 0bama-proposed health exchanges (0bama has never proposed ANYTHING that is a benefit to Americans - - not one thing - - and the health exchanges are just one more bad, misdescribed thing to say defeat.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nContinue to say no even if in the worst possible scenarios, we wind up stuck with 0bamatax. Health exchanges are unfunded mandates from the feds to the states. All that it will do is expand Medicaid to people who are or who claim to be poor, including illegal alliens. The feds will only pay more for this expansion of service for a short time and then Michigan taxpayers will be stuck with an inflated bill that we cannot afford.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMedicaid is the worst possible &quot;health care&quot;. The reimbursements are so low that medical providers refuse to serve Medicaid patients or only allow a few patients. Expanded Medicaid will reduce the number of doctors and expand the line to be able to see a doctor. Medicaid that is expanded in a state that votes to accepts health exchanges steals money from Medicare health care, steals an extraordinary amount of money from Michigan taxpayers, adds to government bureaucracy and provides very, very little in return.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHealth Care exchange<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTell the house to pass the health exchange legislation. Even if, and that\'s a big if, the GOP capture both the Pres. and the Sen it doesn\'t mean that they will be able to repeal any aspect of the healthcare law. If they don\'t act Mich families will lose.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMike Wall<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534078,'',1),('content:2931:2931','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1910:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Clinton County Republican Summer BBQ is just 5 days away on Thursday, July 26 with State Representative Paul Opsommer as our guest speaker. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI JUST LEARNED AT&nbsp;A&nbsp;STATE&nbsp;COMMITTEE TRAINING&nbsp;SESSION&nbsp;YESTERDAY THAT RAFFLES AT POLITICAL FUNCTIONS ARE ILLEGAL BUT&nbsp;THAT&nbsp;SILENT AUCTIONS&nbsp;ARE&nbsp;OK. BUCK DOESN\'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL SO WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A RAFFLE AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IN THE eNEWSLETTER YESTERDAY.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe will instead have a &quot;silent auction</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> for the Verizon htc Trophy SmartPhone valued at $500.00. There will be no minimum bid and bids can be made at the door the day of the event. We would like to thank Alan Nelson, owner of </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Cellular Connection</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> in St. Johns, for donating the phone for the silent auction. The winning bid will be announced near the end of the BBQ.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFor details and/or to register for the CCRP Summer BBQ click on the following link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/summer-bbq-bath-township-july-26-2012<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWALK IN REGISTRATIONS WILL ALSO BE TAKEN AT THE DOOR!<br />\r\n&nbsp; $20.00 PER ADULT (kids free!) Please bring a check made out to </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Clinton County Republican Party</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDON\'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CANDIDATES AND TO HEAR REPRESENTATIVE OPSOMMER!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534078,'',1),('content:2930:2930','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:1539:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Clinton County Republican Summer BBQ is just 6 days away on Thursday, July 26 with State Representative Paul Opsommer as our guest speaker. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe will also be raffling off a Verizon htc Trophy SmartPhone valued at $500.00. Tickets for the phone will be $3.00 each or two for $5.00. A drawing for the phone will be held near the end of the event. We would like to thank Alan Nelson, owner of &quot;The Cellular Connection</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> in St. Johns, for donating the phone for the raffle.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFor details and/or to register for the CCRP Summer BBQ click on the following link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/summer-bbq-bath-township-july-26-2012\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/summer-bbq-bath-township-july-26-2012</span></a><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n<br />\r\nWALK IN REGISTRATIONS WILL ALSO BE TAKEN AT THE DOOR!<br />\r\n&nbsp; $20.00 PER ADULT (kids free!) Please bring a check made out to </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The Clinton County Republican Party</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDON\'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CANDIDATES AND TO HEAR REPRESENTATIVE OPSOMMER!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534078,'',1),('content:2920:2920','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3204:\"<span style=\"font-size: large;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nGov. Rick Snyder is pushing to create an online site where individuals and small businesses can comparison shop for private health insurance.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHouse Republicans have been resisting his efforts to create an online site where individuals and small businesses can comparison shop for private health insurance. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe health insurance exchange is required under the Affordable Care Act recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the court also ruled that the federal government can</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">t withhold a state\'s entire Medicaid allotment if it doesn\'t participate in the expansion, and some states now say they don</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">t plan to cover more residents.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSnyder wants the House to follow the lead of the Senate and approve setting up the exchange. House Republicans initially blocked the efforts to tap $9.8 million in federal planning money for the exchange until the court ruled. The state has been granted the money but can</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">t spend it without legislative approval. Nor can it apply for additional federal planning funds if the first grant isn\'t used.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNow some Republican House members say any action on the exchange should be put off until November, when they\'ll know if GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney defeats Democratic President Barack Obama and Republicans capture the U.S. Senate, making it possible some parts of the federal health care law will be repealed.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the Michigan House agree to setting up a healthcare exchange or wait until after the November election to decide?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-michigan-house-agree-setting-healthcare-exchange-or-wait-until-after-november-electio<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould congress pass the President\'s proposed legislation to increase the tax on anyone making more than $250,000.00?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . . 20%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . . 80%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . . 0% <br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534078,'',1),('content:2916:2916','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:988:\"You are invited to the Clinton County Republican Summer BBQ on July 26 to come and hear State Representative Paul Opsommer. It will be a great opportunity to hear what&nbsp; has been accomplished in his six years in Lansing, and what his predictions are for the remainder of the current legislative session.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSeveral other statewide and county candidates will be in attendance.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFor details and/or to register for the CCRP Summer BBQ click on the following link:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/summer-bbq-bath-township-july-26-2012\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/summer-bbq-bath-township-july-26-2012</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\ndownload the following printable file:<br />\r\n<a href=\"/sites/default/files/2012_bbq_flyer_and_form.pdf\">sites/default/files/2012_bbq_flyer_and_form.pdf</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nDON&rsquo;T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415534079,'',1),('content:4683:4683','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:399:\"Why do you suppose emergency room visits are still increasing now that Obamacare has taken effect? &nbsp;Find out here: &nbsp;<a href=\"http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/05/08/surprise-obamacare-increases-er-visits-n1835439?utm_source=thdailypm&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=nl_pm\">townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/05/08/surprise-obamacare-increases-er-visits-n1835439</a>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"4065\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:2:\"21\";s:8:\"filename\";s:13:\"Emergency.png\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:40:\"sites/default/files/images/Emergency.png\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:9:\"image/png\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:6:\"146329\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1399581402\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";N;}}}',0,1415535432,'',1),('content:922:922','a:1:{s:15:\"field_blog_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2242:\"<p>News flash: Obama <a href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/15/administration-oil-spill-damage-claims-white-house-says/\">doesn\'t trust the oil industry </a>(or any other money-making industry):</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>President Obama will no longer trust the word of BP in determining whether its deep-water oil drilling is safe in other parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the White House said Tuesday.</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>That\'s fair - BP, along with every sane person, doesn\'t trust Obama on anything he says either. But BP hasn\'t handled this crisis in any way that would inspire confidence.</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>Obama is expected to address the nation Tuesday night on the Gulf oil crisis and will lay out a strategy for &quot;containing the oil that\'s leaking and cleaning up the environment,&quot; Gibbs said.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>He also will outline steps to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and explain &quot;how we make the people of the Gulf whole again through the economic claims process,&quot; he added.</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>I\'m pretty sure his plan will include fairy dust and happy thoughts, since it will most likely not include drilling. Fairy dust, I believe, is more efficient that windmills, by the way. And at least we don\'t lose money with fairy dust.</p>\r\n<p>Look, the Gulf accident was just that - an accident. Yes, of course, it\'s horrible. It\'s also been horribly mishandled by BP and the U.S. government. These things happen. But let\'s not completely stop drilling because of this accident. Our economy depends on oil.</p>\r\n<p>But speaking of <a href=\"http://record-eagle.com/local/x371478374/Scripps-wants-to-ban-drilling-in-Lakes\">overreacting</a>:</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>[Dan] Scripps, who represents the state\'s 101st District, announced a plan Monday to permanently ban drilling in Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. A ban already is in place, but Scripps wants to put the measure on the November ballot so a ban can become part of the state Constitution.</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>You can always count on Democrats to aggressively pursue policies that will damage our economy, but hey, those environmentalists love them, and that\'s what counts to the party of the worst president ever.</p>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415535545,'',1),('content:1234:1234','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:376:\"&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;http://programming.top54u.com&quot;&gt;This is an example of &lt;blockquote&gt; tag&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br />\r\n&lt;p&gt;This line is followed by an inline quotation, Use FireFox browser to see the effect of HTML quote q tag.<br />\r\n&lt;q cite=&quot;http://programming.top54u.com&quot;&gt;This text is inside the HTML q tag.&lt;/q&gt;<br />\r\n&lt;/p&gt;\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}}',0,1415535548,'',1),('content:1560:1560','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:4141:\"DATE: February 11, 2011<br />\r\nTO:&nbsp; CCRP eNewsletter Recipients<br />\r\nFROM: Steve Willis<br />\r\nRE: Karl Rove Speaking at the Livingston Republican\'s Annual Lincoln Day Dinner<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI have been asked to forward the following information from the Livingston County Republican Party relating to their Lincoln Day Dinner on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThey are fortunate to have Karl Roves as their Keynote Speaker for the event. It is a great opportunity to hear him speak and to get a signed copy of his book, &quot;Courage &amp; Consequence&quot;.<br />\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYou are invited to the Livingston Republican\'s annual Lincoln Day Dinner<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With special guest speaker<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Karl Rove<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Author of the new book<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Courage &amp; Consequence&quot;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wednesday, February 23, 2011<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Crystal Gardens Banquet Center<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5768 E Grand River Ave<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Howell, MI&nbsp; 48843<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $60 per person<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (includes buffet dinner, open seating)<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $120 VIP &amp; Dinner<br />\r\n&nbsp; (includes VIP reception with hors d\'oeuvre,<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; buffet dinner, open seating)<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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If they are going to be here anyway, let\'s get them signed up as citizens and paying taxes as soon as possible. No one that isn\'t a fully naturalized citizen should have the right to vote. I\'m more concerned with the additional expansion of social welfare and education subsidization for this population. Any amnesty must be balanced by enhanced restriction of unlawful entry and residence in the US . We cannot have an &quot; all-in-free&quot; policy with no controls or individual responsibility.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537853,'',1),('content:3587:3587','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2646:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Clinton County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner<br />\r\nwith Sheriff Richard Mack<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(ALL REGISTRATIONS &amp; PAYMENTS DUE BY APRIL 4!)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDON&rsquo;T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThursday, April 11, 2013<br />\r\nEagle Eye Golf Club<br />\r\n15101 Chandler Road<br />\r\nEast Lansing, MI 48823<br />\r\n<br />\r\nReception at 5:30 p.m<br />\r\nDinner at 6:30 p.m.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the 2013 Lincoln Day Dinner our keynote speaker will be the former Sheriff Richard Mack who fought against the Clinton Administration challenging the Constitutionality of the Brady bill and won when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Brady Bill was in fact unconstitutional and that the Government could not commandeer state or county officers.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In times like these when our 2nd Amendment right is being threatened, Sheriff Mack brings a timely message about the importance of electing true Constitutional Sheriffs and what that means to all of us who believe in our gun&nbsp; and state&rsquo;s rights.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The cost for this year\'s event are:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDinner &amp; Reception (With Photo Opportunities)&nbsp; <br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Couple - - - - - -&nbsp; $75.00<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Single&nbsp; - - - - - -&nbsp; $65.00<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDinner Only:&nbsp; <br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Couple - - - - - -&nbsp; $75.00<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Single&nbsp; - - - - - -&nbsp; $40.00<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(Registrations and payments are due on or before Thursday, April 4, 2013)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/2013-lincoln-day-dinner-sheriff-richard-mack\">2013 CCRP Lincoln Day Dinner with Sheriff Mack</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(OR)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDownload, print, and return the following registration form by mail:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"/sites/default/files/registration_forms_MENU.pdf\">2013 CCRP Lincoln Day Dinner with Sheriff Mack Registration Form</a><br />\r\n________________________________________________<br />\r\nPlease send a check payable to the Clinton County Republican Party to:<br />\r\nSteve Willis<br />\r\n4789 Drumheller Road<br />\r\nBath, MI 48808<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;(Payments are due on or before April 4, 2013)<br />\r\n________________________________________________<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAny questions should be directed to shwillis1959@gmail.com&nbsp; or to 517-281-6212.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CLINTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537853,'',1),('content:3584:3584','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2978:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">CCRP POLL: Amnesty and the Right to vote?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n---------------------<br />\r\nRepublican senators are attempting to stop Senate Democrats from pushing through an amnesty and guest-worker bill through the Senate before it can be debated by the public.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe legislation could pass with as little help as a few Republican votes likely to come from Republican Senators Graham, Flake, Marco Rubio and John McCain. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe bill is expected to include an amnesty for at least 11 million low-skill immigrants and put them and their foreign relatives on &quot;a path to citizenship.</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> It would also provide work permits to many additional foreign workers.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere are currently no details on the content of&nbsp; the proposed legislation.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nConservative Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh suggests that if an amnesty bill is passed with no restrictions it will be the end of the Republican Party. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe also suggests the bill should have language in it that would deny the illegal immigrants who would receive amnesty the right to vote for 25 years.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nIf an amnesty bill is passed should the right to vote be limited for a period of time after it is granted?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere should be no limit on voting after amnesty<br />\r\nVoting rights should be denied for 5 years<br />\r\nVoting rights should be denied for 10 years<br />\r\nVoting rights should be denied for 15 years<br />\r\nVoting rights should be denied for 20 years<br />\r\nNone of the above<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK:<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/if-amnesty-bill-passed-should-right-vote-be-limited-period-time-after-it-granted\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/if-amnesty-bill-passed-should-right-vote-be-limited-period-time-after-it-granted</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWho should run as the republican candidate to replace Senator Carl Levin in the US Senate in 2014?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCongressman Mike Rogers - 19%<br />\r\nState Attorney General Bill Schuette - 13%<br />\r\nCongressman Justin Amash - 9%<br />\r\nCongressman Dave Camp - 9%<br />\r\nNational Committeewoman Terri Lynn Land - 7%<br />\r\nCongresswoman Candice Miller - 6%<br />\r\nGovernor Rick Snyder - 4%<br />\r\nNone of the above - 33% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHERE WERE NO COMMENTS MADE ON THE POLL<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537853,'',1),('content:3550:3550','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2553:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">POLL OVERVIEW<br />\r\n---------------------<br />\r\nCongressman Charles Rangel, D-NY, has introduced H.R. 748 in the U.S. House that would:<br />\r\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a Federal, State, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to provide for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act, and for other purposes.</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould congress should pass HR 748 that would require every 18 to 25 year old to participate in some form of national service?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK:<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-congress-should-pass-hr-748-would-require-every-18-25-year-old-participate-some-form-\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-congress-should-pass-hr-748-would-require-every-18-25-year-old-participate-some-form-</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould Congress pass legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act to make same sex marriage legal?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 9%<br />\r\nNo - 91%<br />\r\nUndecided - 0% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHERE WERE TWO COMMENTS MADE ON THE POLL<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDOMA<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhen America ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. The Bible says that homosexuality is an abomination. God does not change. Marriage can only be defined as between one man and one woman. Woe to this nation, should we change that!!!<br />\r\nIda S.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDOMA<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMarriage is a state or church function keep the Feds out of it.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537853,'',1),('content:3349:3349','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3535:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nCongress has averted the Fiscal Cliff at least temporarily. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe deal will:<br />\r\n1. Extend tax cuts for individuals making less than $400,000 and couples making less than $450,000.<br />\r\n2. raise the top rate on estate taxes and capital gains. <br />\r\n3. Extend unemployment benefits for one year.<br />\r\n4. Block a 27 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors. <br />\r\n5. Delay for two months the across-the-board spending cuts known as the &quot;sequester.</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">6. Will add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit.<br />\r\n7. The bill has $15 billion in spending cuts while increasing tax revenues by $620 billion&mdash;a 41:1 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFive of Michigan\'s GOP congressmen VOTED FOR it including:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDan Benishek<br />\r\nDave Camp<br />\r\nCandice Miller<br />\r\nMike Rogers<br />\r\nFred Upton<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThree of Michigan</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">s GOP congressmen VOTED AGAINST passage of the bil including:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nJustin Amash<br />\r\nBill Huizenga<br />\r\nTim Walberg<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSpeaker John Boehner and Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan also VOTED FOR the bill.<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nIs the </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Fiscal Cliff</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> deal a deal you would have agreed to and is it time for a new Speaker of the House?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - Speaker Boehner should remain as Speaker of the House<br />\r\nYes - But we need a new Speaker of the House<br />\r\nNo - Speaker Boehner needs to be replaced<br />\r\nNo - Speaker Boehner should remain as Speaker of the House<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/fiscal-cliff-deal-deal-you-would-have-agreed-and-it-time-new-speaker-house\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/fiscal-cliff-deal-deal-you-would-have-agreed-and-it-time-new-speaker-house</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf congress and the president cause the U.S. to go over the fiscal cliff whose fault will it be?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n48% - President Obama&rsquo;s fault<br />\r\n0% - The Senate&rsquo;s democrat&rsquo;s fault (Reid &amp; McConnell)<br />\r\n0% - The House Republican&rsquo;s fault (Speaker Boehner)<br />\r\n15% - The House Tea Party Republican&rsquo;s fault<br />\r\n37% - All of their faults<br />\r\n0% - Undecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHERE WERE NO COMMENTS SUBMITTED:<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537880,'',1),('content:3338:3338','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2433:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nIf congress and the president cause the U.S. to go over the fiscal cliff whose fault will it be?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPresident Obama\'s fault<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Senate democrat</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">s fault (Reid &amp; McConnell)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe House Republican</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">s fault (Speaker Boehner)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe House Tea Party Republican</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">s fault<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAll of their faults<br />\r\n<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\nhttp://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/if-congress-and-president-cause-us-go-over-fiscal-cliff-whose-fault-will-it-be<br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhat options should the House Republicans take to avoid the fiscal cliff?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n87% - Demand budget cuts and hold the tax threshold at $1,000,000 and risk going over the fiscal cliff.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n3% - Agree to the presidents demand for additional revenue.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n10% - Undecided<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\nTHERE WAS ONE COMMENT SUBMITTED:<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Fiscal Cliff....<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhy not go over it? It would force mandatory cuts, no one would be responsible for and then we can get our house in order. Is there a possibility of a recession... maybe. But as most economists point out, a recession actually begins about six months before we recognize we are in one, and is usually over six months before we know it. If the fiscal cliff will cause a recession, it won\'t be before Aug 2013, plenty of time to shore things up! Chop Chop!<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537880,'',1),('content:3325:3325','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3751:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nPresident Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have been unable to come to an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe negotiations had focused on a $2 trillion package of new revenue, spending cuts and entitlement changes the two sides have shaped into a broad deficit reduction plan.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBoehner has proposed a &quot;plan B,&quot; which would extend Bush-era tax cuts on income of up to $1 million. He described it as a fallback option to prevent a sweeping tax hike while negotiations continue on a broader plan.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nOn Wednesday President Obama threatened to veto &quot;plan B,&quot; saying it would bring only &quot;minimal&quot; changes in projected budget deficits.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWithout a deal taxpayers will face automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFailure to reach agreement could spark another recession.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBoehner issued his own statement Wednesday, saying the president had yet to make a proposal offering a balance between increased revenue and spending cuts.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhile the plan represents a concession from Boehner\'s original vow to oppose any tax-rate increase, it sets a higher threshold than the $400,000 sought by Obama.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nObama on Monday raised the threshold for the higher tax rates to $400,000.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBoehner and Republicans initially opposed any rise in tax rates but agreed to raising revenue by eliminating some deductions and loopholes. The offer of a plan with higher rates for millionaires represented a further concession, but Obama and Democrats say it would not suffice.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nObama\'s latest offer has generated protests from the liberal base of the Democratic Party because it includes cuts in entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nWhat options should the House Republicans take to avoid the fiscal cliff?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDemand budget cuts and hold the tax threshold at $1,000,000 and risk going over the fiscal cliff.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAgree to the presidents demand for additional revenue.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/what-options-should-house-republicans-take-avoid-fiscal-cliff\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/what-options-should-house-republicans-take-avoid-fiscal-cliff</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the new Emergency Manager law that the legislature passed this week?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n91%&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Yes - the state needs ways to intervene when local jurisdictions refuse to resolve their fiscal problems<br />\r\n9% --&nbsp; No - the people spoke in November and they don&rsquo;t want state intervention<br />\r\n<br />\r\n0% -- Undecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHERE WERE NO COMMENTS SUBMITTED:<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415537880,'',1),('content:3304:3304','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:7364:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">You can now follow the CCRP on TWITTER @CCRPM<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGet news and updates as we post them!<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nPOLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Michigan Legislature passed a new law to give financially distressed cities and school districts a choice of bankruptcy or a state-appointed emergency manager with power to cancel union contracts.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe bill will now go to Governor Snyder for his signature It will replace a similar 2011 measure voters repealed Nov. 6, 2014. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe new law will retain the state\'s power to declare financial emergencies, and give local governments the options of a consent agreement, entering into mediation with creditors, getting an emergency manager or filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSupporters of the legislation feel it provides alternatives that weren</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">t there in the Emergency Manager law that was repealed by the voters in November. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe repeal of Public Act 4 in November left the state without an efficient mechanism to rescue cities and schools.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe new bill will reinstate broad powers for emergency managers, but local officials could still make decisions or develop alternate solutions that produce equal savings.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt also permits local officials to ask the governor to remove emergency managers within the first year, or dismiss them after a year with a two-thirds vote of a governing body such as a city council.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n&nbsp;----------------------------<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the new Emergency Manner law that the legislature passed this week?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - the state needs ways to intervene when local jurisdictions refuse to resolve their fiscal problems<br />\r\nNo - the people spoke in November and they don&rsquo;t want state intervention<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span><a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-new-emergency-manager-law-legislature-passed-week\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-new-emergency-manager-law-legislature-passed-week</span></a><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass legislation that would nullify Obamacare in Michigan based on the 10th Amendment?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes . . . . . . . . . 86%<br />\r\nNo . . . . . . . . . .12%<br />\r\nUndecided . . . . . 2% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nFIVE COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1:&nbsp; Why stop with ObamaCare.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhy stop with ObamaCare. What about the Department Education, social security, medicare, food stamps, etc. States have the right and the duty to it\'s citizens to nullify these laws. Just because the supreme court says its the law doesn\'t make it so. They are the Fedgov who do you think they\'ll side with..<br />\r\nWhat are you going to do when the Supreme Court interprets the 2nd amendment incorrectly? Nullification and the threat of secession is the states only way to protect itself and citizens against the Fedgov.<br />\r\nI\'ve read the wise words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. The South had every right to secede, I don\'t care what any liberal law school lawyer has to say.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2:&nbsp; Nullification of Obamacare<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn the last 100 years we have slowly seen our constitutional rights being eroded by progressive politicians from both political parties. The last 4 years have been at a new breakneck speed. To think that we would ever say that we don&rsquo;t have a choice in this country is unconscionable. If we let the federal government continually chip away at every right that is defined in the constitution we have no one to blame but ourselves. They say we can be arrested without cause because of the NDAA! They say we are forced to purchase a product, Obamacare, that we don&rsquo;t want! They say that we can have our property taken away for the good of the country. They are trying to take away our guns. Where will it stop?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSTATES HAVE RIGHTS AND SO DO WE! It&rsquo;s about time that the states do whatever they can to restore those rights by any means.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAs Thomas Jefferson stated so eloquently,<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&quot;God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.&quot;<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #3: This is the right thing to do.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe are in the United States of America. We are joined together by a common bond of separte states that agreed to unite. We didn\'t join together for a central govt to dictate to us. The Federal Govt went too far with healthcare, That is why the founders wrote the 10th Amendment, and if the federal govt doesn\'t understand it\'s role that is why we have the 2nd Amendment.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #4: Anybody who thinks the State<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnybody who thinks the State Legislature can nullify the Supreme Court ruling and Congressional passage of Obamacare is crazy. Maybe they should re-read the Constitution and talk to a knowledgeable attorney about the 10th Amendment.<br />\r\nI don\'t like Obamacare either and didn\'t support it, but the U.S. Congress passed it in 2010, the President signed it into law and the Supreme Court in 2012 upheld its key provisions. I don\'t like to pay federal taxes either, but the Congress passed it, President signed it into law and the Supreme Court has upheld the IRS code.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #5:&nbsp; Nullification is lunacy and the path to secession<br />\r\n<br />\r\nReally? 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Unlike last year, I am excited. Last year, Rush Limbaugh\'s advice was get drunk and vote for McCain. Though I didn\'t go that far, I reluctantly voted for the Republican candidate. This time, I\'m a stoked Stoecker. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd I\'m not the only one that is ready to go. A <a href=\"http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19905504/michigan-poll-obama-and-romney-in-dead-heat\">Fox Detroit</a> article says that Obama and Romney are in a dead heat in Michigan. In Michigan! The home of the unions, the home of Detroit. So I\'m happy on two fronts. First, that a Republican is performing so well here. 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But there are lots of special interests who want to see him do well, such as the trial lawyers. As I was driving home yesterday, I passed Church Wyble\'s office on Saginaw. I believe their slogan is &quot;We\'ll legally steal money from companies for you if you give us some of it.&quot; And predictably, being trial lawyers, there was a Virg Bernero sign, a fellow fan of legal theft.</p>\r\n<p>(In case you don\'t think that <a href=\"http://www.churchwyble.com/\">Church Wyble</a> are leftist hacks, there are links to several sites promoting ignorance and intolerance. Sorry, sites that support Democrats. And they have to the nerve to put them under their &quot;Valuable Resources&quot; section. Maybe I should sue them for mental distress.)</p>\r\n<p>I\'m sure that the bottom-feeding trial lawyers are giving money to Virg, and that\'s good - that is money that will not be used for candidates that have a chance. 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It&rsquo;s because of all the stuff that goes on &ldquo;behind closed doors&rdquo; and &ldquo;under the sheets.&rdquo;</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">You would think in an election year as important as this one that the Republican State Party would follow the rules that they made and live by them instead of voting to override them so Romney can claim a WIN IN MICHIGAN instead of a tie.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The State party chose to change the rules so Romney could have more delegates than Santorum.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">As a CONSERVATIVE that believes &ldquo;Rules were made to be followed not broken!&rdquo; I am extremely disappointed in what the republican party did by changing the rules and I congratulate Mike Cox on his stand and his &ldquo;NO&rdquo; vote on the rules change even though he is a Romney supporter.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The question is whether that single delegate for Romney is a big deal? 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That isn&rsquo;t the issue!&nbsp; </span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The point is IT WAS WRONG AND THESE TYPES OF BACK DOOR POLITICS NEED TO STOP!</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">For an article on what transpired click on the following link:</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/03/01/michigan_gop_changes_delegate_award_after_vote/\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/03/01/michigan_gop_changes_delegate_award_after_vote/</span></a><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"2212\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:1:\"1\";s:8:\"filename\";s:20:\"gop_breaks_rules.jpg\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:47:\"sites/default/files/images/gop_breaks_rules.jpg\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:10:\"image/jpeg\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"86786\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1330648814\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";s:2:\"19\";}}}',0,1415539890,'',1),('content:4892:4892','a:3:{s:16:\"field_story_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:668:\"<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">You can probably guess the answer to this question on your own.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">The government in their quest to control our lives they implement many &ldquo;governmental regulations&rdquo; for our own good.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: larger;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Read more on how these regulations impact Michigan&rsquo;s Cherry Growers by telling them how much they can grow every year online at:</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/20276\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/20276</span></a><br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"2\";}}s:17:\"field_story_image\";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:\"fid\";s:4:\"4254\";s:4:\"list\";s:1:\"1\";s:4:\"data\";a:3:{s:11:\"description\";s:0:\"\";s:3:\"alt\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";}s:3:\"uid\";s:1:\"1\";s:8:\"filename\";s:10:\"cherry.jpg\";s:8:\"filepath\";s:37:\"sites/default/files/images/cherry.jpg\";s:8:\"filemime\";s:10:\"image/jpeg\";s:8:\"filesize\";s:5:\"11230\";s:6:\"status\";s:1:\"1\";s:9:\"timestamp\";s:10:\"1405340761\";}}s:12:\"field_weight\";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:\"value\";N;}}}',0,1415540264,'',1),('content:4024:4024','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:5889:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nYOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />\r\nLET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nCostitutional Conservative Talk show host, Mark Levin, in his new book </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>The Liberty Amendments</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> he is proposing a group of amendments to the United States Constitution to bring our country back to being a Republic again. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nHe focuses on an Article V of the US Constitution and the fact that it can be amended by the several States and that the States, working alone, do have the power to amend the constitution as a second option to the more usual process of going through the US Congress.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nArticle V<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLevin feels the Constitution has been critically abused over time and that positive steps must be taken to correct this abuses.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;Some of Levin</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span>s suggested amendments that he talks about in his book include:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n1. Have an amendment that </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>sunsets</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> all federal departments and agencies, unless Congress reauthorizes them every three years by majority vote.&nbsp; Every big-ticket Executive Branch regulation would be subjected to review by a joint congressional committee.&nbsp; This amendment would pull the plug on the unstoppable federal bureaucracy, forcing every department to perpetually justify its existence, and terminating President Obama&rsquo;s beloved practice of circumventing Congress to legislate by decree.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n2. Another Liberty Amendment would rein in the judicial branch, setting term limits for Supreme Court justices, and giving Congress the power to override Supreme Court opinions with a three-fifths vote, without risk of presidential veto.&nbsp; Three-fifths of the state legislatures could also join forces to knock down a Court decision.&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\n3. Another amendment would seek to clarify language that already exists in the Constitution, such as the much-abused Commerce Clause &ndash; lately interpreted as a warrant for unlimited federal control of all human activity<br />\r\n<br />\r\n4. Levin also suggests the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment, which provided for the direct election of United States senators.&nbsp; Senators were supposed to be instruments of the state legislatures, while the House of Representatives would be filled by popular vote.&nbsp; <br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the MI legislature pass legislation that would call for a convention to offer new amendments to the US Constitution?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-mi-legislature-pass-legislation-would-call-convention-offer-new-amendments-us-constit\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-mi-legislature-pass-legislation-would-call-convention-offer-new-amendments-us-constit</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nShould President Obama order surgical military strikes on Syria?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 21% (9 votes)<br />\r\nNo - 79% (34 votes)<br />\r\nUndecided - 0% (0 votes)<br />\r\nTotal votes: 43<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL.<br />\r\n------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540320,'',1),('content:4351:4351','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:4464:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nThe Michigan House has introduced HB 4692 that would create the </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Infant Safe Sleep Act</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> that would require the following of new parents and hospitals:<br />\r\n&nbsp;- The distribution of understandable information and educational and instructional materials regarding infant safe sleep practices to new parents.<br />\r\n&nbsp;-&nbsp; A parent to sign an acknowledgment form stating they had received, read, and understood all of the materials.<br />\r\n&nbsp;- Place certain responsibilities regarding the distribution of materials and filing of signed parental acknowledgement forms with hospitals or health professionals.<br />\r\n&nbsp;-&nbsp; Extend immunity from criminal and civil liability to hospitals or health professionals who comply with the bill.<br />\r\n&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp; Define terms, including </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>infant death due to unsafe sleep.</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><br />\r\nIn 2011 Michigan had approximately 114,200 births and there were 144 infants who died because their parents or caregivers did not know or did not practice infant safe sleep practices. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nSome believe that increased education about the dangers of unsafe sleep practices for infants directed at parents shortly after birth may go a long way in stopping these preventable deaths.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere would be additional costs in providing these services to the state of Michigan Department of Community Health, public hospitals, and health agencies related to the required providing of materials to new parents, and the retention of signed parent acknowledgment statements.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould Michigan pass a new law regarding </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Infant Safe Sleep</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> practices for hospitals and new parents?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-michigan-pass-new-law-regarding-%E2%80%9Cinfant-safe-sleep%E2%80%9D-practices-hospitals-and-new-paren\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-michigan-pass-new-law-regarding-%E2%80%9Cinfant-safe-sleep%E2%80%9D-practices-hospitals-and-new-paren</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould Congress have renewed the additional extended unemployment coverage for the long term unemployed?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYES - 11%<br />\r\nNO - 89%<br />\r\nUNDECIDED - 0% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHERE WERE NO COMMENTS SUBMITTED ON THIS POLL:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4333:4333','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3405:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n1,300,000 million long-term unemployed Americans will lose their unemployment insurance benefits on Saturday December 28, 2013 for the first time since 2008.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCongress failed to extend the benefits in the budget they approved before Christmas. Additionally more than 4 million unemployed could lose benefits next year unless Congress passes another extension. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn the past, states have provided unemployed workers with up to 26 weeks of benefits with the federal government providing extra weeks of assistance. Federal and state governments have been providing 99 weeks of cash payments.&nbsp; The average benefit is around $1,100 a month. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nExtending the benefits for another year would cost the government $25 billion that it will have to borrow. The cost of this will actually increase over time, as the government pays interest on this debt. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nMore than 4 million Americans looking for work have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks, beyond the time-frame of traditional unemployment insurance.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould Congress have renewed the additional extended unemployment coverage for the long term unemployed?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-bill-double-campaign-contributions-and-allow-committees-fund-primary\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-bill-double-campaign-contributions-and-allow-committees-fund-primary</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass a bill to allow phone companies to discontinue traditional land line phone services to customers?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 38%<br />\r\nNo - 62%<br />\r\nUndecided - 0% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nONE COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDiscontined Use of Landlines<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd replace them with what, cell phones? Currently there remains several parts of the state where cell phone reception is abhorid. I would hate to have to rely on emergency services using a cell phone in these areas. I don\'t see why landline service needs to be replaced as some internet services, frontier being one, still use the phone lines for there service. I can see why AARP is against this bill. I am 55 years old, am computer savey, yet am relunctant to use, nor do I own, a cell phone. What is the service/cost difference between landlines and its replacement?<br />\r\n____________________<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4313:4313','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:972:\"The 4th Congressional Round-Up is just four weeks away. It&rsquo;s a great opportunity to get together with the other republicans from the 4th congressional 15 member counties.<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nPlease find attached to this email an invitation, for the 2-day event that will feature Congressman Camp, Attorney General Bill Schuette, and U.S Senate Candidate Terri Lynn Land and many of the other elected members from the 4th district that serve in the Michigan Senate and House.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAll of the money that is made from this event goes toward the election of Republican candidates in the 4th District.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href=\"/sites/default/files/4th_round_up_1.jpg\">4TH CONGRESSIONAL ROOUND UP INVITATION</a><br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nHAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND STAY WELL!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN JANUARY IN CLARE AT THE ROUBND UP!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSincerely,<br />\r\nSteve Willis, Chairman<br />\r\nClinton County Republican Party<br />\r\n<br />\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4294:4294','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:7725:\"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">----------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">NEW POLL OVERVIEW:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">----------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">A bill recently introduced in the Michigan House if passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor (House Bill 5159) would give restaurants and bars the option of allowing smoking on patios and other outdoor portions of their businesses under bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the state Legislature.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">----------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">NEW POLL QUESTION:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">----------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">Should the legislature pass a law allowing restaurants to permit customers to smoke in outdoor areas?</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">Yes</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">No</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">Undecided</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">TO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-law-allowing-restaurants-permit-customers-smoke-outdoor-areas\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-law-allowing-restaurants-permit-customers-smoke-outdoor-areas</a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">(To enter your comments click on&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; \">\'</span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; \">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; font-style: normal; \">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; \">\'</span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; \">\'</span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; \">&nbsp;after you vote.)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">-----------------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">-----------------------------------</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">Should the legislature pass bill to double campaign contributions and allow committees to fund primary candidates?</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">Yes - 53%</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">No - 42%</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">Undecided - 5%&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">NO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \"><br />\r\n</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; \"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; \">____________________</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: \'Arial Narrow\'; min-height: 21px; \">&nbsp;</p>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4289:4289','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:8162:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Michigan Senate passed Senate Bill 661, promoted as a campaign reform bill, on a 20-18 vote in November that would double campaign contribution limits and codify existing non-disclosure rules for election-season </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">issue ads.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Additionally the bill also would lift a long-standing prohibition against primary spending by political party caucuses that would allow committees run by current lawmakers to back state House or Senate candidates of their choosing - including themselves or their colleagues.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tea party activists say that the proposed change would protect </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">establishment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> candidates from grassroots challengers. Some are referring to the bill as the </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">incumbent protection act.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Party caucus committees typically rank among the biggest spenders in Michigan House and Senate general-election races. The House Republican Campaign Committee was the state</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">s largest political action committee in the 2012 election cycle, spending $2.9 million in various races, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. The House Democratic Fund was second at $2.3 million.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In previous primary elections caucuses were barred from spending&nbsp; money in primary elections when they were formed nearly two decades ago. Supporters of the bill have questioned why that was the case. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senate Majority leader spokesperson Amber McCann stated that Senator Richardville feels that, <br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Those members currently eligible for reelection are his colleagues and he thinks they work hard to represent their constituents and they should continue to have the opportunity to again appear on the ballot,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br />\r\nnoting that Richardville</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">s pledge applied to all Senate Republicans, including those who might align with the tea party.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Democratic caucuses also would be allowed to spend in primary elections under the bill, but all 12 Senate Democrats voted against the measure, and spokesman Bob McCann said the caucus is opposed to the proposal in its entirety stating that,<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">The only people in Michigan arguing for more money in campaigns, primaries or otherwise, are the Republicans and their special interest funders,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Six Senate Republicans also voted against the bill, which is now in the House Committee on Elections and Ethics. House Speaker Jase Bolger, is generally interested in lifting the ban on caucus spending in primaries, according to spokesperson Ari Adler, but he is willing to listen to arguments against doing so.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Government watchdog groups have criticized the bill because it would double existing contribution limits and protect the anonymity of donors that help fund electioneering ads masquerading as issue advocacy. Supporters say the limits have not been updated since 1977 and argue that legitimate issue ads are a form of free speech that should not be impinged upon.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tea party leaders offered mixed opinions on the issue of ad disclosures and contribution limits and they seem to be relatively unified in its opposition to caucus spending in primaries.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Todd Courser, who narrowly lost his 2012 bid to become Michigan GOP chairman, said the bill is offensive to tea party activists and other conservative candidates who may choose to run on the Republican ticket.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Activists are always concerned when it looks like the establishment or party elite are moving to give themselves greater tools or power to influence the process,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> said Courser, who has been encouraged to run for lieutenant governor or the state House but has not yet made any decisions.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Primaries allow the base to discipline the party leadership, and now you have a situation where leadership is going to give itself the ability to take an active role in funding primary campaigns.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wes Nakagiri, a tea party leader who already announced his own plans to challenge Lt. Gov. Brian Calley at next year</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">s party convention, suggested the bill could also have a chilling effect on lawmakers, who may be less inclined to oppose bills backed by their party.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass bill to double campaign contributions and allow committees to fund primary candidates?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-bill-double-campaign-contributions-and-allow-committees-fund-primary\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-bill-double-campaign-contributions-and-allow-committees-fund-primary</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass a law that would remove a question regarding a felony conviction from the employment application?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 14%<br />\r\nNo - 81%<br />\r\nUndecided - 5% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n____________________<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4267:4267','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:2382:\"<span>----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHouse Bill 4366 would prohibit an employer from asking for information about a felony conviction on an application for employment.&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nHowever, the prohibition would not apply to:&nbsp; <br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) a background check or any written, electronic, or oral inquiry that takes place after the submission of the initial application for employment or <br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) an inquiry that is necessary to enable an employer to comply with a requirement of state or federal law.&nbsp; <br />\r\n<br />\r\nA person alleging a violation of this new act could bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief or damages, or both, in the circuit court for the county where the alleged violation occurred or where the person against whom the complaint is filed lives or has a principal place of business.&nbsp; In addition to damages for injury or loss caused by each violation, the court could award to the complainant all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney fees and witness fees.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass a law that would remove a question regarding a felony conviction from the employment application?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-law-would-remove-question-regarding-felony-conviction-employment-app\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-law-would-remove-question-regarding-felony-conviction-employment-app<br />\r\n</a><br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span>\'</span><span>\'</span><span>Add new comment</span><span>\'</span><span>\'</span><span> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass a law that would regulate the distribution of medical marijuana?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 55% <br />\r\nNo - 40% <br />\r\nUndecided - 5% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nNO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n____________________<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4255:4255','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:3816:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Michigan Senate, lead by a Republican majority, is considering a plan to create a new system for regulating and distributing medical marijuana.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe legislation seeks to reclassify medical marijuana, license facilities to grow the drug and distribute it through authorized pharmacies.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe system, which would require federal approval before it could be implemented and would treat marijuana as a Schedule II drug, similar to OxyContin or Percocet.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSenate Bill 660 would not replace or change Michigan\'s voter-approved medical marijuana law, but it would create an independent &quot;pharmaceutical-grade cannabis&quot; registry.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPatients and caregivers certified to use or grow plants under current law could continue to do so, but those who want to be part of the pharmaceutical registry would have to surrender their old cards and would not be authorized to grow or distribute the drug.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nUnder the newly-proposed system, the Michigan Department of Community Health would be tasked with licensing, registering and inspecting pharmaceutical-grade marijuana manufacturing facilities. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nDCH could charge a &quot;reasonable fee&quot; for performing those functions, and would be required to create an online database listing licensed facilities.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnyone wishing to manufacture, distribute, prescribe or dispense marijuana would have to obtain a license from the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, as already required for other controlled substances.<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass a law that would regulate the distribution of medical marijuana?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-law-would-regulate-distribution-medical-marijuana\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-legislature-pass-law-would-regulate-distribution-medical-marijuana</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the EPA banning or developing more stringent regulations on wood burning stoves?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 10%<br />\r\nNo - 89%<br />\r\nUndecided - 2% <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1:<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWood burning ban<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNo. Or I should say, &quot; Hell No!&quot;<br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nEPA Regulating Wood Burners<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWhat next? Gov\'t already tells us what kind of bulbs to use; what car gas consumption per mile must be; amount of water showers and flush toilets can consume; maximum temperature of water our clothes washers will be capable of having available at the point it enters the washer. On and on and on!!! United States Gov\'t is treating citizens like children who do not know how to make decisions for themselves. With Common Core &quot;training&quot; our children, it will probably come to a time when citizens do not even notice that we are becoming more socialist all the time.<br />\r\n---------------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n</span>\";s:6:\"format\";s:1:\"1\";}}}',0,1415540331,'',1),('content:4244:4244','a:1:{s:15:\"field_news_body\";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:\"value\";s:5390:\"<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">----------------------------<br />\r\nNEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\n<br />\r\nA lawsuit&nbsp; has been filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the attorneys general for Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont, that is directed against currently unregulated </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>indoor and outdoor wood boilers,</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe suits are seeking to have the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) forced to impose stringent new regulations on residential wood-burning heaters, which they claim </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>can increase particle pollution to levels that cause significant health concerns.</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'<br />\r\n</span></span><br />\r\nNEW POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n----------------------------<br />\r\nAre you in favor of the EPA banning or developing more stringent regulations on wood burning stoves?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes<br />\r\nNo<br />\r\nUndecided<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTO VOTE IN THIS POLL CLICK ON THIS LINK<br />\r\n<a href=\"http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-epa-banning-or-developing-more-stringent-regulations-wood-burning-stoves\">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/are-you-favor-epa-banning-or-developing-more-stringent-regulations-wood-burning-stoves</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n(To enter your comments click on </span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span>Add new comment</span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\'</span></span> after you vote.)<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nPREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />\r\n-----------------------------------<br />\r\nShould the legislature pass a law giving college students tax credits equal to 50% of their student loan payments each year?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYes - 45%<br />\r\nNo - 48%<br />\r\nUndecided - 6%&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL:<br />\r\n&nbsp;------------------------------------------------------<br />\r\nCOMMENT #1<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTax credits for college students...<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI believe student tax credits should be equal to the subsidies that Farmers in the State of Michigan receive for set asides, taking their land off the tax rolls so it will not be &quot;developed&quot; or getting paid by the State &amp; Feds to plant or not plant specific crops amongst the many, many other programs that John Q. Public do not even know about. Add to that all of the local governments that refuse to consolidate services to protect their &quot;fiefdoms&quot; and continue to give themselves raises using appointed compensation commissions while other people are losing their jobs or getting their hours cut. There was an advertisement on TV in the early 70\'s, &quot;To get a good job, you need a good education&quot;, promoting people going to college. Due to our agricultural &amp; industrial job base in this State at that time, and really to this date, statistics &amp; studies show that Michigan falls in the lower end of the &quot;educated workforce&quot; scale. Give the students the tax credit or give them a job... then go after the real people that are &quot;fleecing&quot; the taxpayers of this State.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n-------------------------<br />\r\nCOMMENT #2<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCredit for College Loans<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI am not in favor of tax credits to get students to stay in Michigan. What our legislature needs to do is get out of the way of the free enterprise system so that its easier for businesses to make a dollar. Government rules and regulations hamper business growth. If the businesses grow, they will hire more employees and not hold back on salaries.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn addition, I believe giving this tax break will encourage more student loans. The students are getting fleeced. As loans get easier to attain, the colleges raise tuition. Debt increases beyond what would ever have been viewed as reasonable even a few years ago. There has been no increase in outcome of higher education.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBut, the main reason I would oppose this move to give tax credits is that its just one more thing that causes taxpayer dollars to be given to others who the Gov\'t have decided need it or &quot;deserve&quot; it. 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