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Despite supposed moratorium, Detroit water shutoffs continue
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Depends on what your definition of "moratorium" is, I guess...Last week, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, bowing to pressure from Detroit bankruptcy judge...
View ArticleFormer Mich Christian radio show host pleads guilty to child rape, held for...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.WARNING: Trigger alert for those sensitive to discussions of rape of any kind.The former host of a popular "family friendly" Christian morning show based in Grand...
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MI-SEN: AFSCME & League of Conservation Voters team up to support Gary Peters
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Public services employees union AFSCME and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) have joined forces to support the U.S. Senate candidacy of Michigan Democrat Gary...
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Corporate-funded educ. "reform" group compares holding for-profit charters...
Originally published at Eclectablog.You know the corporate funders driving the push to dismantle and privatize as much of our public school system as they possibly can are freaking out when they do...
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The victimization in court of rape victims continues - this time it's a...
Originally published at Eclectablog.WARNING: Rape trigger. Description of assault is included in this post.A 16-year old rape victim told this story in court of of being raped at a high school...
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VIDEO: Mark Totten launches general election campaign against AG Schuette,...
Michigan Democratic Attorney General candidate Mark TottenMark Totten started his campaign to be Michigan's next Attorney General in 2013. He's been one of the hardest working candidates I've seen in...
View ArticleUPDATED: MI-GOV SCANDAL - Snyder admin quietly canceled $98K fine for...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.I've written extensively about Aramark, the for-profit prison food vendor that supplies food services to prisons across Michigan. They've experienced repeated food...
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MI-GOV: Republican Rick Snyder now running on Obamacare after failure to lead...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Back when Michigan legislators were debating whether to expand Medicaid in our state through the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), Rick Snyder expressed his concern...
View ArticleMI-SEN: Senate candidate Gary Peters releases the best campaign ad of the...
With Terri Lynn Land's fail campaign circling the drain, Congressman Gary Peters has now turned to releasing a series of positive ads, touting his accomplishments.The one released today, "Frugal", is...
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BREAKING: Facebook to leave ALEC
Originally posted at Eclectablog.On the heels of Microsoft, and then Google, leaving the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Facebook spokesperson now says that they will leave the corporatist...
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BREAKING: Yelp leaves ALEC. Will Yahoo! be next? (UPDATED)
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Technology giants Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have all made recent announcements that they have or are leaving the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the...
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BREAKING: Yahoo! leaves ALEC
Originally posted at Eclectablog.In another blow to the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), another internet powerhouse is leaving the pro-Big Business "bill mill".From...
View ArticleUPDATED: Dem candidate for Michigan's 93rd House District sends epic response...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.UPDATE: Josh Derke now has a fundraising page up at JoshDerke.ruck.us. Please support this incredible Democrat.You've probably heard of the Westboro Baptist Church and...
View ArticleDONATE: Josh Derke, the Michigan Dem who epically smacked anti-gay group now...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.A couple of days ago I wrote about the letter Josh Derke, candidate for Michigan's 93rd House District sent to the anti-gay, ragingly homophobic leader of the group...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mich GOP goes to the gutter, mailer asks people to call Dem...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.My follow-up post to this story can be found HERE.This story is beyond disgusting. The Michigan Republican Party has mailed out a hit piece on John Fisher the...
View ArticleMore on the Michigan Republican Party's harassment of elderly woman under...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.My reporting on the Michigan Republican Party's odious mailer encouraging people to call the phone of the ailing mother of Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 61st...
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Man who shot an un-armed man over road rage to use Michigan’s “Stand Your...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com.On September 2nd, Derek Flemming, a 43-year old married father of two young children was driving with his wife in Livingston County to pick up their kids when a...
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BREAKING: Crowd-funded SuperPAC to spend $1.5MM to help Paul Clements unseat...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com.The MaydayPAC SuperPAC is a SuperPAC like no other. It is crowdfunded with a single-minded goal of enacting “fundamental reform in the way elections are funded.”...
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MI-Gov - More corruption in the Snyder admin: $26.4MM in no-bid contracts...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.The Michigan Democratic Party released bombshell news today that the Snyder administration awarded $26.4 million in no-bid contracts to a high-dollar donor to the...
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Mich GOP hates business regs except when they don't, give the finger to Tesla...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.I have been following Tesla Motors for many years. They are one of the most exciting companies to start up in the past decade, producing all-electric vehicles that are...
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