@MIRSnews When the Secretary’s staff sends distress signals, do they call it SoS SOS? 🤔
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Julie Calley
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Julie Calley
@JulieCalley
Saved by Christ, wife to @briancalley, soccer mom.
Portland, MI เข้าร่วม Haziran 2012
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Breaking the cycle of retaliation. Minority party and majority party lawmakers are going to be treated the same
Lisa Roose-Church@LisaRooseChurch
Michigan’s House Speaker-elect says he’s doing things differently … all legislators, regardless of Party, get $145K baseline budget allotment
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Michigan mapmakers raise own pay to redraw political lines rejected by court bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via @BridgeMichigan @LaurenMGibbons
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Welcome to the Midwest
Winter is at 6 am
Spring is at 10 am
Summer is at 3 pm
Fall starts around 8pm
Dress accordingly
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“MI has 8.2 million registered voters on the books. That’s 102.8% of the state’s 7.9 million voting-age residents, according to census data… the only Great Lakes state where the registered voter tally outnumbered the state’s voting-age population.”
Jonathan Oosting@jonathanoosting
Michigan defends bloated voter rolls amid pressure campaign on local clerks. The state has more registered voters than voting-age residents, but there are more than 625,000 registration cancellations pending bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via @BridgeMichigan @LaurenMGibbons
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Ionia County residents can vote early here:
• WHERE: Former Mercantile Bank building, 302 W. Main St. in Ionia.
• WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, through Sunday, Feb. 25.
• QUESTIONS? Call the Ionia County Clerk’s Office at (616) 527-5322.
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Flood warning issued for City of Portland mlive.com/news/grand-rap…
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Just accidentally spelled bureaucracy “bureaucrazy”,
and I’m kind of partial to it, now.
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
My lingering question about the “lost decade” Republican talking point is whether it includes two Engler years, two Snyder years or perhaps one of each? @JenGranholm was only governor for eight years.
MI Senate Republicans@MISenate
It's the sequel nobody is asking for. Lansing Democrats are trying to revive all of the failed policies of Michigan's Lost Decade, like sending YOUR tax dollars to Hollywood executives. 🤦♀️
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Pet projects leave most students, teachers, and families feeling exactly like the Superintendent quoted in this article.
"How is it that one school district is more deserving than another? They’re all students of the state of Michigan.”
Beth LeBlanc@DNBethLeBlanc
Among the targeted grants in the K-12 budget benefitting certain districts: -- $1M for a Novi wellness center that includes a "zen zone" where teachers can destress -- $500K for an Eastpointe pool -- $3M for a Waverly HS auditorium detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews
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While Michigan’s governor creates a council to stop our population loss, Democrats in the legislature are proposing policies which would do the exact opposite. bridgemi.com/michigan-gover…
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“We need to make sure that businesses who are coming to MI, or are currently in MI, know that the policy that they're getting from the state is going to be consistent year over year, governor-to-governor and legislature-to-legislature," said Brad Williams of the @DetroitChamber
MIRS.news@MIRSnews
Majority Democrats relationship with the business community cooling . . . home.mirs.news/blogs/post/dem…
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Julie Calley รีทวีตแล้ว
Michigan Democrats want to make it easier to give to unions (who give to Dems) bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via @BridgeMichigan @bystellayu
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I don’t use valet parking, but I’d sure be tempted if they offered it at @Horrocks_MI.
What do you think, @LansingMIFacts?
GIF
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“During his time as probate judge, Banks established a prevention and diversion program that still exists today, the Youth Service Bureau, designed to assist children and families in Ionia County in identifying and addressing difficulties…”
MI Supreme Court@MISupremeCourt
A life dedicated to public service; Jim Banks, former prosecutor, judge and county commissioner, dies at age 80 - @greenvilledn buff.ly/45f69hA
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I was an honor to serve with Jim Banks on the county commission. Ionia benefited greatly from his wit, wisdom, and thoughtful leadership.
Elisabeth Waldon@elisabethwaldon
“Jim Banks dedicated his life to public service": Former Ionia County attorney, prosecutor, judge and county commissioner dies at age 80: thedailynews.cc/articles/a-lif…
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Traditionally, the state sets a % based cap on tuition for 4 yr public universities in order to receive full state funding.
“But House Democrats want to scrap the tuition caps. During House debate Wednesday, Democrats defeated a Republican amendment to restore the caps.”
Chad Livengood@ChadLivengood
NEW: 7 areas to watch as Democrats wrangle over Michigan's next state budget detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… w/ @CraigDMauger
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“Whitmer, who first won election in 2018 on a pledge to ‘fix the damn roads’ and has [instead] bonded for highway projects, did not propose any extra funding for local roads in her own executive budget proposal”
Jonathan Oosting@jonathanoosting
Michigan Senate’s new roads plan: More money for big counties (that vote Democratic) bridgemi.com/michigan-gover… via @BridgeMichigan
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