Archive for the ‘Dick Ball’ Category
Friday, May 9th, 2008
I just left a comment over on this post at Right Michigan. Nick at RM is upset that Dick Ball opposes the recall of Andy Dillon, and suggests that Dick Ball has "switched teams."
To which I replied, "we don't want him."
Well it's no big deal, except for ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Dick Ball today voted no on the MESSA busting bill. However he did not support the sales tax expansion to discretionary services.
The tax on services is meant to fill the gap between the income tax and the additional revenue needed to balance the budget.
We're ...
Posted in Blogging For Michigan, Dick Ball, Politics, Shiawassee County | 10 Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
So you may have seen Leon Drolet's pink pig come through Shiawassee? Leon & co. are threatening to recall Dick Ball (yeah, right) for supporting a tax increase. Well, subscription only Gongwer is giving us some more insight into Leon's thinking, as to how we can balance the ...
Posted in Dick Ball, Michigan Budget, Politics, Valde Garcia | 15 Comments »
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
I see the Hualapai Indian Tribe in AZ has constructed a glass walkway that extends 75' over the Grand Canyon. The Hualapai did this to attract tourists to the area ... in other words, to generate revenue. Despite the fact that the Grand Canyon is considered sacred land.
Now ...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
I haven't had much blogging time lately, so I'm just catching up on Eric's great series of articles on MichLib. Doom and Gloom is the one that's got me worked up now. The next person who tells me that we need to make cuts to teachers' compensation (health ...
Posted in Dave Camp, Dick Ball, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Incumbent Dick Ball won re-election over his Democratic challenger Judy Ford, by 56%-43%.
This was very good news for local Republicans, who eye the 85th House seat as the ultimate in Shiawassee Republican achievement. Local GOPers see it as the golden ...
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