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Meet The Candidates: State House District #108 Grant Carlson
Sunday , 28, September 2014 Candidates Leave a commentDelta, Dickenson and Menominee Counties make up the 108th Michigan state legislative district. The candidate to vote for on November 4 is Grant Carlson of Norway. Carlson is a life-long resident of Norway. He graduated from Norway High School in 1993. He completed his undergraduate and graduate work at Michigan State University. He’s currently a […]
23 Reasons I Will NOT Be Voting For Rick Snyder And Neither Should You
Sunday , 28, September 2014 Nerd Problems 38 CommentsThis list is courtesy of Mark Sleep. Please share. 1.8 billion in tax cuts to businesses that had to be made up elsewhere. (3) secret funds whose donors were unknown and what they were for. EFM change that gave dictator like power to an unelected official. When voters voted against it they changed the law […]
Linda Thaler: The Nerd’s Next-Door Neighbor Lies About School Funding Record
Saturday , 27, September 2014 Nerd Problems, Section 16 Leave a commentNew ad, new person stumping for the Nerd. She’s an old friend of Rick Snyder’s. Linda Thaler and her husband own the lake house next door to Rick Snyder’s lake house on Gun Lake in Barry County. You remember, the $1.1 million house damaged by a limb during a storm? That’s how the Nerd was […]
Rick Snyder: Always Wrong, Especially For Michigan
Saturday , 27, September 2014 Candidates, Nerd Problems Leave a commentMichigan Election Coalition Launches New Voting Website
Thursday , 25, September 2014 Community Leave a commentThe Michigan Election Coalition has a new website to help people in the state with voting questions and assist them with registering to vote for this November’s election. This wonderful website can answer all of your questions about voting in Michigan, how to register, voting as a student, how to check to see if you […]
Sex, drugs, exotic protein in the food and now … contract murder. The plot of a hard-boiled crime novel? Not at all, just another chapter in the continuing train wreck saga of Aramark in Michigan. Rick Snyder had no trouble putting almost 400 Michigan workers on the unemployment line when he hired Aramark to take […]
Charlevoix Police Blind To Hate Symbols When It Happens To Democrats
Thursday , 25, September 2014 Community Leave a commentWhen Kris Busk arrived at Charlevoix Democratic Party headquarters on September 21, she found both signs defaced with a Neo-Nazi symbol. Busk called the police to have them investigate, however Chief of Police Gerald Doan “just doesn’t see it,” meaning to him, this isn’t a hate crime, it’s just a random act of vandalism, and […]
American Horror Story: Corporate Politicans
Wednesday , 24, September 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentWe can end the horror story on November 4.
Hell Froze Over: Rick Snyder and Mark Schauer Will Hold Televised Debate
Monday , 22, September 2014 Candidates, Nerd Problems Leave a commentThe candidates can’t quite agree what to call it – Mark Schauer is calling it a debate, while the Nerd is calling it something nerdy – a joint appearance. Word on whether any joints will actually be on stage is not known at this time. October 12 at Wayne State University will be the date […]