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Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganMonthly Archives:
GEO Group Files Statement With the State of Michigan North Lake Correctional Facility Will Close For Good on June 20, 2017
Tuesday , 25, April 2017 Community Leave a commentTwo years ago North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan, opened its doors to receive out-of-state prisoners from Vermont and Washington State. On April 19, 2017, the prison filed notice with the State of Michigan it would permanently close on June 20, 2017, laying off 107 employees due to non-renewal of the client contract. Of […]
Signs of the Times That the @realDonaldTrump Presidency is NOT Normal: When He Has to Tell You What He’s Done
Tuesday , 25, April 2017 Sad! Leave a commentWhen you have to tell everyone …
VICTORY! Osceola Township Planning Commission Denies Nestlé Waters Expansion
Wednesday , 19, April 2017 Community, Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentLast night the Osceola Township Planning Commission denied a request by Nestlé Waters North America to build a pumping station as part of their intention to double the amount of ground water they extract and sell as Ice Mountain Spring Water. Last fall, Nestlé began the process to double their output at the White Pine […]
And on the Fourth Day of his 19th Taxpayer-Funded Mar-a-Lago Golf Excursion @realDonaldRTrump Did Rise and Say
Sunday , 16, April 2017 Sad! Leave a commentWhy would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2017 Here’s a small sampling : 30 tweets about the Chinese being currency manipulators. Better deflect them with my amazingly easy, beautiful, electoral college […]
What Up North Progressive Learned at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s Really Big Nestlé Water Meeting
Saturday , 15, April 2017 Environment, Flint Water 1 CommentThe Ice Mountain logo of Nestlé North America depicts a snow-covered mountain top; an image meant to make the consumer think the water came from some pristine glacial melt. The reality of Ice Mountain water is it comes out of the ground in Northern Michigan along the Muskegon River. We’re blessed with an abundance of […]
PROTEST IN SPACE @ASANspace @realDonaldTrump
Friday , 14, April 2017 Environment, Sad! Leave a commentJust in time for the March for Science, the first protest in space – or in this case, the Stratosphere. Enjoy!
Governor Rick Snyder Signs Bill Privatizing Michigan State Police
Saturday , 1, April 2017 Community Leave a commentIn a bid to save his 2011 corporate tax cuts of $1.8 billion dollars from the Michigan state budget, today Governor Rick Snyder, in a rare visit to his office in Lansing, signed a bill requiring the state to accept bids from private contractors to operate the Michigan State Police beginning April 1, 2018. Michigan […]