Up North Progressive
Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganMonthly Archives:
Extorting Money The CSA Way: New Middle School Bait and Switch
Saturday , 28, September 2019 Section 16 3 CommentsFor-profit Charyl Stockwell Academy likes to call itself a school district even though they don’t have boundaries, an elected school board, nor can they hold elections to approve bonds or millages. Those are methods of funding reserved for real public school districts that have real boundaries and real elected school boards. Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy […]
Frontline Documentary “Flint’s Deadly Water” Airs Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Monday , 9, September 2019 Flint Water Leave a commentIn this clip medical team leader, Dr. Shawn McElmurry, describes how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services chair Nick Lyon responded when a member of the team told him people were going to die if they didn’t have the resources from the state they needed to find the source of the deadly Legionnaire’s […]
Do You Support Recreational Marijuana Sold in Cadillac? Let the City Council Know Today at 6 PM
Tuesday , 3, September 2019 Community, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana Leave a commentCadillac City Council will consider an ordinance to allow recreational marijuana businesses to hang their shingle in the city tonight at Cadillac City Hall. Recreational marijuana became legal in Michigan after a citizens ballot referendum was approved overwhelmingly by the voters of Michigan in the 2018 election. Provided local cities and townships approve recreational marijuana […]