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Michigan unionists packed the rotunda of the state Capitol in Lansing yesterday but the House passed a right to work bill. Protests continue today. Photo: AFT Michigan.   By Alix Gould-Werth December 7, 2012   Michigan unionists rallied and lobbied in … Continue reading →

December 6, 2012 ©2012 Mitchell Jon MacKay THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER as per Jimi Hendrix version, still relevant after all these years, is a facetious hypocritical tribute, as the George Gilder saying goes, by vice to virtue. It is illogical … Continue reading →

Debt ratings drop into dungeon Council cops pummel protesting pastor Mayor plans meeting at Council Tues. Dec. 4 10 a.m.  By Diane Bukowski  December 3, 2012  DETROIT – In the wake of debt downgrades by Wall Street and Michigan officials’ … Continue reading →

  By Christopher Palmeri & Mary Jane Credeur – Nov 30, 2012 9:38 AM ET Bloomberg Business Week (VOD–the strike continues as of today, Dec. 3, 2012. Workers say they are “entitled” to their jobs, which are being outsourced. Detroit … Continue reading →

Protest at Aiyana’s home shortly after Detroit cop Joseph Weekley shot her to death May 16, 2010.   Judge delays Weekley trial until April, 2013; wants Aiyana’s dad’s case “disposed of” first  Gruesome re-enactment of police raid indefinitely postponed  By Diane … Continue reading →

 EMA, MILLER-CANFIELD CONTRACTS GO DOWN, but Bing, top council officers still plot to get them passed Other issues: Hantz and Henry Ford hospital land developments, D-DOT contracts, department closures Pugh violates OMA, denying residents access to meeting for hours Wall … Continue reading →

  State students begin campaign to double minority enrollment now Plaintiffs say they welcome state AG’s appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Case connected to others from Texas, California By Diane Bukowski  November 18, 2012  DETROIT – In a historic ruling … Continue reading →

Sandra Hines speaks at rally in Lansing Feb. 23, 2011 which drew thousands of Detroiters out to protest state takeover moves that led to Public Act 4.   Ask people to storm Council meetings Tues. Nov. 20, 9:30 a.m. & … Continue reading →

By Diane Bukowski  Nov. 19, 2012 DETROIT — Council President Pro-Tem Gary Brown has been the chief Council member pressing for passage of the EMA contract, through the Public Health and Safety Committee which he chairs. During that committee’s  hearing … Continue reading →

There will be a VOD story coming shortly on Council EMA hearing Nov. 13.