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  By Rob South | rsouth@mlive.com   February 02, 2012  LANSING – As tax season starts in full swing, a new report says low income families will be hardest hit by a state tax reform package passed last year. While the … Continue reading →

By David Rambeau February 2, 2012 We know their names,Ike McKinnon, Irvin Reid, Shirley Stancato, Glenda Price, and Conrad Mallett [appointed to the Detroit Emergency Manager Review Team by Governor Rick Snyder]. What we must decide on is their political, … Continue reading →

 Release by AFSCME LOCAL 207  Detroit water and public lighting workers February 2, 2012 DETROIT — AFSCME Local 207’s president John Riehl joined the representatives from three other AFSCME locals in voting against the tentative agreement. Now it’s up to … Continue reading →

“Jail-house snitch” Jay Schlenkerman testifies against Charles Jones as 36th District Court Judge E. Lynise Bryant-Weekes listens VOD EDITOR: THIS STORY AS UPDATED FEB. 18, 2012 CONTAINS A RETRACTION/CORRECTION REGARDING MR. PETER VALENTE’S BUSINESS STATUS, AND OTHER CHANGES REQUESTED BY THE ATTORNEY FOR … Continue reading →

 We Stop The Banks From Foreclosing On The Garretts’ Home In Detroit!  A No Struggle, No Development! Production By KennySnod. February 1, 2012 After months and months of discussion with the banks trying to convince them not to evict the … Continue reading →

   By Diane Bukowski  January 27, 2012  DETROIT – Hundreds of DTE customers stunned the company Jan. 26, occupying the downtown headquarters lobby for over an hour with signs, drums, bullhorns, and chants of “No More Shut-offs; DTE: Pay your … Continue reading →

Police fire tear gas at Oakland, 200 arrested  OAKLAND, California | Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:56am EST By Laird Harrison and Emmett Burg VOD: go to Occupy Oakland website at http://occupyoakland.org/; donations are needed for bail funds and can be … Continue reading →

By Dennis B. Rogers, PhD January 22, 2012 (submitted by Greg Thrasher, VOD Washington Bureau contributing editor)  What a difference a day makes in the campaign for the U.S. Presidency. The South Carolina Republican Primary was won by Newt Gingrich, … Continue reading →

From Diane Bukowski, sent as a response to Jack Lessenberry’s column of Jan. 25, 2012 in the Metro Times, at http://metrotimes.com/columns/want-to-stop-the-emergency-manager-1.1262018 (watch to see if it is published) I am one of  Detroit’s 700,000 “dirt-poor” residents,  as Jack Lessenberry called us in … Continue reading →

  Pontiac, Michigan By Quincy Stewart qnstewar@oakland.edu   January 26, 2012  Pontiac, Michigan is one of the first cities in Michigan to fall victim to the fascist Public Act 4. As most cities who have suffered under the crippling results … Continue reading →