More than one hundred fast-food cooks, Head Start workers, healthcare workers and other voters across Michigan will flood the GOP gubernatorial debate Wednesday blasting candidate Bill Schuette’s refusal to protect vital healthcare for nearly 700,000 people who rely on the state’s expanded Medicaid program enacted under Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. The protest follows a recent …
May 9, 2018
Lt. Gov. Calley last week repeated his contention the charges against Lyon and Wells are politically motivated and a “gross abuse of power.” . . . Dr. Jim Hines of Saginaw, another gubernatorial candidate, said the legal process is taking too long, costing taxpayers too much and raising questions among people about whether Flint “is being politicized by …
May 9, 2018
Schuette highlighted this on his facebook page: Without a doubt, Schuette has outpaced his Republican rivals in making government transparency and accountability a central tenet of his run for governor. He’s consistently spoken and written about the topic since he announced his candidacy and he devotes a chunk of his campaign site to explaining his …
May 8, 2018
Trump proposes $15 billion spending cuts, targets children’s health program: “It appears that sabotaging our health care system to the detriment of middle-class families wasn’t enough for President Trump and Republicans; now they’re going after health care dollars that millions of children rely on, especially during outbreaks of the flu and other deadly illnesses,” [Sen. Schumer] said …
May 8, 2018
Witness says Snyder aides were alerted about Legionnaires’ — A member of Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration [Eric Brown] says the governor’s senior aides were told about a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Flint area months before it was publicly announced. . . . He says Lyon warned Snyder’s top advisers that cases were rising at the …
May 8, 2018
Schuette trails in latest polls: A new poll from EPIC-MRA shows if Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette wants to be governor, he has an uphill battle. Democrats Gretchen Whitmer and Shri Thanedar are both ahead of the Republican frontrunner in the survey, and Thanedar’s advertising blitz is paying off with his name recognition nearing that of …
May 8, 2018
“Gov. Snyder and the Republicans poisoned the City of Flint,” Whitmer claimed. “And our attorney general didn’t do a darn thing about it for over two years. Children were brushing their teeth every night with poison. They failed the people of this state.” (Midland Daily News)
May 5, 2018
“Desperate people do desperate things and the fact is he’s trying to change the subject that President Trump came in to campaign for me and show his support of my campaign for governor and the fact is my opponent deserted Trump, jumped ship and has raised taxes and supported Obamacare, that’s a losing hand if you’re …
May 2, 2018
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette actually declared Saturday night’s Macomb County event was a “Trump-Schuette” rally. Republican state Senator Patrick Colbeck wasn’t there, but he sent out a statement arguing that he’s the real Trump candidate for governor. Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley wasn’t there, either. Instead, he put out a statement talking about “shared priorities” …
May 1, 2018
“I’m delighted he came here to help my campaign,” Schuette said. “I’m the only guy in the country that has received two tweets from the president. “I’m thrilled by it. It’s a big day for Bill Schuette.” [MLive]
April 30, 2018
“another example of Bill Schuette’s hypocrisy. Schuette will say or do anything to get elected.” — Calley for Governor
April 30, 2018