Ottawa County Patriots

Synopsis of “Michigan for Conservative Senate. Inspired by “Hoosiers for Indiana Conservative Senate”, 120 Tea Parties across Michigan have the potential to make history.  Initiated by former Hoosier, Cindy Gamrat, now with the Plainwell Patriots, members from a great many MI Tea Parties came together in Dewitt, MI on Nov. 12th.   A review of MI4CS [...]

The rules of this blog are simple.  Keep it clean and do not attack others for their views.  Post your opinion in the comments section below (good or bad) on any candidate vying for nomination to challenge Debbie Stabenow.    If you are citing specific items, please try to reference the source. This blog is [...]

Airing Saturday, Nov 19th at 5:00 PM isl be the first of two broadcasts about auto insurance reform we’ve been hearing about.   If you are unable to listen at 5:PM, the station will archive Saturday’s program for listening online the following week.  I am also struggling with technology to make those archives available on [...]

Late news: Tailgater is inside large pole building.  No one will get wet. Instead of a meeting at the library, we will have a picnic event at Victory Farms in Hudsonville with food, music speakers and fun.   This event is free but you must register (so we know how much food to cook).  Click [...]

Now that you’re bedazzled by the new site, let me point out some important things.   First and foremost, I want to give credit to Dominic Willet who has worked countless hours helping make this site a reality.   We are extremely grateful for Dominic’s donated effort and would encourage those needing web design or [...]

Transparency in the twilight zone: During Obama’s Union Day speech he called for bipartisanship with Republicans to create jobs.  He indicated there are things “we both agree on”.    Obama urged congress to pass several trade pact agreements.  It was rumored that Speaker Boehner was to meet privately with the president to discuss common ground.  This [...]

Beyond those with no solution and resort to name calling, the general public isn’t happy because our legislators can’t or won’t work together.  After all working together and compromising is what we want, right? I’ll use the cliché that the problem is getting the “car out of the ditch”.  Working together might mean pushing the [...]