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Anatomy of a Budget Buster
Bill Nowling
10/02/2009

Since I am already on the Labor-Has-Too-Much-Political-Schwack jag I figured why not just lay blame for the blink-of-an-eye brief government shutdown this week at the feet of the Michigan Education Association -- the teachers' union? 

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Andy Dillon, Budget, education, Kevin Elsenheimer, Labor, Michigan Politics, Mike Bishop
The Wheels on the ‘Dem’ Bus Go Round and Round
By Bill Nowling
09/28/2009

It's time Michigan Democrats kick organized labor off the bus, or a least pry its white-knuckled fingers off the steering wheel before they all go careening -- and the state with it -- off the Mackinac Bridge.

I know, I know. “Them are fightin words.” In the land of Walter Reuther and Doug Fraser, one does tempt the gods with such musings. But, for the sake of Michigan, we have to ask whether we are better off with a political system -- and by that I mean a state legislative political system -- that must genuflect toward that hallowed ground known as Solidarity House?

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Andy Dillon, Healthcare, Labor, Michigan Politics, Reform
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