Grassroots in Michigan

IN THIS ISSUE
MIGOP Convention
Democrat Candidate for Attorney General, David Leyton publicly criticized by Virginia prosecutor in Flint serial stabber Elias Abuelazam Case
Fake Tea Party loses Court Ballot to be placed on November General Ballot
See You in Hell! (MI:)

MIGOP Convention

First of all if you were a first time delegate attendee to State Convention…the wait for credentials is not the normal experience. Evidently, someone thought it was a good idea to print the credentials out as delegates registered instead of having credentials already printed out. Allow me to assume that the next Convention will return to that process!

I had the honor of giving the nomination speech for Ruth Johnson, who I personally endorsed and who was victorious and is the MIGOP candidate for Secretary of State! It was great experience but a little strange to have yourself broadcast on a jumbo-tron screen 35ft tall!

The text of the nomination speech HERE

Another candidate I personally endorsed, Bill Schuette also was victorious, and is the MIGOP Attorney General candidate

Congratulations Ruth and Bill!

In another important race, Robert Young and Mary Beth Kelly won for Supreme Court. More on this race later….

There was a proposal that the GOP go on record as opposing the convening of a Michigan Constitutional Convention which passed by a wide margin, excellent news.
More detail to come….

For a list of the MIGOP slate for this coming November general election click Here

The MIGOP Slate, presented at end of the Convention

Democrat Candidate for Attorney General David Leyton publically criticized by Virginia prosecutor in Flint serial stabber Elias Abuelazam Case

Too Busy Campaigning?
This is the man who wants to be the “people’s attorney” for Michigan!

Leyton Serial Stabber Summary
WTOP, Serial Stabbing snub irks Loudoun prosecutor – August 27, 2010

In Brief:
Elias Abuelazam has been arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Although he has only been charged for one attack, more charges are expected. Abuelazam, in total, is accused of stabbing attacks on 13 people in the Flint-area, 5 resulting in death. There is also 1 Ohio non-fatal stabbing, an additional 3 non-fatal attacks in Virginia and an investigation into a probable link to a 2009 homicide stabbing in Virginia.

Abuelazam was extradited from Atlanta to Michigan on 8-26-2010. The extradition itself was drawn out and costly.

Failure to Communicate:
The prosecutor for Loundoun County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Jim Plowman publically criticized David Leyton for failing to return his phone calls and messages. On one occasion, Plowman claims he asked to speak directly to Leyton regarding the Abuelazam case.

Investigators linked the attacks in Virginia to the Flint stabbings over 2 weeks ago before Abuelazam was extradited to Michigan. Over those two weeks, Leyton did not contact anyone from Virginia.

A spokesman for Leyton said that Leyton was unaware of any calls from Plowman.

Leyton and Plowman were in contact the morning after the news report was published.

Jim Plowman Quotes:

“You’d think they’d return my phone calls, especially since I have information that will help them”

“I know multi-jurisdictional cases are tough, but I should be able to get my counterpart on the phone.”

“I’m not going to track him down.” [When offered Leyton’s cell phone number to call him directly]

Fake Tea Party in the News

Michigan (Fake) Tea Party group loses bid to place names on ballot

Mark Steffak’s fake political tea party lost their court battle today to be placed on the November ballot. Tea Party attorney Mike Hodge may appeal to the MI Supreme Court.

GOP candidate for Secretarty of State, Ruth Johnson helped to derail the “fake” Tea Party by uncovering suspected election fraud involving some of their “so-called” candidates. Two high-ranking officials in the Oakland County Democratic Party were forced to resign in the wake of the investigation that Ruth began. Furthermore, Ruth turned over information to the FBI.

See You in Hell!

RetakeOurGov is inviting you and your friends to go to Hell and back to fight Obama’s Socialist policies. Join us at the Dam Site Inn in Hell, MI for a TEA Party on Wednesday September 1, 2010.
Why did we chose September 1? September 1 is the 666th day since Obama was elected. We could think of no better date to publicize America’s slide into a Socialist Hell!

Dam Site Inn
4095 Patterson Lake Road, Pinckney, MI 48169-9064 (734) 878-9300

The Dam Site Inn is providing large outdoor tents to handle an overflow crowd – so come on out rain or shine! This event will be both informative and fun. We’ll have food, drink, candidates, a policy expert, and a conservative talk radio host!

We will have a wide array of special guests. Those that have confirmed already include Joe Hune (R) Candidate for the 22nd Senate District, Cindy Denby (R) Candidate for the 47th House District, Dr. Dave Janda a noted Health Care expert and opponent of socialized medicine, and Thayrone X the conservative talk radio host on WAAM (1600 am) radio in Ann Arbor. We will be confirming other special guests during the weeks to come. As an added feature, Thayrone X will be doing some commercial break-ins from the event which will be aired that evening during the Michael Savage show!

Gov Christie tells it like it is..

…..The M.A.P.S Volunteer Campaign Workshop May 13 got off to a great start! Precinct delegates, candidates and a tea party organizer were in attendance and enthusiasm was high.

Request to conduct more Workshops and from candidates for our Questionnaire continue to come in. We are working on an evaluating the Questionnaire and making the results available shortly…please check back!

Some photos from the Workshop

Why is HJR YY so critically needed?

If enacted into law and formally approved by voters, HJR YY would:

Amend the state Constitution to Create a Federalism Commission bicameral and bipartisan commission
charged with monitoring and reviewing federal laws and mandates to determine if they violate the Michigan Constitution or if they violate such areas as the 9th and 10th Amendments of the US Constitution

The “why” behind HJR YY is two-fold:
Firstly, in cases where the Joint Federalism Commission determines a violation exists, the law will provide for an expedited process for the commission to then push appropriate legislation to nullify to the floor for voting by all members within 10 session days.
The second “why” that makes this legislation necessary is:

Because of the increasing role of so called “Memorandums of Understanding,” “Compacts,” and other agreements between Michigan and other governments, most notably at the federal level.

Most voters are not aware of what a “Memorandum of Understanding” is, or that they can carry the formal force of law.

In many cases such memorandums are created under dubious authority. In other cases, the legislature does vote to grant authority for a memorandum to be entered into, but then what the memorandum actually does often exceeds that authority, or delves into areas that are beyond the scope of the authorizing legislation.

HJR YY has been Referred to Judiciary Committee

IMMEDIATE ACTION TO TAKE:
Call the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee to have HJR YY placed on the calendar for a meeting

Rep. Mark Meadows, (Chair)
Phone: (517) 373-1786Fax: (517) 373-5717
Email markmeadows@house.mi.gov

Request that legislation to put on calendar
BE COURTEOUS WHEN CONTACTING THE OFFICES

We will monitor the Judiciary Committee Calendar when HJR YY is placed on the Committee Calendar to implement the rest of the ACTION PLAN.
CHECK BACK FOR A UPDATE

ACTION PLAN WITH LINK TO HJR YY CAN BE PRINTED OUT AND DOWN-LOADED

ACTION PLAN FOR HJR YY PASSAGE

I get them in the mail. You probably do to. Those request for donations from the RNC. Sometimes they come with an innocuous survey with no brainer questions like “Do you support a massive government run health care system? Check one Yes No

I usually just throw them out. Oh I intended to write a letter and give them a piece of my mind but somehow with the busy life I am leading it just didn’t get done. However I still wanted to and felt I NEEDED to send a strong message to the GOP. I know you feel the same and I know, like myself, that despite our best intent, there wasn’t the follow through.

So I decided how can I easily get my message to the GOP? How can you?

Well one picture is worth a thousand words…this graphic (below) is down-loadable and printable right off the site!

So next time you get one of those letters from the RNC asking for donations, all you have to do is print out, and return in the conveniently post-paid envelope supplied to you by the RNC!

Share with your friends, lets get thousands upon thousands of these to the RNC! Send the message..WAKE UP GOP!

Memo to GOP