Roger Arnold
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Roger Arnold is a former software engineer and systems architect. He studied physics, math, and chemistry at Michigan State University s Honors College. After graduation, he worked in semiconductor physics at IBM s Components Division in Poughkeepsie, NY. However, after an involuntary stint as a systems analyst in the Army (courtesy of Viet Nam era draft), he opted to pursue graduate studies in computer science and systems architecture at the University of Colorado. He subsequently worked variously at Boeing Aerospace, AT&T, and about a dozen smaller companies and startups in San Diego and Silicon Valley.
House Dems use secretive money to outsource communications to group with ties to special interests
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State Rep. Donna Lasinski, D-Scio Township, speaks at a clean water town hall in Scio Township on March 7, 2019. (Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News)
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For months, Michigan House Democrats have used secret funding sources to pay an outside public relations firm to run communications while leaving key internal positions unfilled, an unusual arrangement that some say raises ethical red flags.
Under the Michigan Legislature’s current structure, each of the four legislative caucuses the majority and minority parties in both chambers has a publicly-funded budget for a central communications staff that answers to caucus leadership.