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AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File The 49th Governor of the State of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, had to know this was coming. You can’t try to sneak away on a chartered jet during a pandemic that you are crying wolf about and expect no one to notice. Seriously. As a quick refresher about the Governors’ exploits, let’s revisit an article I wrote earlier this spring that went over Whitmer’s love of using private jets. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s transition fund paid for a private jet she took to attend President Biden’s inauguration in January, according to a new report. ....
Delta Township A Michigan board decided Monday that the campaign to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity had fallen short of the required petition signatures to advance to the state Legislature. The Board of State Canvassers, which features two Democrats and two Republicans, voted 4-0 to reject the certification of Fair and Equal Michigan s signatures. Julie Matuzak, a Democratic board member, said she liked the content of the proposal but there weren t enough good signatures. I can’t make this decision based on the content, Matuzak said. I have to make it based on this process.” Steve Liedel, legal counsel for Fair and Equal Michigan, vowed to challenge the decision in the Court of Appeals. The group has contended that the Michigan Bureau of Elections made mistakes in analyzing its signatures and had gone too far in nixing some of them, including thousands of signatures collected electronically. ....
Credit daniel james on Unsplash A state board will meet Monday to determine whether an initiative to expand Michigan’s civil rights law to include LGBTQ protections will move ahead. The Michigan Bureau of Elections says the petition drive failed to get enough signatures. The Fair and Equal Michigan campaign says the bureau is excluding signatures that should be counted. The elections bureau used a random sample to determine the campaign fell short of the 340,047 signatures of registered voters required to go forward. But it’s up to the bipartisan Michigan Board of State Canvassers to decide what happens next. ....