In a true testament to exactly how politically polarized things have gotten in Michigan, former Monroe County Republican Party chair Jeff Andring has filed paperwork to recall Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville.
Andring says it’s because Richardville isn’t conservative enough.
[More after the jump.]
The effort to recall Senate Education Chair Phil Pavlov got underway on January 7th. The group working toward his recall now has a webpage, RecallPavlov.org, and is actively seeking petitioners, petition signatures and financial support.
Senator Pavlov voted to support the odious “anti”-bullying bill that was not anti-bullying. He has supported legislation that reduces tax credits used by many Michiganders as well as the bill that became Public Act 4 – the Emergency Manager law. But, most egregiously, as Senate Education Chair, he has shown himself to be anti-teacher. He has even proposed privatizing the teachers of Michigan, saying “I look at it as offering options.…
Turns out the Republicans’ retaliatory efforts to recall Democrats in Michigan was just an effort to collect contact information. Yesterday, Michigan Republican Party ended its recall drives against Democrats.
Stu Sandler, a consultant to the Michigan GOP who was organizing more than a dozen recall campaigns against Democrats, said the decision was made after discussions with Gov. Rick Snyder and other party leaders.
“We met our strategic goals,” Sandler said. “We spent a minimal amount of money and gained thousands of contacts” and “I think the Democrats were clearly on the defensive.”
In other words, they were never serious about recalling Democrats.…
And so it is done.
Rep. Paul Scott of Grand Blanc was removed from the Legislature by 233 votes out of more than 24,000 ballots cast in a Nov. 8 election. The Board of State Canvassers certified the results in a meeting at the state Capitol.
Republicans say they won’t challenge the outcome and instead will focus on the special election to replace Scott, scheduled for Feb. 28.
Good riddance, Mr. Scott.
By the way, Scott was removed by a slender 233 vote margin.…
In what can only be called a nail-biter last night (see my liveblog HERE to see what I mean), the effort to recall anti-teacher, anti-union Republican Rep. Paul Scott from Grand Blanc was successful last night. After all of the votes were counted, Scott was recalled by a margin of only 197 votes – 50.4% to 49.6%. This is, however, quite a different result than the final poll before the election that had Scott winning by 8 percentage points.
Over the course of this campaign, the recall organizers displayed a nearly-Herculean level of determination. Recall language approval happened very late in the game.…
At 10:12 p.m., with 65.7% of precincts counted, the recall of anti-teacher, anti-union Michigan State Representative Paul Scott stands thusly:
49.49% FOR recall
50.51% against recall
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10:18 p.m., with 74.29% of precincts counted, the recall of anti-teacher, anti-union Michigan State Representative Paul Scott stands thusly:
49.39% FOR recall
50.61% against recall
Difference is 237 votes. Think your vote doesn’t count?
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10:39 p.m. Okay, Genesee County just took the Scott recall numbers off their website…
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10:43 p.m. Okay, Scott recall numbers back up. With 82.86% of precincts counted:
49.21% FOR recall
50.79% against recall
Difference is 302 votes.…
You can tell a great deal about a given situation, as they say, by following the money. As anti-union, anti-teacher Republican state Rep. Paul Scott faces the voters of his district in a recall election tomorrow, it’s useful to see who has been pouring money into his coffers for the past couple of months. All of this information is available from the Secretary of State’s website.
| Contributor | Date of donation | Amount of donation |
|---|---|---|
| AUTO DEALERS OF MICHIGAN PAC | 11/4/11 | $1,000.00 |
| MI MCDONALD’S OPERATORS ASSOC PAC | 11/4/11 | $250.00 |
| MOVING MICHIGAN FORWARD FUND | 11/4/11 | $500.00 |
| ONE TOUGH NERD PAC | 11/4/11 | $2,124.00 |
| SMALL BIZ PAC | 11/2/11 | $2,500.00 |
| DTE ENERGY PAC | 10/27/11 | $1,000.00 |
| DTE ENERGY PAC | 10/18/11 | $1,000.00 |
| MI DOCTOR’S PAC | 10/27/11 | $1,000.00 |
| LEADERSHIP UNDER NEW DIRECTION FUND | 10/27/11 | $561.60 |
| LEADERSHIP UNDER NEW DIRECTION FUND | 10/27/11 | $1,180.84 |
| TEACHING ENCOURAGING & MOTIVATING | 10/6/11 | $3,700.00 |
| REALTORS PAC OF MI | 9/20/11 | $10,000.00 |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD | 9/27/11 | $2,500.00 |
| LEADERSHIP UNDER NEW DIRECTION | 10/20/11 | $1,700.00 |
| MI BEER AND WINE PAC | 10/19/11 | $299.20 |
| DENTAL PAC OF MICHIGAN | 10/21/11 | $250.00 |
| AT&T MICHIGAN PAC | 9/6/11 | $1,000.00 |
| AUTO DEALERS OF MI PAC (ADM PAC) | 9/27/11 | $250.00 |
| BCBSM PAC | 9/22/11 | $2,500.00 |
| GENETSKI FOR CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY | 10/19/11 | $100.00 |
| MICHIGAN CHAMBER PAC III | 10/20/11 | $7,594.00 |
| MICHIGAN CHAMBER PAC III | 10/20/11 | $6,808.01 |
| MICHIGAN CHAMBER PAC III | 10/20/11 | $4,945.00 |
| MICHIGAN CHAMBER PAC III | 10/20/11 | $3,120.99 |
| MICHIGAN CHAMBER PAC III | 10/20/11 | $2,532.00 |
Those last few from the Michigan Chamber PAC are for radio and television ads.…
The lastest poll conducted by MIRS and Practical Political Consulting shows GOP Rep. Paul Scott winning his recall vote by a very narrow margin.
The poll, commissioned by Michigan Information and Research Service and conducted by Practical Political Consulting, shows Scott getting 50 percent, 42 percent supporting the recall and 8 percent undecided.
The robo-call survey was conducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
If you thought this one’s in the bag or that you don’t need to get involved, think again. With numbers this close, the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort will literally make ALL the difference.…
Okay, folks, it’s crunch time. The election that may well lead to the expulsion of anti-teacher, anti-union Republican Paul Scott is next week. (Details of his epic struggle to avoid this recall are HERE.) His side of the effort is spending lotsa money on yard signs, robocalls, and deceptive radio ads. Hell, he has the governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, is campaigning for him!
Our side just has shoe leather and cell phones to compete. That’s where YOU come in.
Sign up for canvass shifts and phonebanking before Election Day HERE.
Sign up to Get Out The Vote (GOTV) HERE.…
I’m traveling for work this week so it’s been light blogging. I thought you might enjoy this link, however:
Poll: Should Rep. Paul Scott be recalled?
Answer: with over 800 votes cast, an overwhelming number say “YES!”. 78+% in fact.
[NOTE: this is even higher than the 61% in support of the recall that came out of a MIRS poll of voters in his district back in August.]
H/T: @FooteSteppes via Twitter
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