I just wanted to take a minute to give my very warm thanks to all the Eclectareaders out there who donated to Team Eclectablog’s fundraiser for Netroots for the Troops (NFTT). If you didn’t get a chance to see what our effort resulted in, have a look HERE. Also, to give you an update on my friend Tony, the main […]

This is a repost from Daily Kos. This is primarily going to be a photodiary about our amazingly successful Netroots for the Troops event at Netroots Nation this year. However, I must first tell you that Tony (TexDem) is currently in the hospital in Minneapolis. He has been having trouble with kidney stones and was in a high level of […]

I’m in Minneapolis for the Netroots Nation progressive bloggers conference. Yesterday I had a full day of workshops, meetings, networking and helping out with Netrrots for the Troops. You can read my write-up at A2Politico: “Dispatch from the Netroots Nation Progressive Bloggers Conference” Pictures and everything! Enjoy.

I’m en route to Netroots Nation but had to pull off to blog THIS: A whistle-blower lawsuit filed by a former top aide to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing this morning alleges that the mayor had plans to be named emergency manager for the city and Detroit Public Schools, dissolving the city council and the school board. ~SNIP~ Collins said in […]

My sis-in-law sent me this. Totally a hoot. “Pay my 80 bucks for six things and get out…” LOL Replace “West Side of LA” with “South Side of AA” and you pretty much have Ann Arbor. And then this 30 seconds of cuddlicious kitteh goodness from Lizz Winstead’s tweet stream: All together now: “Aaaaaawwwwww…” Off to the Twin Cities for […]

I’ll be on First Shift with Tony Trupiano radio show in Detroit at just after 7 a.m. Wednesday morning if you’re up and around and interested in hearing my blatherings. I’ll be talking with Tony about the Pontiac EFM who just outsourced the city’s water treatment to a company facing a 26-count federal indictment for violations of the Clean Water […]

Okay, folks, one more time, this time with FEELING! Tomorrow I leave for Minneapolis to attend the Netroots Nation progressive bloggers conference. My Team Eclectablog thermometer stands at only 56% of my goal of raising $2,500 for this most-worthy cause. Please consider chipping in. Thanks,Eclectablog Every year at the Netroots Nation conference, a group of very hard-working, compassionate and caring […]

As you know, if you read my blog, this past spring, Michigan Republicans passed legislation that Governor Rick Snyder signed into law as Public Act 4 of 2011, otherwise known as “The Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) Law”. Although Michigan governors already had the ability to put EFMs in place in struggling cities and schools, this new law gives EFMs wide-sweeping […]

On Saturday, June 18th, there will be a rally in Benton Harbor to kick off the recall of State Rep. Al Pscholka and to make sure Benton Harbor and what is happening there stays on the state and national radar screen. Click the image to download the flyer From the Facebook page for the event: Come join us as we […]

I’m not exactly sure why this is news. I and many others have been saying this since about spring of 2009. But, for some reason, some people, like prominent financial pundits/commentators, are just now figuring it out. Intentionally driving the economy further into the ditch to harm the reelection chances of Barack Obama is immoral, unethical, anti-American, hypocritical and evil. […]

I have a new piece up today at A2Politico that shows just how far Michigan’s CPA-style Emergency Financial Managers (EFMs) will go to cut costs. Michael Stampfler is Pontiac, Michigan’s EFM. He has the dubious distinction of being the first Michigan EFM to use new powers granted by Michigan Republicans to cancel a union contract. What went nearly unnoticed was […]