Video #1: Howell Western Wear July 30, 2020: A business in Howell had a petition. The name of a man was listed in the “circulator” spot, but the people present in the store were all female. They told people who signed the petition that it was also ok to sign the name of someone who…
Paid petition gatherers for Unlock Michigan were schooled on how to trespass on private property, illegally collect voter signatures they did not witness as required by law and lie under oath if deposed, according to a recording of a recent training session highlighted in the Detroit Free Press. Highlights available at the following timestamps:…
LANSING – A company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath, a secretly recorded videotape shows. The video showing Erik Tisinger, a trainer for the California signature…
Michigan’s governor, like the governors of other states, is authorized under state law to exercise emergency powers to respond to a crisis. Recent attacks in the form of lawsuits and a petition for a ballot initiative threaten to eliminate those powers to the detriment of the people of Michigan. We should reject these ill-conceived attacks…
If I were governor, most things would still be shut down in Michigan, including outdoor dining, malls and gyms that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has allowed to open with restrictions. It would be easy, because as a longtime female political columnist, I’m quite comfortable being resented and hated, but that’s also why few journalists ever succeed…