Eastside Republican Club

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="044005a0exvipq.gif"> <div> <B>Eastside Republican Club</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><B>Events</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="eastside_republican_review_summary.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERC Review"><U><B>ERC Review</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><B>Congressional District News</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="civic___governmental_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="erc_officers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="link_to_michigan_gop.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michigan Republicans"><U><B><IMG SRC="05358580.gif" border=0 width="88" height="88" ALT="Michigan GOP" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> The ERC serves Detroit's near eastside, including Grosse Pointe, Michigan, hosting informative <A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>speakers</U></A>. Read about<A HREF="republican_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Early History of Detroit Republicans"><U> early Republicans</U></A> in Detroit! Local and State civic/governmental <A HREF="civic___governmental_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>links</U></A>.</div> <div> <A HREF="gop_women.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Republican Womens Club of Grosse Pointe"><U><I><B>GOP Women Convene</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="redistricting.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I><B>New Districts Await 'Blessing</B></I></U></A><I><B>'</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district_be_a_precinct_delegate.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><I><B>Be a Precinct Delegate</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><B><IMG SRC="81b871f0.gif" border=0 width="135" height="31" ALT=">>Events" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="182" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="162"><div> <I><B>Go Paperless!</B></I></div> <div> To receive meeting reminders via e-mail just <A HREF="mailto:jhacklem@eastside-republican-club.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:"><U>send us a note</U></A>, subject: “Paperless.”</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="560" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 4325 WIDTH="560"><div> <B>'Rusty' Hills to Address</B></div> <div> <B>ERC Forum May 15 at War Memorial</B></div> <div> Gerald J. “Rusty” Hills, director of public affairs for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, will speak to the Eastside Republican Club on Tuesday, May 15.<IMG SRC="1d298cd60.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="214" ALT="'Rusty' Hills >>Read more" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></div> <div> The 7:30 p.m. event will be held at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road.</div> <div> “As good citizens and voters, members of our club have a strong desire to stay abreast of issues involving our state government,” said club chairman Jenny Nolan.</div> <div> “We're interested in hearing Rusty share his insight into current events in Lansing.”</div> <div> She added, “The Forum is open to the public at no charge, so we invite anyone to attend who is interested in learning more about state government. The doors open at 7 p.m. for coffee and networking.”</div> <div> In addition to serving the Attorney General, Hills is a lecturer in public policy, at MSU's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.</div> <div> For more than of two decades Hills has been active in public service and politics, twice unanimously elected to serve as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. Most recently, Hills managed Schuette's successful 2010 campaign for Attorney General. <A HREF="hills.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rusty Hills"><U><I>>>Read about Forum</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Markman Looks to Maintain, Expand</B></div> <div> <B>Conservative Majority on State Supreme Court</B></div> <div> By John Minnis</div> <div> Justice Stephen J. Markman not only hopes to maintain the 4-3 conservative majority on the Michigan Supreme Court, he also looks to expand it to a 5-2 majority. But first, he must win his third election for the state's high court, and Brian K. Zahra, a January 2011 appointee by Gov. Rick Snyder, must win his first election.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="6" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="363" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 376 WIDTH="349"><div> <A HREF="schostak___markman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2012 PAC Dinner"><U><IMG SRC="1d11620f0.jpg" border=0 width="354" height="271" ALT="Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Markman, center, running for re-election to the state's high court in November, spoke April 26 at Sindbad's restaurant in Detroit to the Thomas Robert McCleary, Jr., Memorial Eastside Republican Club-PAC fundraiser dinner. Also in attendance were members of Grosse Pointe South High School's Young Americans for Freedom. Pictured with Markman are, from left, students Langston Bowens, Stu McKay, Stephanie Holder, and Michael Barrett. Markman's post-dinner talk filled in for scheduled speaker Robert I. Schostak, Michigan Republican Party chairman, who had to leave early for another speaking engagement. 'Bobby' Schostak spoke briefly before dinner. John Minnis photo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Markman, center, running for re-election to the state's high court in November, spoke April 26 at Sindbad's in Detroit to the Thomas Robert McCleary, Jr., Memorial Eastside Republican Club-PAC fundraiser.</div> <div> Pictured with Markman are local Young Americans for Freedom members, from left, Langston Bowens, Stu McKay, Stephanie Holder, and Michael Barrett. John Minnis photo</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> “If we can retain that 4-3 majority, you can be very proud of what this court does,” Markman told a record crowd April 26 at the Thomas Robert McCleary Jr. Memorial Eastside Republican PAC fundraiser at Sindbad's at the River in Detroit. Noting an open seat on the bench due to Justice Marilyn Kelly's mandatory retirement, Markman added, “We change that 4-3 majority to a 5-2 majority.”</div> <div> Markman stood in for scheduled guest speaker Michigan Republican Party Chairman Robert I. “Bobby” Schostak, who spoke briefly during the cocktail hour before heading to another speaking engagement.</div> <div> Schostak was introduced by ERC-PAC member John Chouinard. “Bobby's goal is to broaden and grow the Michigan Republican Party,” Chouinard said.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="6" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="229" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 334 WIDTH="215"><div> <A HREF="schostak___markman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2012 PAC Dinner"><U><IMG SRC="1d13d21b0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="283" ALT="Bobby Schostak with ERC-PAC member John Chouinard before April 26 fundraiser at Sindbad's in Detroit" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="2"></U></A></div> <div> Bobby Schostak with ERC-PAC member John Chouinard before April 26 fundraiser at Sindbad's in Detroit.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> After acknowledging Ann McCleary, wife of the late Eastside Republican Club founding member Tom McCleary who died a year ago, Schostak said, “We are at ground zero in the next election.”</div> <div> Citing the “amazing” progress Gov. Snyder has made in his short time in office, Schostak said, “You have an important election coming up. It is important because of Michigan's turnaround.”</div> <div> He noted Michigan's drop in unemployment from 12.9 percent to 8.5 percent in 15 months, as well as the Republican leadership's elimination of a $1.5 billion deficit and the dreaded Single Business Tax.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="117" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 175 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="gop_women.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Republican Womens Club of Grosse Pointe"><U><IMG SRC="1cf1649b0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="155" ALT="Greg Theokas, Grosse Pointe Park" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Greg Theokas</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 184 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="gop_women.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Republican Womens Club of Grosse Pointe"><U><IMG SRC="1cf264a40.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="164" ALT="John Stempfle, City of Grosse Pointe" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> John Stempfle</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 159 WIDTH="111"><div> <I><B>Pointe Leaders</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Address Women</B></I></div> <div> Republican Women's Club of Grosse Pointe met May<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>1 to hear from municipal leaders Greg Theokas, Park mayor pro tem, and John Stempfle, councilman from Grosse Pointe City.<I> </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><I>>></I><A HREF="gop_women.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Republican Womens Club of Grosse Pointe"><U><I>Read more</I></U></A><I>.</I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly of the Michigan Court of Appeals introduced Markman. “We look to the (state) Supreme Court to set the path for the rest of the state,” she said, noting the “rule of law” conservative majority on the court and the “caliber and quality” of Markman as part of that majority.” >><A HREF="schostak___markman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2012 PAC Dinner"><U><I>More PAC Event</I></U></A><I>.</I><I> <A NAME="cunningham_appointment"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <B>Rick Cunningham Appointed</B></div> <div> <B>Temp </B><B>County Convention Chairman</B></div> <div> Michigan GOP chairman Bobby Schostak has appointed Richard Cunningham of Detroit as temporary chairman of the May 3, 2012, Wayne 14 Republican Convention set for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Detroit.<IMG SRC="1cec78b10.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="177" ALT="Richard Cunningham" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></div> <div> Cunningham explained, “The current 13<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Congressional District organization has been ably and effectively led by Krista Haroutunian, and she will continue in office until the end of the year.”</div> <div> According to Cunningham, the appointment for this convention was necessary, “since Kris does not reside in the area which will become the new Wayne 14.”</div> <div> Because the newly configured congressional district is split between Wayne and Oakland counties, separate Wayne 14 and Oakland 14 Republican conventions are being held. >><A HREF="redistricting.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>See District 14 map</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> Delegations for both the upcoming county conventions and the May 18-19 State Convention at Cobo Center will be organized along lines drawn in compliance with reapportionment resulting from the 2010 census which reduced the number of Michigan districts from 15 to 14. >><A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district_delegate_preference.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><I>Read more about the convention process</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="242" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="222"><div> <I><B>Who said it?</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="quote_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>>></B></I><A HREF="civic___governmental_links_answer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><I><B>Find out</B></I></U></A><I><B>!</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Finley Sees Strong GOP Field</B></div> <div> <B>Good Prospect of Success at Polls</B></div> <div> <I>Detroit News</I> editor Nolan Finley brought an optimistic outlook about GOP prospects in November to the ERC Forum on March 20. Along the way, he labeled Wayne County government a “crony culture,” and said the U of M Board of Regents was “bankrupt.”<A HREF="finley19a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nolan Finley"><U><IMG SRC="1ce778c00.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="192" ALT="Nolan Finley of the Detroit News" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></U></A></div> <div> Speaking in Grosse Pointe Farms, Finley told the Forum, “The narrative of today's pundit class of experts is that the GOP has two, weak candidates for president, and has lost its Tea Party 'mojo.'"</div> <div> “They claim Obama is resurrecting his popularity due to a national economic recovery, but they are hearing about a different election than I am watching!”</div> <div> Finley, editorial page editor and columnist for <I>The Detroit News</I>, noted that the president has all the benefit of incumbency, plus the support of the media, and Hollywood working overtime, yet Romney is in a virtual tie with him in the polls.</div> <div> Finley said, “There is a war, but not the phony 'war on women' to hide Obama's 'war on religious freedom.' People recognize this fraud.”<A HREF="finley19a_dr__rob_steele.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nolan Finley"><U><IMG SRC="1cdd78d00.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="208" ALT="Dr. Rob Steele, candidate for U of M Regent" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></U></A></div> <div> Instead, “It's really a war on basic freedom and values,” he said.</div> <div> Also appearing at the event was Dr. Rob Steele, candidate for University of Michigan Board of Regents.</div> <div> Steele announced in October 2011 that he is running for the Board of Regents and will seek the Republican nomination at the Party's 2012 State Convention.</div> <div> “It is a flagship university,” Steele said.</div> <div> He strongly holds that as a state sponsored institution, the U of M should admit all qualified Michigan high school graduates before accepting out-of-state students.</div> <div> Steele noted that the U of M has a $7.8 billion endowment, and that instead of relying on continued taxpayer assistance, the university is in a position to use a portion of the endowment to offer student tuition loans. <I>>></I><A HREF="finley19a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nolan Finley"><U><I>More about the March Forum</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> <B>Ann McCleary Presented with Resolution Honoring Her Late Husband</B></div> <div> “One of our most active, beloved and dedicated members,” describes the late Thomas McCleary, Jr., and comprises the opening of a resolution, framed and recently presented by local Republicans to his widow, Ann McCleary, in Grosse Pointe Farms. >><A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district_mccleary_memorial_resolution.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><I>Read more about the memorial</I></U></A><I>.</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="hekman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Randy Hekman"><U><IMG SRC="1c8e78bb0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="187" ALT="Randy Hekman >>Read more." ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="4"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>U.S. Senate Candidate Hekman</B></div> <div> <B>Calls Americans to Pull Together</B></div> <div> “We have a lot of work to do on Capitol Hill,” declared Randy Hekman, candidate for the GOP nomination to face off against incumbent U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow in the November General Election.</div> <div> Speaking in Grosse Pointe Farms, he told the February 21 Eastside Republican Club Forum, “We won't just wave a magic wand.”</div> <div> Realistically, coalitions are needed, he said, to change our culture. To make it happen, “We have to pull together,” said the Navy veteran and member of the Republican Party.</div> <div> “My goal is fixing our country, and I want to bring people together, because we are Americans,” Hekman told his audience gathered at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.</div> <div> On the issue of mounting debt, he reported, “Every tick of the clock, every second of the day and night, $76,000 is added to our national debt.”</div> <div> Offering a comparison, Hekman said the U.S. has spent $6.4 trillion to fund all the wars since our country was founded.</div> <div> “Yet since 1964, the cost of the federal War on Poverty has cost over $16 trillion, and in the process it is hurting the very people it is intended to help,” he said.</div> <div> Hekman announced in early 2011 his intention to run for the Senate. >><A HREF="hekman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Randy Hekman"><U><I>Read more</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Precinct Delegate Filing</B><B> Deadline Approaches<IMG SRC="1cb8787a0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="122" ALT="Precinct Delegates" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> District chairman Krista Haroutunian has announced launch of the 2012 recruitment campaign for precinct delegates.</div> <div> Haroutunian said, “Because congressional district boundaries are changing, it's even more critical that every precinct is represented in upcoming county, state, and new district conventions.”</div> <div> “If you've been a precinct delegate in the past... your term of office is ending, so you must re-file to be listed on the August 7 Republican Primary ballot,” she said. The chairman is also recruiting new people for inclusion as precinct delegates.</div> <div> Filing deadline is May 15. <I>>></I><A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district_be_a_precinct_delegate.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><I>Be a precinct delegate</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Vote in Republican Primary,</B></div> <div> <B>Avoid Wayne County Jury Duty?</B></div> <div> An inadvertent Get Out the Vote initiative slipped into defense attorney David Griem's February 3 Detroit press conference as he answered questions about one of his high-profile clients.<IMG SRC="15d85a530.gif" border=0 width="90" height="83" ALT="Vote February 28!" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="2"></div> <div> On selection of any potential jury, Griem declared that if you “vote in the Republican primary” you are just the kind of citizen he'd exclude from jury duty, in the event his client is ever charged.</div> <div> Apparently, Griem has had experience with Republican primary voters and believes they could have an aversion to secret dungeons, alternative lifestyles, or worse.</div> <div> “Maybe that's why I started taking questions from the left,” he joked to the press during his 90-minute presser streamed live on the internet by the <I>Detroit News</I>.</div> <div> You've been warned! Unless you have time to spend sitting through a protracted trial, the safest course is to vote February 28.<A HREF="durant.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clark Durant"><U><IMG SRC="1c4d78c50.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="197" ALT="Clark Durant" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="6"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Dura</B><B>nt Promises Stabenow a Nightmare</B></div> <div> <B>With a Focus on Constitutional Pr</B><B>inciples</B></div> <div> Pointer Clark Durant, confident, thoughtful and determined, talked January 17 to the Eastside Republican Club Forum at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="187" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 731 WIDTH="167"><div> <I><B> <A NAME="redistricting_quiz_1_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Redistricting Quiz</B></I></div> <div> <B>The “S” Map</B></div> <div> Michigan's new 14<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Congressional District includes Detroit's eastside as well as Oakland County's Kego Harbor. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Congressional District 14</B></div> <div> Under the new redistricting plan, the 14th Congressional District excludes Highland Park. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_district_14_city.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>State Senate District 2</B></div> <div> The voting age population of Senate District 2, including all five Pointes and Harper Woods, is more than 56% African-American. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_senate_maj_min_data.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Pointes Divided in House</B></div> <div> Even if the State Representative currently representing the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods is re-elected, about half of all Pointers will have a new state representative in 2013. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_pointes_divided.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>The Small Exception</B></div> <div> Depending on where you live, Grosse Pointe-area voters will be represented in the State House by the representative from District 1, District 2, or District 18. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_exception.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>One More Map</B></div> <div> One web-based map can picture your housetop, while indicating your precinct, State House, State Senate, and U.S. congressional district. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_one_more_map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Wayne County</B></div> <div> The 2010 census does not change the number of districts comprising the Wayne County Commission. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_wayne_county.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Republican Party Reorg</B></div> <div> New boundaries will be followed in electing a temporary 14th District Republican Party chairman on May 18, 2012. True or False? >><A HREF="redistricting_gop_reorg.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Redistricting Changes"><U><I>View the answer</I></U></A>.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> With conviction and some hyperbole, Durant -- one of the leading candidates in the race to beat incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow -- proclaimed, “I will be able to penetrate the territory of my opponent, and have people voting Republican who haven't voted Republican since Abraham Lincoln!”</div> <div> Pointing to what's “broken,” such as out-of-control entitlements, crony capitalism, and lack of respect for the U.S. Constitution, Durant explained, “My life has been taking things that are broken and finding ways to make them work.”</div> <div> He ticked off examples, including his work in improving the education of Detroit students at Cornerstone Schools, putting the subsidized Ann Arbor Railroad into private hands and then onto the tax roles, and his stint as chairman of the board for the federal Legal Services Corporation.</div> <div> Durant cited example after example of points distinguishing him from other candidates, and then added a clincher, “I have the resources to wage a tough campaign.”</div> <div> “I am Debbie Stabenow's worst nightmare,” he said.</div> <div> He explained that everywhere he goes, people ask one question, “Why are you doing this?” <I>>></I><A HREF="durant_three_reasons.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clark Durant"><U><I>Continue reading</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Supreme's Texas Ruling Bodes Well for Mitten</B></div> <div> Michigan's redistricting can not be implemented without Federal pre-clearance. To expedite this, the Mitten State has asked a federal court to okay its redistricting plan. In the meantime, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a Texas case. According to a July 21 <I>New York Times</I> report, "The unanimous decision said that redistricting is primarily a job for elected state officials...." >><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/us/supreme-court-rejects-judge-drawn-maps-in-texas-redistricting-case.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/us/sup"><U><I>Justices' Texas Redistricting Ruling Likely to Help GOP</I></U></A><I>.</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="hoekstra196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pete Hoekstra"><U><IMG SRC="1c4a78bb0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="187" ALT="Pete Hoekstra" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="6"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Pete Hoekstra Predicts</B></div> <div> <B>Michigan to Elect New Senator</B></div> <div> “I will fight to pass a balanced budget, reduce government spending, eliminate senseless regulations, and help grow our economy," Pete Hoekstra promised the Eastside Republican Club during a November campaign stop.</div> <div> With confidence, he said, “In 51 weeks we will have elected a new Senator.”</div> <div> Of course, Hoekstra is working hard to be that new Senator, but his first objective is to win the August 7 Michigan Republican primary leading up to the November 2012 General Election.</div> <div> “The sooner we unite behind a candidate, the better opportunity we'll have to turn the incumbent out,” he added.</div> <div> Co-founder of the congressional Tea Party Caucus, Hoekstra boasted, “I signed the no-tax pledge.” It was his endorsement of the Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge. >><A HREF="hoekstra196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pete Hoekstra"><U><I>More Hoekstra</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Check Out ERC's Social Networking Site</B></div> <div> The Eastside Republican Club has launched a FreedomConnector web site to encourage networking of eastside conservatives and activists favoring less government/more freedom. <I>>></I><A HREF="http://connect.freedomworks.org/node/56562" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://connect.freedomworks.org/node/565"><U><I>Click to join our Eastside Republican Club Connector online group</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> <I><B>Thanks for visiting ERC on the web, now </B></I><A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><I><B>meet us</B></I></U></A><I><B> at the G.P. 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