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 communities, 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="http://grandoldpartisan.com/on-this-day.aspx" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://grandoldpartisan.com/on-this-day."><U><I><B>Today in GOP history</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://medefco.org/events.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://medefco.org/events.html"><U><I><B>Metro Detroit Freedom Coalition Events</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="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="174" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 72 WIDTH="152"><div> <I><B>Go Paperless!</B></I></div> <div> To receive meeting reminders via e-mail instead of a postcard, <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= 3412 WIDTH="560"><div> <B>Republican 'Fix Michigan Center' Launched</B></div> <div> <B>In Pointe Plaza Shopping Center at Mack & Moross</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="317" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 158 WIDTH="305"><div> <IMG SRC="19f42c2a0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="1" VSPACE="1"></div> <div> On hand for the August 21 'Fix Michigan Center' grand opening were GOP candidates (from left) <A HREF="http://www.johnchouinardforstatesenate.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.johnchouinardforstatesenate.c"><U><B>John Chouinard</B></U></A> campaigning for State Senate District 2, <A HREF="http://dumo4house.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dumo4house.com/"><U><B>Janice DuMouchelle</B></U></A> seeking election as State Representative District 1, and <B>Robert Sheehy</B> vying for Wayne County Commission District 1.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> “We're open for business,” said 13<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> district Republican chairman, Ed Joseph, announcing launch of the “Fix Michigan Center” located at 19165 Mack Avenue in the Pointe Plaza Shopping Center - between Buddy's Pizza and Barnes & Noble Books.</div> <div> Grand opening of the eastside/Grosse Pointe campaign headquarters was held August 21, with the appearance of local Republican candidates, refreshments, activation of phone banks and other campaign activities.</div> <div> Joseph encouraged supporters, “Come in anytime during the day to assist with voter canvassing and to pick up campaign literature.”</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="165" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 HEIGHT= 836 WIDTH="143"><div> <I><B>2010 Michigan GOP</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Nominees & Links</B></I></div> <div> <B>GOVERNOR</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://rickformichigan.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://rickformichigan.com/"><U>Rick Snyder</U></A></div> <div> <B>SECRETARY OF STATE</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rj4mi.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rj4mi.com/"><U>Ruth Johnson</U></A></div> <div> <B>ATTORNEY GENERAL</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.billschuette.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.billschuette.com/"><U>Bill Schuette</U></A></div> <div> <B>STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION</B></div> <div> Eileen Weiser</div> <div> <A HREF="http://drzeile.net/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://drzeile.net/"><U>Dr. Richard Zeile</U></A></div> <div> <B>U of M Regents</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.regents.umich.edu/about/bios/newman.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.regents.umich.edu/about/bios/"><U>Andrea Fischer Newman</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >*</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.regents.umich.edu/about/bios/richner.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.regents.umich.edu/about/bios/"><U>Andrew Richner</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >*</FONT></div> <div> <B>MSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.breslinformsu.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.breslinformsu.com/"><U>Brian Breslin</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lyonsformsu.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lyonsformsu.com/"><U>Mitch Lyons</U></A></div> <div> <B>WAYNE STATE BOARD OF GOVERNORS</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://bog.wayne.edu/members/dunaskiss.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bog.wayne.edu/members/dunaskiss.p"><U>Diane Dunaskiss</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >*</FONT></div> <div> Danialle Karmanos</div> <div> <B>SUPREME COURT</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://justicebobyoung.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://justicebobyoung.com/"><U>Justice Robert Young</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >*</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.marybethkellyforjustice.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.marybethkellyforjustice.com/"><U>Judge Mary Beth Kelly</U></A></div> <div> <B>U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</B></div> <div> District 13 (incl. the Pointes)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://haulerforcongress.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://haulerforcongress.com/"><U>John Hauler</U></A></div> <div> <B>STATE SENATE</B></div> <div> District 1</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.facebook.com/notes/friends-to-elect-dakeisha-l-hardwick/dakeisha-hardwick-bio/132064440145468" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.facebook.com/notes/friends-to"><U>Dakeisha Harwick</U></A></div> <div> District 2 (incl. the Pointes)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.johnchouinardforstatesenate.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.johnchouinardforstatesenate.c"><U>John Chouinard</U></A></div> <div> <B>STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</B></div> <div> District 1 (incl. the Pointes)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://dumo4house.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dumo4house.com/"><U>Janice  DuMouchelle</U></A></div> <div> District 2</div> <div> <A HREF="http://mitchell4michigan.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://mitchell4michigan.com/"><U>Damian Mitchell</U></A></div> <div> District 3</div> <div> Daniel J. Lamar</div> <div> District 4</div> <div> Lillian L. Smith</div> <div> District 5</div> <div> <A HREF="http://jermainleejoneschangeyoucanfeel.webs.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://jermainleejoneschangeyoucanfeel.w"><U>Jermain Jones</U></A></div> <div> <B>WAYNE COUNTY EXECUTIVE</B></div> <div> Mario Nesr Fundarski</div> <div> <B>WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSION</B></div> <div> District 1 (incl. the Pointes)</div> <div> Robert Sheehy</div> <div> <B>WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.shellyforsheriff.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shellyforsheriff.com/"><U>Shelly L. Milton</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> *Incumbent</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> “Free two-hour parking is in front of the Plaza, or visitors may park in the ramp directly behind the Plaza,” he added.</div> <div> The center will be the area's headquarters for campaign phone calls, literature distribution, door-to-door campaigning, event hosting, and other volunteer activities.<IMG SRC="19f6c8190.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="281" ALT="Eighth annual ERC Family Fun Picnic a big hit at Patterson Park on the Lake" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></div> <div> For more information, contact center manager Diana Bates by <A HREF="mailto:dbates@migopvictory.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:dbate&#115"><U>email</U></A> or call (517) 574-2627.</div> <div> <B>Eighth Annual Picnic</B></div> <div> <B>A Big Hit at on the Lake</B></div> <div> “A splendid success,” said Eastside Republican Club chairman John Chouinard, reflecting on the enthusiastic turnout of picnickers and candidates for the Club's eight annual family fun picnic.</div> <div> “My hat's off to Mike and Peggy Hennigan who coordinated the whole event, as well as to the many candidates and office holders who were available to meet our members and guests.” he said.</div> <div> The July 18 event was held at Patterson Park on Lake St. Clair in Grosse Pointe Park.</div> <div> Pete Hoekstra, campaigning for Governor, spoke to the group and answered questions. Also present were Andrew Richner seeking reelection to the University of Michigan Board of Regents.</div> <div> In addition to Chouinard who is campaigning for State Senator 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> District, candidates included Robert Sheehy seeking election as Wayne County Commissioner 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> District, and Charles Davis vying for State Representative 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> District.</div> <div> Other Republican candidates attending were John Hauler campaigning for U.S. Congress 13<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> District, and Janice DuMouchelle running for State Representative 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> District.</div> <div> <B>Brendan Walsh, School System Treasurer</B></div> <div> <B>Lauds New Public School Labor Agreement</B><A HREF="walsh.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brendan Walsh"><U><IMG SRC="19e464a10.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="161" ALT="Brendan Walsh >>More Walsh" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="10"></U></A></div> <div> A bevy of GOP candidates and a presentation by Brendan Walsh, treasurer of the Grosse Pointe public school system, filled the ERC Forum, June 15 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms.</div> <div> Calling it a “landmark,” Walsh lauded the collective bargaining agreement recently negotiated with teachers that extends through June 2013.</div> <div> He said, “The new agreement effectively ties employee compensation to the district's means to pay it.”</div> <div> Meanwhile, critics of the agreement point out that instead of achieving immediate taxpayer and budget relief, many of the contract's efficiencies are postponed until its final year.</div> <div> Also part of the Forum, chairman John Chouinard turned the podium over to each of four Republican candidates present who, in turn, made brief remarks. >><A HREF="walsh.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brendan Walsh"><U><I>More Walsh at the ERC</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Supreme Court Justice Robert Young</B></div> <div> <B>Explains Battle to Replace the “Rule of Law”</B></div> <div> “There is a war going on right here in our courts,” declared Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert P. Young, Jr., speaking on May 18 to the Eastside Republican Club Forum at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms.<A HREF="young.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Justice Young"><U><IMG SRC="19d163a50.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="165" ALT="Justice Robert Young >>More Young" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="8"></U></A></div> <div> Enemies of this rule of law, Justice Young said, are judges who take sides and actually make policy contrary to the express language of the statutes enacted by the people's representatives, the legislature.</div> <div> “Empathy sounds good,” he said, but ultimately leads to what the <I>Wall Street Journal</I> called “the creation of novel rights.”</div> <div> Justice Young, who is running for re-election to Michigan's highest court, is now one of a three-judge rule of law minority on the court, and labels the current majority on the Michigan Supreme Court as the “empathy” majority.</div> <div> Justice Young asked, “Why would one's gender or skin color have anything to do with the legal merits of a case?”</div> <div> “Should a judge ever decide in favor of a party because of who he is rather than on the legal merits of his case?” >><A HREF="young.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Justice Young"><U><I>More Young</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Bouchard and Land Team</B></div> <div> <B>Headline Successful PAC Event</B><A HREF="bouchard184.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bouchard/Land at PAC Dinner"><U><IMG SRC="19c0c87f0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="127" ALT="Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard and Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="6"></U></A></div> <div>   By John Lundberg</div> <div> Michigan gubernatorial candidate Mike Bouchard and running mate Terri Lynn Land proved they could pack a room at the Eastside Republican Club-PAC fundraiser at Sindbad's in Detroit on April 22.</div> <div> The Oakland County Sheriff, along with Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who is running with Bouchard as his pick for lieutenant governor, were keynoters at the annual dinner hosted by the ERC-PAC.</div> <div> Funds raised will be used to support local candidates in the November 2010 General Election, and Lita McKeehan, PAC chairman, was pleased by the enthusiastic turnout.</div> <div> Bouchard spoke of the need of reducing the state's budget, especially when it came to revamping the education and prison systems. >><A HREF="bouchard184.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bouchard/Land at PAC Dinner"><U><I>Learn more</I></U></A>.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="199c4d740.jpg" border=0 width="77" height="116" ALT="Frederick Douglass (R-MD)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural: March 1865</B></div> <div> Learning that Frederick Douglass (R-MD) was being turned away from the inaugural ball at the White House, President Lincoln ordered that his friend be admitted. Welcoming him, the Great Emancipator said, “Here comes my friend Douglass.” Shaking his hand, Lincoln asked Douglass' opinion of the inaugural speech. “Mr. President,” Douglass answered, “that was a sacred effort.” >><A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E4D71139F93AA35752C1A96E9C8B63" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht"><U><I>NYT: White Houses Past</I></U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Media Insider John McCulloch</B></div> <div> <B>Offers Views on Current Events</B></div> <div> “Talk radio is the big watchdog, right now,” said Detroit radio personality John McCulloch, talking to the March 16 ERC Forum at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms.<A HREF="mcculloch.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John McCulloch"><U><IMG SRC="19e6649b0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="155" ALT="Radio personality, John McCulloch" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></U></A></div> <div> McCulloch, frequently heard on news/talk radio WJR-760am, shared his insights into the broadcast industry, his views on current events, and an insider's perspective on bias in the media.</div> <div> A looming danger faced by broadcasting may be coming from the federal government, he warned.</div> <div> McCulloch said there is a threat of increased control over broadcast content through re-imposition of the so-called “fairness” doctrine under the new guise of diversity in broadcasting.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="234" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 72 WIDTH="212"><div> <I><B>Who said it?</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="whosaidit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> "Socialism will only work in heaven where they don't need it, and in hell where they've already got it!" <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>>></B></I><A HREF="civic___governmental_links_who_said_it__1_1_1_1_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><I><B>Find out</B></I></U></A><I><B>!</B></I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> While operating under the now abandoned “fairness” controls, he noted, “Radio was basically a liberal playground.”</div> <div> As he sees it, imposing content controls would extinguish today's freedom of expression and kill talk radio, while encouraging risk-free, low budget programs such as those on which callers share favorite recipes.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="184" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 509 WIDTH="162"><div> <B><IMG SRC="18fea0e40.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="228" ALT="Bill Schuette, candidate for Attorney General" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B>Bill Schutte Stumps in GP</B></I></div> <div> Midland's former U.S. Congressman and a current candidate for GOP Michigan Attorney General nomination, <A HREF="http://www.billschuette.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.billschuette.com/"><U>Bill Schutte</U></A>, appealed for support at the September 15 Forum.</div> <div> He stated, “Michigan needs an attorney general who is strong, tough and experienced.”</div> <div> “As a judge, I watched as some in Lansing wanted to release dangerous criminals, and I'm opposed to early release to save money,” Schutte said.</div> <div> Schutte has served as a Department Director, State Senator, and Michigan Court of Appeals Judge.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> McCulloch explained other forces affecting local radio programming. He said it is “under attack” by the economic forces of business consolidation. >><A HREF="mcculloch.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John McCulloch"><U><I>More McCulloch</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> <B>Regent Richner Touts University of Michigan</B></div> <div> <B>Academic and Financial Strength at Feb Forum</B></div> <div> Andrew C. Richner, chairman of the University of Michigan Board of Regents and a Grosse Pointe Park Republican, detailed steps the public university has taken to increase efficiency and hold the line on tuition hikes at the ERC's February Forum.</div> <div> “We put a lot of burden on the administration to find cost-savings instead of shifting all our cost increases to tuition hikes,” he reported.<A HREF="richner.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andrew Richner"><U><IMG SRC="1981649a0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="154" ALT="Andrew C. Richner, chairman, University of Michigan Board of Regents >>More Richner" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="6"></U></A></div> <div> Richner said university bragging points include academic standings comparable with other top-tier schools and a triple-A bond rating.</div> <div> “We are more focused on our core mission, and getting out of businesses we shouldn't be in, such as operating a Flint public television broadcasting station,” he said. The station has been sold.</div> <div> He noted that such actions have allowed U of M to keep tuition increases in check. Consequently, annual Michigan taxpayer support has declined from $360 to $325 million.</div> <div> While holding the line on costs, the University has had success with its “Michigan Difference” fund raising campaign. To date, it has raised a record-setting $3.2 billion for the school from private sources, making it the largest fundraiser in the history of any U.S. public university. >><A HREF="richner.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andrew Richner"><U><I>More about Richner and the Forum</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> <B>Nolan Finley Sees Taxpayer Frustration</B></div> <div> <B>Strengthening New Grassroots Movement</B></div> <div> Just as the U.S. economy struggles to show signs of life, frazzled taxpayers seem to have found a target for their frustration.<A HREF="n_finley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nolan Finley"><U><IMG SRC="196764ac0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="172" ALT="Nolan Finley" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="6"></U></A></div> <div> Nolan Finley, editorial page editor and columnist for The Detroit News, told his ERC Forum audience on January 19, “I recently spent time in Cobo Hall and found the climate much more hopeful, much more upbeat.”</div> <div> Yet Finley sees the political climate building toward a new storm of its own.</div> <div> Speaking on the evening of Republican Scott Brown's election upset, Finley said, “Look what's happened in New Jersey and Virginia, and now in Massachusetts!”</div> <div> “We'll spend the next few months studying where this movement is going,” Finley predicted, noting the groundswell of voter sentiment in favor of government restraint.</div> <div> Finley noted, “Scott Brown's popularity in Massachusetts parallels what's happening nationally.” From his vantage point, voters think the majority in power is pushing them too far, they're frustrated, and not going to tolerate it any more.</div> <div> He said voters are reacting, “We don't want this--we don't need a socialist health care system." >><A HREF="n_finley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nolan Finley"><U><I>More about Nolan Finley at the ERC</I></U></A>.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>'</B></FONT><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. War Memorial</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:jhacklem@eastside-republican-club.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:"><U><I><B>Let's have your feedback</B></I></U></A></FONT>                            <IMG SRC="2fd52280.gif" border=0 width="82" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>