A New Year, A New Start in the Michigan Legislature

Keeping with my “too busy to saddle everything down  a lot of opinion” streak I’ve been having, I wanted to share the opening remarks from MI House Speaker Andy Dillion (D).  There were some very notable bits of information and some lofty goals involved.  Only time will tell whether it is all rhetoric and words, or if there is actually strength behind those words.  Hopefully with a newer and stronger  Democratic majority, we can move some progressive legislative forward!

Some excerts (and one bit of disgreement) are included below the fold:

Michigan unemployment hits 9.1%

The Michigan Department of Labor released unemployment statistics for all 83 counties in Michigan through November 2008.  Mackinac comes in last with 19.6% and Washtenaw comes in first with 6.0%.  You can find the news release, including the numbers, here.    More to come on this when I have more time.

Back up and running (kinda, sorta)

Well, it has certainly been a while since I last wrote on here; the blog has actually been dormant for nearly five months!  But those five months were filled with incredible excitement and life changing experiences which I am sure will come out in future posts. 

For the time being,  just wanted to let people know that things still start to become active again in the next few days.  You’ll start to notice some changes, such as content, scheme, quality of information and most likely a new name.

I’ll be busy job hunting too, so that’ll slow down redevelopment a bit.  If anyone has a political job opening, don’t hesitate to contact me!    Take care!

UPDATE:  So, the name has reverted back to the original (Political Chaos), the theme has become somewhat more simple (and I like the colors better) and I have removed most of the Campaign Adventure material.  More changes to come in the near future!

UPDATE2: Added a ‘Helpful Links’ page for research on State Politics; Michigan related federal political sources will follow.