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Students Demand Cox Put Scholarship Ahead of ContributionsBy BILazarus, Section Multimedia
The phones at Mike Cox's office are ringing off the hook today. Students all across the state are calling the Michigan Attorney General and demanding he get out of bed with Governor Granholm's special interests, and put students ahead of Lansing's biggest political contributors. By stopping an illegal State Police headquarters scam, Attorney General Cox has the opportunity to quit abetting favors to big donors, save taxpayer money and give Michigan's students the scholarship they earned and deserve.
Developers Joel Ferguson and Gary Granger have donated over $430,000 to various politicians over the years and stand to gain an estimated $52 million return on investment at the expense of Michigan's students. Granger has donated nearly $7,000 directly to Mike Cox and Ferguson has given over $11,700 to Jennifer Granholm.
NoBrokenPromise.com urges citizens to take a moment to contact Mike Cox. Tell him to stop this illegal pork project and take a stand for the students of Michigan. How to Cheat Students and Influence Lawmakers When student Ben Lazarus asked Governor Granholm to divert money from an unnecessary State Police headquarters building to fund the merit-based scholarship promised to Michigan's hardest working students, he had no idea he would uncover a decade long scam deliberately intended to rip-off Michigan taxpayers. According to research conducted by NoBrokenPromise.com, Michigan's biggest political contributors have engaged in a documented pattern of bribery and corruption with receipts of contributions totaling over $430,000. The two businessmen stand to gain an estimated $52 million tax-funded dollars. Ben Lazarus, founder of NoBrokenPromise.com said, "It's extremely sad to think that the very politicians who promised to stand up for Michigan's students betrayed the future of our next generation for just a few thousand dollars in campaign contributions." The Michigan Promise Scholarship is a $4000 earned grant, paid over the course of one's college career, that was set to be given to over 96,000 Michigan public school students who passed the Michigan Merit Exam their junior year of high school. After vowing to veto a bill without funding for the award, Governor Granholm signed a budget that took money away from students and gave it to political contributors Joel Ferguson and Gary Granger. Major recipients of Granger and Ferguson's donations include: House Republican Campaign Committee - $110,000 Senate Republican Campaign Committee - $50,000 Michigan Republican Party - $50,000 Michigan House Democratic Fund - $16,000 Governor Jennifer Granholm - $11,800 Democratic State Central Committee - $11,000 Attorney General Mike Cox - $6,900 Speaker Andy Dillon - $5,000 Lt. Governor John Cherry - $3,500 Representative Alma Wheeler Smith - $2,500 Contributions were also made to Amy Peterman, Amy Richey, Bill Hardiman, Bill Lattimore, Dave Hildenbrand, David Farhat, Debbie Cherry, Dianne Byrum, Eric Doster, Gail Haines, Hugh Clark, Hugh D Crawford, Irma Clark-Coleman, Jacob W Hoogendyk Jr, Jase Bolger, Jerry Kooiman, Joe Haveman, John Proos, John Walsh, Judge James R Giddings, Judge Paula Manderfield, Judge Robert Weiss, Judge Tom Boyd, Judge William C Whitbeck, Justin Amash, Ken Sikkema, Kevin Green, Kim Meltzer, Mark C Jansen, Marsha Cheeks, Martha G Scott, Michael Murphy, Mickey Mortimer, Mike Nofs, Olly Hughes, Patty Birkholz, Paul Deweese, Paul H Scott, Peter Pettalia, Rich Brown, Roy Schmidt, Scott Hummel, Scott Shackleton, Stephen Markman, Todd Boorsma, Todd Lajoy, and Wayne Schmidt. Sources: Contributions Report, FEC, TaxPayers United Michigan Foundation (http://nobrokenpromise.com/post/283662595/students-demand-cox-put-scholarship-ahead-of)
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