"This is patently false," Cassis told the crowd of more than 100.

To which I say:

Not the flyer, but rather Cassis herself.

Set aside the reality that the only reason that she's even being mentioned in the CD-11 primary is because the powers that be in the 11th District (Tom Stroup and Brooks Patterson, among others) decided that supporting the republican actually on the ballot was unacceptable, because actually using the Enumerated Powers as a litmus test for voting on a bill is too extreme for their taste.  The sheer chutzpah of Cassis to claim that any reference linking her to support for the MBT must be false is . . . ballsy . . . to say the very least.

2007 Senate Bill 94 was the SBT replacement package ultimately referred to as the "Michigan Business Tax."  According to Michigan Votes, not only did Cassis introduce the original bill (on January 25, 2007), she also offered (on May 3, 2007) the substitute that represented the "refined" final form of the proposal, which according to Senate Roll Call 85 she also voted to approve.  According to Senate Roll Call 86, Cassis also voted to approve the final Senate version of the bill, and according to Senate Roll Call 218, she also voted to approve the conference committee version of the bill.

So yeah, with regard to claiming falsehood on her introduction of the MBT . . .

2007 House Bill 5408 was the bill intended to replace the service tax with a Michigan Business Tax Surcharge.  According to Senate Roll Call 493, Cassis voted to approve the Senate version of the surcharge, though according to Senate Roll Call 515, she did vote against the conference committee version of the bill.  However, since she did support the Senate version of the bill the entire way, with regard to claiming falsehood on her support of the MBT Surcharge . . .

Because the MIGOP establishment is going to do everything they can to confuse the record with regard to Nancy Cassis, it's going to be really important to make sure that we don't let them get away with it.  Reagan's Eleventh Commandment makes Cassis' record fair game, and I think that we need to ping on that record on a regular basis between now and August 6th . . . just sayin'.