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    Tag: NERD Fund (page 4)

    Time to show us the money (trail).


    By KG One, Section News
    Posted on Sun Sep 29, 2013 at 12:30:00 PM EST
    Tags: "Slick" Rick Snyder, Detroit, Bankruptcy, Kevyn Orr, NERD Fund, Jones Day, "Transparency", Good luck finding very much of that here, Usually not something you want to be blissfully explaining away when running for re-election, One term nerd (all tags)

    A few days ago, the story was brought up mentioning Slick Rick's "N.E.R.D." Fund paying the expenses of a certain EM, in a certain Democratic Stronghold.

    At the time, this didn't really make a whole lot of sense.

    Sure people make donations to charity all of the time.

    They usually do this for altruistic reasons.

    Sometimes they simply do it for good PR.

    But in Detroit this didn't make any sense whatsoever.

    There really wasn't anything to be gained from this action (especially doing it secretly)

    Until now that is.

    {Details after the fold}

    (480 words in story) Full Story

    Details are not for you Little People


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Sep 26, 2013 at 12:18:37 PM EST
    Tags: Transparency, NERD Fund, Cronies, The Flim-Flam Man, Mr. 36%, Slick Rick, Kevyn Orr, Lawyers, Contracts, City of Detoilet, Bankrupt, Entitlement mentality, Snydercaid, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Get a load of the entitlement mentality on these two cake eaters.


    "...so people should feel comfortable with that."

    AYFKM?  No, you slippery crony capitalist big government Progressive.  You work for me Nerd-boy, and I trust your smarmy, perpetual stealth-mode Ann Arborness as far as I can throw my house over your boondoggle DRIC bridge.

    And, dig the chops on the retained mouthpiece.

    "I pay my travel out of pocket every week, I pay my parking, I don't expense mileage. It's cost me tens of thousands of dollars, personally," said Kevyn Orr.

    Hey, stupid, for starters Kevyn, you already got caught in a lie.  Not a smart Bankruptcy shyster.  Kevyn accepted the job (with extravagant perks), and please do tell us what other forms of employment covers the tab for any out of state residency?  It didn't fly at Ford Motor when Channel 7's Steve Wilson exposed Mark Fields weekly trips home to Florida, to avoid Michigan's Income Tax.  The Governerd likes to play government is a business, well, the Public Sector don't dig that sh!t - bad business image.  Alan Mulally ate crow ...and, the li'l "Rock and Roll" Executive's corporate Gulfstream went buh-bye.  Tho, Fields did keep the Mullet.

    The alleged Republican Party Nerd?  Slick Rick blunders on as if it's none of the public's business.  THAT'S "customer service," baby!

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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Good Luck With That


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Sep 03, 2013 at 12:26:24 PM EST
    Tags: Terri Lynn Land, ZZZzzz, Snydercaid, Growth Of Government, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, Obamacare, The Flim-Flam Man, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, Transparency, Lemon Socialism, City of Detoilet, another $52M flushed, bailing out Progressive Utopia, Gary Peters, Photo ops, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Republican kakistocracy, Bobby ShowStak, MIa-GoPC'd, Grand Rapids Power Brokers, memory holes, TEA Movement, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    An interesting piece happened to turn up on Roll Call regarding the number of former SoS entering U.S. Senate races.

    "We may have decent name ID, but it's weak brand ID. That was something I discovered when I ran," Grayson continued. "Despite the higher profile, it's not like it's a natural pivot into the next statewide race. And I think sometimes that puts us in a bit of a tough spot, because there's this perception that maybe we're stronger candidates than we really are."

    The U.S. Senate Historical Office does not maintain a list of former secretaries of state who have served in the Senate. But according to data compiled from the National Association of Secretaries of State and other sources, CQ Roll Call identified just 10 senators since 1904 who ever held that position.

    Of those 10 - seven Democrats and three Republicans - just three were elected to the Senate as a sitting secretary of state.

    So, one has to ask, exactly what has Terri Lynn Land done other than hold a ho-hum title?  I mean besides running an abject failure 2010 campaign with this twice failed anti-2A dope that split the Party just enough to allow Rick Michigan's nose under the tent.  Did a 2014 Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land lead a charge against Obamacare expansion in Michigan, known as Snydercaid?  Nope.  If you believe so, please, provide a link showing anywhere she did.  It's not like Terri, and her hubby don't have the coin and didn't have the time to bird dog the Nerd bus crisscrossing the state when JenniRick embarked on his Tour de Harassment.  Bottom line.  Where the Hell is Terri Lynn Land?!?!

    Continued below the fold.

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    The Daily Dillon


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Aug 22, 2013 at 11:56:17 AM EST
    Tags: Transparency, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Andy Dillon, alleged paramour, Dillon House staffer, Amy U. Hichez, Redford Twp. Parks Commissioner, Miles Handy, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Robert Ficano, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, Kevyn Orr, Detroit, Michigan Democratic Party, Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, Unions, AstroTurf, Thugs, Bullies, SB-992, Bobby ShowStak, Republican kakistocracy, Grand Rapids Power Brokers, Feral Government, Rodney Stokes, Strange bedfellows, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, Laura Cox, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, Mike Cox, Scarlet letters, memory holes, TEA Movement, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    This is a sorta fun development for Conservatives watching what the Snyder administration has placed into its own lap.  Remember what Terry Stanton (same office of Amy Hichez) stated about our Treasury Dept., just yesterday?

    "Any personal issues he is working through have not, in any way, affected his performance as State Treasurer."

    Pure Bee-esS.  Meet current Treasury Department "Executive Assistant," and former Dillon House staffer ($56,000.00), Amy U. Hichez.

    State Treasurer Andy Dillon's secretary sued his ex-wife for defamation Wednesday for claiming she had an affair with her boss.

    In a lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, Amy U. Hichez denied having an affair with Andy Dillon - allegations Carol Owens-Dillon publicly leveled in a July 7 posting on her Facebook page.
    ....

    Owens-Dillon stood by the allegations Wednesday.

    "I'm surprised she is doing this because she will be putting her boss negatively in the press and I'm quite sure he doesn't need that," Owens-Dillon said in a statement to The News.

    Indeed.  What further defamation is possible with those who sit in government with Andy and his buddy, Miles Handy?  Yet, much like Hillary Clinton, and Huma Abedin, the slovenly attired self-invented Nerd persona is going to stand by his man.  Frillant move for the Executive branch of state government that is the flagship of the MI-GOP.

    That down-ticket vote for "Team R" will suffer in 2014.  That is just a 'No boundaries' Rick Michigan, enabling - fact.

    (1 comment) Comments >>

    Because Leopards Change Their Spots


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Aug 21, 2013 at 10:17:19 AM EST
    Tags: Transparency, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Andy Dillon, Miles Handy, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Robert Ficano, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, Kevyn Orr, Detroit, Michigan Democratic Party, Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, Unions, AstroTurf, Thugs, Bullies, SB-992, Bobby ShowStak, Republican kakistocracy, Grand Rapids Power Brokers, Feral Government, Rodney Stokes, Strange bedfellows, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, Laura Cox, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, Mike Cox, memory holes, TEA Movement, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Germans have the coolest words for such things involving the Rick Snyder experiment.  For example, take the self-invented Nerd persona's selection for state Treasurer.

    Pure Schadenfreude.

    Dillon has acknowledged a bout with alcoholism while being the governor's point man for handling financially distressed cities and school districts.

    But now the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is considering a domestic assault charge against Dillon stemming from a July 13 confrontation with his ex-wife, Carol Owens-Dillon, at their Redford Township home.

    Dillon, a former Democratic speaker of the state House of Representatives, and the Snyder administration are not answering questions about his alleged actions.

    "We do not believe it is appropriate to respond to speculation," Snyder spokesman Dave Murray said Tuesday in a statement. "Gov. Snyder believes Treasurer Dillon is doing a good job on behalf of the people of Michigan."

    Again, zero transparency from Rick Snyder.  Sure Dave Murray, we little people "believe" you too.  Just try boozing as a "point man" in the Private Sector, and see how long it takes to be shown the door.  And, this is a so-called Executive's decision?  Amazing.  Fact remains that Rick Snyder owns that appointment, and isn't man enough to deal with his can of worms - but, he'll have to before long.  There's more...

    "Treasurer Dillon is in the office and on the job every day, working diligently as always for the people of the State of Michigan," spokesman Terry Stanton said in an email. "Any personal issues he is working through have not, in any way, affected his performance as State Treasurer."

    12 years of taxpayer funded professional turd polishing just can't be wrong, yes?  Survey says...

    A Wayne County Family Court judge has issued a mutual restraining order against Dillon and his ex-wife after they filed competing personal protection orders against each other.

    The acrimony stems from a July 13 incident at the Dillon residence in Redford Township where Carol Owens-Dillon alleges her ex-husband hired a tow truck driver to break into a vehicle she was driving that contained her divorce files. In court records, Owens-Dillon claims she had "racially-charged text messages" in the file that she intended to deliver to Snyder.

    D'oh!  Really.  Who could've foreseen the years of dysfunction that Andy Dillon, would bring to an alleged Republican administration?  Hmmm, I wonder...

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    Hellooooo, John Rakolta


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Aug 16, 2013 at 08:17:47 PM EST
    Tags: Robert Ficano, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, Michigan Democratic Party, Andy Dillon, Miles Handy, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Jumana Judeh, Ficano's realtor squeeze, Turkia Awada Mullin, Cronyism, John Don't Trust-cott, retained Chattering Class, Feral Government, Strange bedfellows, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney, memory holes, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Ron Boji, Michigan Strategic Fund, NERD Fund, Dan Gilbert, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    "You've heard of the bridge to nowhere?  Welcome to the jail for no one."

    Told ya.  You're getting warmer, Ross.  However, that jail for no one will be gobbled up by Dan Gilbert for pennies on the dollar.

    And, you've got a whole gaggle of MI-GOP bootlickers who watched Rakolta line his pockets, main one being, the State AG.  Next question would reasonably be, what did the wife of former State AG (Commissioner Laura Cox) know, and when did she know it?

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    Transparency: NERD Fund is Drying up


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Aug 15, 2013 at 02:47:08 PM EST
    Tags: Transparency, Slick Rick, The Flim-Flam Man, Governor Snyder, Mr. 36%, Rich Baird, NERD fund, Kevyn Orr, MEDC, Ardesta, Stem Cell Research, Embryos, Crony Capitalism, 21st Century Investment Fund, NextEnergy, Chris Rizik, Wealth redistribution In Dog Years, Discera, U of M TTNAB, ChiComs, DRIC-NITC, DRTP, Tunnels, Public-Private Partnerships, NGO, Light Rail boondoggles, Public Act 95 of 2013, Corporate Welfare, Public Act 396 of 2012, No Shame in Ilitch's Game, Red Wings, Bankrupt Detoilet, Tax Hikes, Public Act 56 of 2011, Bobby Schostak, SB-992, Richardville, Bolger, Rewarding Lawbreakers, $929 Million Rer Year on Illegals, HB-4024, HB-4026, Home Team First, Oaths, SB59, Rick Snyder Veto, U of M cronies, STEM Amnesty, Common Core, poisoning the party brand, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, the 'Big Tent' needs a cleansing, Obamacare, Exemption employees, Medicaid, Expansion, One Tough Nerd PAC, Follow The Money, Michigan, State Senate, HB4714, 2014, HAS TO GO, Pale Pastel, GoPC'd, Reince Pubic, MIaGOP, Bobby ShowStak, Lickspittle Lackeys, PPACA enablers, scAmnesty, Progressives, Tax hiking, Big Government, BIGGER Spending, Pure Bee-esS, Gas Tax Hike, Andy Dillon, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Only one word comes to mind: Starve.

    Yannow, between the Governerd surrounding himself with a deadbeat Treasurer, and a Medicaid billing mooslime responsible for at least one death now dumping $25K into the One Tough Nerd PAC <cough>HB 4714</cough>, all one has to do is sit back and watch "Rick Michigan" implode all on his own.  Damn good thing you're getting your monies upfront, young Johnny.

    One Term Nerd, baby!

    Comments >>

    You Load Sixteen Tons, What do You Get


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Aug 08, 2013 at 09:21:16 AM EST
    Tags: Mr. 36%, Slick Rick, The Flim-Flam Man, Governor Snyder, Rich Baird, NERD fund, Transparency, MEDC, Ardesta, Stem Cell Research, Wealth redistribution In Dog Years, Public Act 95 of 2013, Corporate Welfare, Public Act 396 of 2012, No Shame in Ilitch's Game, Red Wings, Bankrupt Detoilet, Tax Hikes, Public Act 56 of 2011, Bobby Schostak, SB-992, Richardville, Bolger, Rewarding Lawbreakers, $929 Million Rer Year on Illegals, HB-4024, HB-4026, Home Team First, Oaths, SB59, Rick Snyder Veto, U of M cronies, STEM Amnesty, Common Core, poisoning the party brand, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, the 'Big Tent' needs a cleansing, Obamacare, Exemption employees, Medicaid, Expansion, Michigan, State Senate, HB4714, 2014, HAS TO GO, Pale Pastel, GoPC'd, Reince Pubic, MIaGOP, Bobby ShowStak, Lickspittle Lackeys, PPACA enablers, scAmnesty, Progressives, Tax hiking, Big Government, BIGGER Spending, Crony Capitalism, Pure Bee-esS, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Another day older and deeper in debt
    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
    I owe my soul to the Government store

    The state of Michigan will soon allow companies, organizations and communities to use the popular "Pure Michigan" branding in joint advertising and marketing.
    ....

    "We will create customized 'Pure Michigan' advertising campaigns centered around clusters of business that we have in the state," Finney [MEDC] said. "You could take automotive, or you could take dairy [Subsidized], or you could take other agricultural products [Subsidized too, even The Dead], or software and we'll create customizable opportunities for companies to actively participate in the campaign."

    The move is an extension of what the state has done with the tourism industry, where it has worked with about 50 partners to jointly advertise cities and tourist attractions such as The Henry Ford [501(c)(3) Tax Exempt] in Dearborn, Finney said. In those cases, the state [all taxpayers] and the entities split the costs for the creative advertising, he said.

    ...and that government of choosing the people, over the people, forking the people, shall not parish from Lansing, nor D.C.

    (3 comments) Comments >>

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