Tag: Oakland County (page 3)

♪But those of us who really like to go, are really cheap you know...♪

♪We want to see some van Gogh (so you better cough up some dough)...right now!♪

♫All we really need is Art! ♫

Tomorrow is the big day in Detroit at the Denise Ilitch household, where a Little Caesars $5 carry out special will not be found.  With a $40,000 cover charge, the Obama brigade will be showing how life is lived in the motor city for the elite Democrats who really understand the little folk.  The Obama's who have shown us how to truly vacation, play golf, and live it up on the public dime will be applying their taxpayer paid carbon footprint further up our rears when they fly in for this hoity toity to-do.  But no way is this indicative of the family preference for presidential candidates:

"The event isn't tied to Little Caesars headquarters in any way, nor does it mean the family is endorsing the president. It's strictly a private affair.

And the price of admission isn't for those on a budget. $40,000 buys access to the cocktail reception, formal photo with Obama and dinner. $10,000 buys dinner and a photo."

In any event, those of us simple folk who don't mind the mediocre $5 leadbelly specials will be happy laying out the fin, and watching the local twp or city council step on some poor schmuck's property rights in the name of internationally mandated biodiversity.

Jason Bauer, the former Oakland County Democratic Party operative who was busted for his role in last summer's failed attempt to qualify a slate of tea party candidates for the Michigan ballot, pleaded no contest this morning to five felonies related to the scheme.

Bauer, 31, of Waterford entered the plea of nolo contendere (which is not an admission of guilt but is treated as a conviction under Michigan law) to all of the charges for his role in what became known as "the fake tea party," an elaborate effort to siphon votes away from Republicans in the 2010 election by running a slate of candidates under the tea party banner.

Therefore, concerned citizens, MIGOP State Committee members, and grassroots activists are being invited to voice their opinion in a series of town-hall style forums.  (Details on the Kent County event follow the break.)

Did Jason Bauer and Michael McGuinness pray to the great and all-powerful Obama for guidance?

Did MDP Chair Mark Brewer appear in a pink tutu and confess to planning the whole thing (and then gripe that he woulda gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky, meddling Right Michigan kids)?

{Shudder}

Okay, so maybe it wasn't that unusual.

Granny found the golden ticket. (H/T to grannynanny for this breaking story)

Or at least the latest news of our friends in Oakland county:

Michael McGuinness and Jason Bauer both stood mute at an arraignment this morning before Oakland County Circuit Court Judge James Alexander. The pair were charged under a one-man grand jury convened last fall to investigate claims that phony candidates were trying to get on the ballot to split the Republican vote.

Obviously things are under control. As they are at all times within the Democrat party of Michigan.

The Donkeys that have brought us the RMGN, High taxes, Granholm, Obama, and this year the FAKE TEA party, have taken a blow on the face.  The Fake Tea Party has been denied its position on the November ballot for now:

Petition forms didn't have "The" before "Tea Party" on it, which is the proper name that the mysterious startup political party used on other campaign documents. The vote to approve The Tea Party petition failed in a 2-2 vote with the two Republican board members voting not to approve it.

Michael Hodge, the attorney representing The Tea Party, said he expected to be in the Michigan Court of Appeals as early as Wednesday. At issues is whether the missing word on the petitions is "substantially" not in compliance with the petition gathering laws, given that there is another entity claiming the title of "Tea Party," without the definite article "The" in front of the name.

Although forgetting "The" in the proper name was considered a technicality by Hodge, there were bigger issues presented to the canvassers during the Monday meeting, including allegations of fraud involving the creation of The Tea Party.

You've read about the MDP schenanagians involved with their cheap knock-off of the Tea Party here in Michigan here, here, here, here...oh, you get the point.

Anyway, the first ax has apparently fallen.