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    Tag: Bullies

    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.

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    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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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    WH Memo #2 to Julianna Smoot and Lon Johnson


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Mar 21, 2013 at 08:00:27 AM EST
    Tags: Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, UAW, Dingell dynasty, AstroTurf, Unions, Thugs, Bullies, Hoffa, Mobsters, Legacy, Robert Ficano, Turkia Awada Mullin, Azzam Elder, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, Michigan Democratic Party voters = Useful Idiots (all tags)

    The Preezy of the United Steezy want's you to get your corrupt Wayne Co buffoon under control before he costs Debbie Dingell, a Senate election.  Remember Lon, Debbie and Bob King pulled a lot of strings to place you where you're at as MDP chair.

    C'mon, a former Wayne Co Sheriff (1983-2000) needing multiple drivers under the guise of "personal protection"?  Hackel doesn't.  Really Ficano, exactly how dumb do you think everyone who is watching you could be?

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    WH Memo to Julianna Smoot and Lon Johnson


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Mar 15, 2013 at 12:56:04 PM EST
    Tags: Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, Unions, AstroTurf, Thugs, Bullies, Hoffa, Mobsters, Legacy, Michigan Democratic Party voters = Useful Idiots (all tags)

    The Preezy of the United Steezy want's you to get your CD-5 buffoon under control.

    At a closed-door meeting between President Barack Obama and House Democrats, Kildee introduced himself as a freshman, to which Obama said, "Wow, you're really classing up the place then."

    Kildee then proceeded to ask what one person described as a somewhat "long-winded" question about the importance of creating jobs for his economically distraught district.

    "I can tell you're a freshman because you didn't pay much attention to the State of the Union," Obama joked. "I talked about that."

    ....

    Actually, though, the joke was on Obama:  REST HERE

    Oops.

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    Teamsters Image Rehab


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Feb 14, 2013 at 08:40:09 AM EST
    Tags: Unions, Thugs, Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, AstroTurf, Bullies, Hoffa, Legacy, Mobsters, Labor, Freedom To Work, Heroic Legislation, Economics, History In The Making, Lansing, Michigan (all tags)

    Another Hoffa lives in denial of his thug legacy.

    Detroit News

    "We're trying to keep my grandfather's reputation back where it belongs," said his grandson, Geoffrey Hoffa, a physician assistant in Arizona. "Most people hear the name Jimmy Hoffa and have a negative image. They hear the Letterman jokes. It's a shame that people don't know more about what James R. Hoffa did and that he always stood up for the underdog."

    I wonder why the negative image keeps coming up when Hoffa is mentioned...

    Underdogs? They're called goonions for a reason, Geoffrey. It's also why Chicago/White House thuggery comes home to roost with the Johnson/Smoot MDP leadership infighting.

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    The MEA, Richardville, and a Flower's Petal


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Fri Jul 15, 2011 at 09:30:53 AM EST
    Tags: Freedom to Work, Michigan, Randy Richardville, MEA, School Unions, Bullies, Lawbreakers, IRS, 501(c)(5), Right-To-Work, Tomcats (all tags)

    Michigan Senate majority leader Randy Richardville has no friends in the MEA.  While attempting to walk the fence line between "I'm a Republican" and "I don't want labor unions mad at me", Randy Richardville is finding himself targeted by the latter with rotten tomatoes and old shoes like a singing tomcat on that fence.

    The MEA would toss them at anyone.

    Self serving labor organizations (are there any others?) have no friends outside of their official ranks.  Those high paying union jobs (not those of the teachers, etc) and top management positions require careful farming of available taxpayer provided resources.  In fact, a 2009 report by Paul Kersey at the Mackinac center shows its overhead and operating is TWICE what the bargaining costs:

    MEA is a bloated organization. According to our calculations, 25.6 percent of the union's budget went to representation, compared to 57.3 percent for overhead. This is actually an improvement from the 2006-2007 report, which showed just 22 percent going to representation. Nevertheless, MEA still spends more than twice as much on overhead than it does on representing teachers. That's the exact opposite of what one would find in reasonably well-run non-profit.

    Those folks making high dollars as seen in the actual financial statement for the MEA have good reason to protect it.  They are certainly "forward looking" folks who, at least for themselves are looking at their giant pensions being affected by the Snyder pension loopholes being changed.

    So they had to respond, and the Tomcat on the fence as I pointed out, stands out in full contrast to the moon's glow.  The worn soles are flying, and the MEA is tossing them. By attempting to recall the majority leader Richardville and others:

    The Monroe resident leading the recall drive against Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said the Michigan Education Association notified him today the teachers union will support the effort.

    "I was grateful," Ernie Whiteside said. "It certainly will be easier to increase our volunteer group by working officially through the MEA leadership."

    Whiteside said Doug Pratt, MEA's director of public affairs, called him today to give him the news.

    Except there may be a problem.

    More Below ~

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    Labor's Road trip


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Apr 04, 2011 at 07:41:56 AM EST
    Tags: Michigan, RTW, Right-to-Work, Petoskey, Labor, Unions, Thugs, Bullies, Mobsters (all tags)

    Many of you have seen the way in which many of the labor unions which do business in Michigan are teaming up and holding their own rallies in small to medium sized towns, but you may might not be sure exactly what is being said unless you go to one.  

    Our small group of perhaps 50 folks demonstrated for Right To Work outside the entrance of a rally in Petoskey on Sunday.  While we held our ground outdoors, the teachers and other members of labor units attended one of these unification rallies inside.

    And even with a strong constitution, the thought of attending the emotion ginning affairs might be tough. Try holding your lunch while listening to old mobsters try to explain to the younger new union members that they have to be more aggressive, and stick together (to do something illegal).  Listen to the custodian mom who has been getting dragged to each of these affairs because she is worried about her job, with the new legislation mandating bid process for off-education activities.  

    The tour of Michigan towns and villages according to our infiltrator at the Petoskey pro-union rally are getting mixed signals, and our message while standing outside the entrance to the event was perhaps internalized a little.  People want the right to work in Michigan.

    Funny how that looks..  "people want the right to work"

    When did we have to start asking permission?

    For the custodian mom, she is sure her job will be contracted out.  She may well really think so, but the attendees are being done a disservice by the labor handlers of hers not also mentioning that her union could bid as well, taking a more entrepreneurial role. Hmmm, "entrepreneurial role" ... where have I seen THAT before?

    But I digress..  

    More as I have time through the day.

    (3 comments) Comments >>

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