Continued in the city today. Found my way on to Clair Ave and Betty Lane. Great little tree shaded streets with winding lanes. Also cruised down similarly treed Grandview. More interesting conversations with some folks out and about. One over the top conversation with a man who believes all politicians are "liars and scumbags" and that is why he doesn't vote. Reminded him that not voting is what has caused local, state, and federal government to devolve into agencies staffed by self servers and not public servants. Do your due diligence and find the people out to serve you. Then VOTE!!!
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Good to be in the old neighborhood where I lived from birth through 5th grade. Thanks to the homeowner that spruced up our old home on Glenwood making it look the best it has been in years. Thanks to the other homeowners in the area who are working hard to make the neighborhood welcome and inviting. Some good conversation with some about the state of the state and the nation.
Worth a few minutes of your time.
In Congress, July 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
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Took on the brutal humidity today and hit the trail in SE corner of Westland, south of Cherry Hill and east of Wildwood. Got to meet a few of you today as you were coming and going on errands. Some folks did come to the door as well.
Wonderful to meet you. Hope you stayed cool today.
If you have any questions, email me at jeffgorman4noregrets@gmail.com or use the contact page on this website.
Went out campaigning door to door in the Romulus portion of the district. Visited homes between Van Born and Beverly, west of a gated community up to and including Fourth St. A lot of nice homes on spacious lots with a couple of parks. Plenty of trees and vegetation.
Fortunate to meet a few people on this early Sunday day enjoying a break in the heat. Most folks that I spoke with were very open minded and pleasant.
Last house I visited, I met a young man, originally from the area but now residing in the Lansing area. Believe that he was an owner/operator of a flat bed truck. We had a good discussion on the role of government and what it should be. He noted how the trucking industry was adversely affected during the scamdemic and with this administration's installation of the Green New Deal on day one. Told him that stopping government interference in business and in our lives would be a priority if sent to Lansing as a representative.
On non campaign doings last weekend was very busy. On FRI, was fortunate to go on a tour of the WWII battleship, the USS New Jersey (BB 62), just before it left dry dock later this week. My tour guide was a college classmate who has been a docent there for quite some time. To see a vessel almost as big as an aircraft carrier or a Great Lakes ore carrier out of water was something else. Got to see it from the keel to the bridge.
Also that weekend, spent 2 days as a shuttle driver at the Selfridge airshow. Big crowds and exciting flight demonstrations. There was also a lot of static displays as well as an entire section dedicated to STEAM. Those exhibits covered everything from robots to astronomy.
Have been filling out countless surveys sent to me by different organizations. Hopefully they will publish my answers to give you some insight to my positions on different issues. Ballotpedia and League of Women Voters do make surveys available for public viewing.
Finally, began a three week, twice a week webinar series sponsored by the Mackinac Center. They cover various topics relevant to the MI races. This week they covered 7 principles of sound policy, education issues, energy issues, and housing issues. They try to cover 2 topics in each hour session. Good way to get up to speed on a broad range of topics.
Hope to get back out there after Fathers Day Weekend. With that in mind, hope all the dads out there have a great weekend with family.
Got out there today. First day in five months of taking the campaign to you. Was good to see those of you who answered the door or who were out in your yard.
Got the impression that a majority of you were not happy about what is happening in Lansing (or in DC). Hope that we can work together to get the state and hopefully the nation back on track. The government should only work on our behalf in areas we need them to be. We do not need the all out intrusion into our personal lives.
Unfortunately this means we must actively participate in making sure that we get the right people in office and that they do only what needs to be done. There was one older couple that told me that they were leaving it in God's hands and that's why they didn't vote or get involved. Because a lot of Christians have decided to not get involved, we find ourselves in such a morally challenging time. If these folks had turned out, a lot of the ethically challenged grifters wouldn't have been elected.
Please, please, please do your due diligence and get out and vote. Get your friends, neighbors, and coworkers to vote as well. Only an overwhelming turnout will defeat those who are out to maintain power and control for that totalitarian minded.
To steal a line from the Bachman Turner Overdrive song, let it be a warning of what is planned for this next Lansing legislative session. Rumors are flying that the party in power, with its weak majority firmly established again with the APR special election, has 500 bills that it will jam through to continue the erosion of your liberty and freedom.
Here the start with a bill to nearly double the tax on short term leases for rental property. Nothing improves business like increasing tax burden and record keeping.
From the MI Capitol Confidential. A proposal in the Michigan Legislature would impose statewide regulations on short-term rental properties and increase their taxes. At least one local official says it’s unnecessary and would subject those properties to usurious tax rates. The Short Term Rental Regulation Act is one of several items in a package of bills, HB 5437-5446. Stays at short-term rental properties, as well as at hotel and motel rooms, are currently subject to a 6% use tax. If House Bill 5438 were passed, short-term rentals would also be subject to an additional 5% tax. Various state laws allow for an extra tax on commercial lodging establishments in specific municipalities, but not statewide. The House Fiscal Agency estimates that an additional 5% tax would cost rental owners and their guests $35 million to $70 million each year. The tax would apply to rooms rented for more than 14 days a year. Up to $1 million of the tax revenue collected would go to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, or LARA. The rest would go to local governments. HB 5438 would also require short-term rental owners to register with LARA , which would create and maintain a database of short-term rentals. The bill also would impose various safety and disclosure requirements statewide. Booking platforms such as VRBO would have to pay an annual registration fee of up to $50,000.
The party in power, specifically the Executive branch, destroyed small business during the scamdemic under the guise of public safety. Now with the help of the legislative branch, they want to continue that practice with more business crushing bureaucracy.
Only you, the voter, can bring a stop to this. You can try calling those in office and telling them to back down. Good luck with that. The only solution is to tear away their slim majority and put Lansing back in balance during the upcoming primary and general election. All the rubber stampers for the state crushing agenda must be replaced.
It's an urgent call to action to save the state. Heed that call and act accordingly. Get off your couch, grab your family and friends and get to the polls. If someone says that they are not political, tell them that those in Lansing will affect their lives 24/7, from cradle to grave if they don't help put the right people in office. Choosing not to get involved means you are dooming yourselves, your children, and their children to the continued Kalifornication of MI. AND THAT, is not a good thing by any measure.
A letter published by the MI Conservative Coalition. It's from a MI Senator about legislation going through "the process" in Lansing.Jim Runestad@RunWithRunestad
Michigan Democrats are terrified Biden will implode and drag them down. So today they bet the bank and went all out to codify election fraud into state statute with SB 603.Today they smashed through this gigantic pile of election-fraud-enabling legislation today with Democrat only votes.SB603 Repeals current law that gives authority to bipartisan county Boards of Canvassers to investigate fraud and other wrongdoing including ballot tampering during recounts.With the passage of their (election-fraud-enabling) Bill, there will be no future route for requesting a recount if you believe there was fraud.Under their corruption bill, candidates will be prohibited from requesting a recount if they suspect fraud and is designed to stop investigations of election fraud by the Board of Canvassers.This disgusting bill will now permit clerks to recount ballots even if seals are broken on ballot containers and was essentially written by the Secretary of State who was reversed multiple times, by our Supreme Court for her illegal election decisions.The bill changes the standard for a candidate or party to petition for a recount of election results from alleging there has been “mistake or fraud” in the process to now only permitting alleging there has been an “error.”So even if the candidate or Party is absolutely convinced there was fraud, this cannot be alleged or investigated. To boot, this Democrat’s bill makes it tougher to do a recount by doubling the recount petition fees and making it a felony for 'interfering' with a recount without any clear definition of what that means to open up more “LAWFARE.”If passed as is, the language is changed to prohibit a recount, investigation or audit of the conduct of an election when fraud is alleged to only a determination of the number of votes cast for one candidate or another, or a ballot question.Lastly, the bill says a recount could not assess the qualification of the voters participating in an election, or the manner in which ballots are applied for, or issued to voters.Wow isn’t that a doozy. If illegals, or dead people, or those not registered in Mich. are voting, we cannot “assess the qualification of those voters or the manner in which those ballots were applied for and issued to these voters.”
Just remember it's never about citizens, their welfare, or their rights and freedom. It's always about power and control. And the voters (who never fail to disappoint) have put people in Lansing who will ruthlessly do anything to make sure they remain in power and control. In their minds, the end justifies the means.
It's past time to stop the Kalifornication of MI. Only voters coming out in AUG and NOV can halt it and possibly get MI going in the correct direction. Fight for the restoration and protection of your freedom and liberty as well as for your family, friends, and fellow Michiganders. Fate of the state is in your hands if you do your part.
The election season with the AUG primary and NOV general election is about to begin. The need for a change of public servants grows stronger every day. Please start your due diligence so you can put the best candidates in office.
Voters in the 13th and 25th MI representative districts had a chance to stop the freedom and liberty destroying rampage in Lansing by eliminating the one party rule. Unfortunately, in another case of MI voters never failing to disappoint, they did not. Now MI will be subject to unchecked legislation for at least 9 months. That's IF and ONLY IF, the voters don't do the same thing in the primary and general elections in AUG and NOV respectively.
Folks whether you feel like you're vote doesn't count, it doesn't matter, or you're not into politics even though it will affect every aspect of your life if the politicians have their way, get out and vote. Get family and friends to vote. Only by doing your due diligence and then voting can we stop the erosion of freedom in this state.
I am preparing for the campaign. Business cards and door hangers were ordered today in preparation of beginning the door to door challenge.