Former Representative Jim Howell, candidate for  Judge of the Circuit Court, will have a fundraiser at the home of member Joan Kemerer on Tuesday, June 29th.  The location is 7664 Appaloosa Dr, off South River Rd in Thomas Township.  The event is from 5:30-7:00pm.

Please make all donations to Jim Howell For Circuit Court.  Also, please RSVP to Joan at 989-781-4003.

Parade Help Needed In Fenton

Rick Wilson, candidate for Congress in the 5th District, is looking for some help in the Fenton Independence Day Parade on July 3rd.  Anyone who wishes to march with him will get a "Rick Wilson for Congress" T-shirt, until the supply or the correct sizes run out.
 
They are staging on Grant Street, just south of downtown Fenton, and will meet no later than 9:30am.  The parade starts at 10:00am, and should last for about 1½ hours.  There is parking on the side streets, but not on Grant or West Street.   The Parade ends at St. John's Catholic Church, in the 500-600 blocks of Adelaide St.

If you like a parade, and a pleasant Saturday drive to Fenton, come on out and help Rick.

Disgust over our federal responses to illegal immigration is high, so high that states such as Arizona are now trying to take the matter into their own hands.  The people believe that immigrants should follow the laws, as shown by public polls finding that up to 75% believe the federal government is not doing enough to keep illegal immigrants from coming into this country.

But, what has really changed here?  It turns out that only the government has changed; the people always thought immigrants should follow the laws.  Back in 1907, a presidential candidate could campaign on tough immigration laws, and Theodore Roosevelt did.  A quote from Mr. Roosevelt sounds very much like what we would expect, but no longer get, from our government today.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American....There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

In Michigan, State Representative Kim Meltzer is sponsoring a bill similar to Arizona's.  According  to a U.S.  Citizenship and Immigration Services 2000 field report, nearly 70,000  illegal immigrants were estimated to be in Michigan.  In a state with the high unemployment  and reduced state revenue we have, we just can't afford this. You can read more about it in the Oakland Legal News and may want to tell your legislators to support it.