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225 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:
State budget battles start…Governor Granholm and the Democrats want to spend money we don’t have…again. Does someone see a pattern?

The Governor and her Democrat cronies are proposing to “borrow” if needed, and once again put Michigan taxpayers at risk. NO reforms, NO cuts, NO living within ones’ means??? Taxpayers…are you listening? Why are we losing jobs? Why are people leaving our state? Why are college graduates (our future) looking elsewhere for work?

With an approximately $44 BILLION dollar budget and just following the largest tax increase in Michigan’s history…Democrats are at it again.

Congressman Bart Stupak’s vulnerability grows as another Republican enters the race for Congress. Linda Goldthorpe joins Tom Casperson in challenging Stupak, whose politics have shifted toward his leader, San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi.

For more info: http://www.goldthorpeforcongress.com/

IRAQ: one of the most dangerous cities in the world, Ramadi, has seen huge strides in their political and security situation. Please read more below.

I had a series of questions how the “optional flat tax” or “Fair Tax” would work. Here are two sites that give you more explanation:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/03/optional-flat-t.html

http://www.fairtaxmi.org/

Jack Hoogendyk has started his petition collection efforts. If you would like to help, please sign up at his website at: http://www.jackformichigan.org/

THE REST OF THE STORY:

IRAQ…RAMADI: U.S. Commanders report dramatic security and diplomatic progress in Anbar province. (Col. John Charlton, Press Briefing, 3/13/08) According to Col. John Charlton, Commander of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Anbar:

Ramadi has gone from being the most violent city in the world to averaging less than one attack per week.

Col. Charlton: “Central Anbar province was a devastated war zone when we arrived in January 2007. Ramadi was the most violent city per capita in the world and averaged 30-35 daily attacks. That number is now less than one per week.”

Since March 31, 2007 – Ramadi has experienced a day with no attacks 300 times.

In central Anbar, Iraq’s Security Forces now have 9,400 policemen in their ranks, compared to 2,000 one year ago.

The U.S. has completed 1,600 reconstruction and day labor projects in Ramadi throughout the past 15 months.

Col. Charlton: “We built a small business center to award future reconstruction projects, facilitated micro-grants for small business owners, identified economic zones throughout the city to help ignite economic growth, helped the Iraqis open a ceramics factory, and created fishing and farming cooperatives that modernized and improved agriculture in central al Anbar.”

Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party