A video from yesterday’s protest at the Blossomtime Grand Floral parade as it enters Benton Harbor, created by my friend Extreme Liberal. Watch his webpage over the next few days for more photos and vids. If you look closely during the first 15 seconds of the video, you’ll see a guy in a yellow ball cap and grey t-shirt. That’s […]

In addition to my blogging, as well as my wife’s, a number of other bloggers were on the scene recording the day’s events at the Blossomtime Grand Floral parade in St. Joseph/Benton Harbor. Anne will have many more photos up later today or tomorrow so be sure to check out her blog over the next few days (and beyond, of […]

These photos were taken by Anne C. Savage. Please do not use without permission. Hotel just over the bridge in Benton Harbor Heavy police presence in Benton Harbor before (and during) the parade Light police presence in St. Joseph before (and during) the parade Synchronized marching by Snyder and his bodyguard in Benton Harbor as protesters turn theirbacks — they […]

NOTE: Click each image for a larger version which will open in a separate window. 12:35 – Parade begins in 25 minutes. A HUGE police presence along the parade route: Also a huge union presence: Two sheriff boats and the Coast Guard in the river between St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. My wife’s comment: “For crying out loud, it’s just […]

Before we hit the road for Benton Harbor this morning, I thought I’d put down a few thoughts that have been running around my brain for the past week or two regarding the situation in Benton Harbor. First of all, I wanted to address something that State Representative for the Benton Harbor area, Al Pscholka, said on his Facebook page […]

As I have been talking about, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and State Representative Al Pscholka are scheduled to be in tomorrow’s Blossomtime Grand Floral Parade that starts in St. Joseph and ends in Benton Harbor. It turns out, Rep. Pscholka may chicken out. “We always have a big law enforcement presence at the Blossom parade, up and down the route, […]

My wife, Anne Savage, has started a new blog at her Anne Savage Photography website called Politics in Pictures which features her political photography. She has some amazing photos from last weekend’s march and rally in Benton Harbor. I won’t spoil the surprise by showing you the best stuff. Instead, I highly commend your attention to her blog HERE.

As I have written about recently, particularly in my piece The connection between Michigan’s EFM power grab, Rep. Fred Upton and Big Oil/Gas, my biggest concern about the use of Emergency Financial Managers (EFMs), particularly in areas where there are abundant natural (and other) resources to be exploited, is that they represent prime opportunities for businesses and corporations to use […]

This should be fun. Al Pscholka is begging to be interviewed by Rachel Maddow. The west Michigan lawmaker who sponsored emergency financial manager legislation that has been repeatedly pilloried by MSNBC host Rachel Maddow — especially for the way it has been applied in Benton Harbor — is asking Maddow to allow him to make a live appearance on her […]

As I reported yesterday, the Benton Harbor City Commission passed a resolution, declaring the takeover of their city by Emergency Financial Manager Joseph L. Harris to be unconstitutional. Joe Harris doesn’t give a damn. He’s going to rescind their resolution. Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Joseph Harris tells [WSJM] that he plans to issue an order rescinding this week’s city commission […]

Yesterday, by a vote of 6 to 2, the Benton Harbor City Commission and Mayor declared the appointment of Joseph Harris as the Emergency Financial Manager and his subsequent stripping of the Commission’s ability to govern the City unconstitutional. Whereas, The City of Benton Harbor declares the appointment of an Emergency Manager a violation of Article I §1, which states […]