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Congress Passes Health Care Reform and Legislation to Create Jobs

April 25, 2011

By Dennis McGrann, POAM Lobbyist, Washington, D.C. On March 26, the U.S. Congress left town after passing historic health care legislation, and will return after a two-week recess to a hefty “to...

Alton T. Davis Deserves a Full Term on Michigan’s Supreme Court

November 23, 2010

He’s known as a regular guy who’s super bright and a consensus builder living his entire life in northern Michigan. Alton Davis served as the Chief Judge of the 46th Judicial Court for 17 ...

Lein Reserve officer Policy Abandoned

November 22, 2010

As documented in the Michigan State Police LEIN Information System, the following reserve officer policy was rescinded on August 27, 2010. RESCINDED-A reserve officer, when acting in a law enforcement...

Inmate’s Mother’s Version of Events Deemed Credible by This Year’s Horse’s Ass

November 22, 2010

An inmate in the Isabella County Jail was anxious to receive his free telephone card because he wished to talk to his mother. When the inmate did not receive his card as quickly as he had hoped, he fo...

Temporary Vacancies 10/25/2010

October 25, 2010

Secondary Road Patrol Money Saved

October 21, 2010

On March 10, 2010, POAM Executive Board member and Monroe County Deputy Sheriffs Association President, Dave LaMontaine, testified in front of a House Subcommittee against Governor Granholm’s elimin...

Michigan’s Super Drunk Drivers Will Soon Face Greater Punishment

October 21, 2010

Beginning on October 31 2010, Michigan drivers with a bodily alcohol content (BAC) of .17 or greater will face significantly enhanced penalties. These new and enhanced penalties are based on Public Ac...

A Decade after the Millennium

October 19, 2010

By Barry Sherman Who would have guessed that this state and country would be in the condition they are in today — only ten years after the turn of the century? Let’s go to back to Dec. 31st 19...

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