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Ryan Eashoo
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Dear Friends,
(Flint) – In the only live televised debate of the Flint Mayoral race, Mayor Dayne Walling focused on his record of working together for real results for Flint families. In answering a wide range of questions from Flint residents Dayne discussed the more than 2,000 jobs that have been brought back to the city since he became mayor, the half a billion dollars in new investment in the city, and the millions of dollars in grants that his administration has secured for public safety jobs.
“Clearly, the viewers saw a dramatic difference between the two of us tonight, “said Walling. “Unfortunately, my opponent was focused on trying to reinvent his record of failed leadership for Flint.”
“I know that by working together in a positive matter we have made a difference. We’ve brought back jobs and new investment to the city, worked with our local, state and federal partners to address public safety issues, and made sure that city hall works for all of Flint. ”
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:43 am |
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Dave Starr
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| City hall sure doesn't work for my near North side neighborhood. |
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:25 am |
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untanglingwebs
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The Neighborhood Stabilization Project was to stimulate the Flint economy. There is not too much of that in Smith Village.
City hall is neglecting my near north neighborhood too. |
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Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:13 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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You are invited to join us.
Carl & Karen Bekofske
Al Kogel
Bobby Mukkamala
Mark Yonan
Cordially invite you to a Reception in Support of
Mayor Dayne Walling
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
5:30 – 7:00 pm
The home of Carl & Karen Bekofske
1417 Linwood Avenue
Flint, MI
$100.00 – Host Level
$50.00 – General Reception
Please make checks payable to “Friends of Dayne Walling”
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Matthew Felan
at (804) 347-6840 or e-mail matt@felan.net.
Paid for by Friends of Dayne Walling, PO Box 937, Flint, MI 48501
(810) 280-7684 |
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:31 pm |
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00SL2
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quote:
Ryan Eashoo schreef:
You are invited to join us.
Carl & Karen Bekofske
Al Kogel
Bobby Mukkamala
Mark Yonan
Cordially invite you to a Reception in Support of
Mayor Dayne Walling
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
5:30 – 7:00 pm
The home of Carl & Karen Bekofske
1417 Linwood Avenue
Flint, MI
$100.00 – Host Level
$50.00 – General Reception
Please make checks payable to “Friends of Dayne Walling”
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Matthew Felan
at (804) 347-6840 or e-mail matt@felan.net.
Paid for by Friends of Dayne Walling, PO Box 937, Flint, MI 48501
(810) 280-7684
Did the invitation say it was a "Legal Defense Fund Fundraiser for Mayor Dayne Walling?" Was it a private invitation to you, with permission to openly publish? Why does he need a legal defense fund, he's got Peter Bade. |
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:56 pm |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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| why does the invitation use a 804 area code? |
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:12 am |
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untanglingwebs
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The contact information matches
Welcome to Felan Strategies, LLC
Felan Strategies is a premier fundraising, business development and advocacy firm based out of Richmond, Virginia. Felan Strategies provides political candidates and committees running for all levels of elected office with strategic fundraising planning and development services. Felan Strategies prides itself with comprehensive fundraising services based on proven methodology and extensive donor relationships. Felan Strategies also works on corporate projects including national business development and corporate sales for a wide variety of events. Matthew Felan has over a decade of fundraising experience, most notably as the chief fundraiser for Governor Tim Kaine and as a National Deputy Finance Director for Hillary Clinton for President.
About Us
Matthew Felan, Principal
Matthew Felan has been a leading Democratic political fundraiser for the past 10 years. Felan has led the fundraising efforts for successful national, state and local campaigns across the country, most notably for Governor Tim Kaine and Senator Hillary Clinton. Mr. Felan’s success can be attributed to extensive donor relationships and proven fundraising methodology. Felan’s donor relationships extend across America’s business, labor, activist, and philanthropic communities. Felan’s current political clients include:
• Mayor Dwight C. Jones (Richmond, VA)
• Congressman Mark Schauer (Michigan - 7)
Most recently, Felan Strategies has begun serving corporate clients on the business development and advocacy front. Felan Strategies is working for the Richmond Raiders Indoor Football Team on corporate sales and development. Further, Felan Strategies is working with the National Counseling Group, LLC on business development opportunities across the country.
In 2008, Felan Strategies led the fundraising efforts for Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones and was a national fundraising consultant on two Democratic pick-up Congressional races, Mark Schauer in Michigan's 7th and Gerry Connolly in Virginia's 11th.
Mr. Felan most recently served as the Finance Director to Creigh Deeds campaign for Govenror of Virginia. Felan led an effort to raise over $14 million in 4 months time following the June 2009 Primary. Prior to that, Felan served as the Deputy Campaign Manager/Finance Director for Governor Kaine’s victorious 2005 gubernatorial campaign, raising in excess of $25 million. Following Governor Kaine’s election, Felan served as the Inaugural Director for the historic 2006 Williamsburg Inauguration. In February 2006, Felan became Executive Director of Governor Tim Kaine’s PAC, Moving Virginia Forward. Felan also joined the staff of Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2006 campaign, helping raise in excess of $50 million for her re-election to the United States Senate.
In 2007, Felan was named Deputy National Finance Director for Senator Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign. Felan was responsible for major donor fundraising efforts in the Midwest, assisted in the management of the national finance staff, and helped coordinate national fundraising programs.
Prior to joining Governor Kaine and Senator Clinton, Felan served as the Mid-Atlantic Finance Director for Joe Lieberman’s 2004 Presidential campaign, Deputy National Finance Director for Jean Carnahan’s 2002 United States Senate campaign and as Finance Director of Dianne Byrum’s 2000 Congressional Campaign in Michigan’s 8th District.
Matthew Felan is a native of Bay City, Michigan. Felan earned his B.A. in International Relations from Michigan State University’s James Madison College. He currently lives in Midlothian, Virginia with his wife Janelle, son Noah and daughter Alexandra.
Clients
Rory Reid for Governor
Richmond Raiders Indoor Football
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
National Counseling Group, Inc.
Mark Schauer for Congress
Dwight Jones for Mayor |
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:20 am |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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Matthew D. Felan
Felan Strategies, LLC
14224 Jeffries Place
Midlothian
VA
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matt@felan.net
804-347-6840 |
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:21 am |
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Adam
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| It's too bad Matt couldn't hire someone in Flint. We don't have any Flint residents that can handle RSVP duties? |
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:40 pm |
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00SL2
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quote:
Adam schreef:
It's too bad Matt couldn't hire someone in Flint. We don't have any Flint residents that can handle RSVP duties?
How is he supposed to make any money if he delegates that duty to someone else? |
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:58 pm |
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Adam
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quote:
00SL2 schreef:
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Adam schreef:
It's too bad Matt couldn't hire someone in Flint. We don't have any Flint residents that can handle RSVP duties?
How is he supposed to make any money if he delegates that duty to someone else?
Good point. It's unfortunate that we don't have anyone in Flint or Genesee County or the State of Michigan that can do fundraising for Walling. |
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Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:33 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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The Winter of Our Occupation ...a proposal from Michael Moore
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Friends,
And now it is winter. Wall Street rejoices, hoping that the change of seasons will mean a change in our spirit, our commitment to stop them.
They couldn't be more wrong. Have they not heard of Washington and the troops at Valley Forge? The Great Flint Sit-Down Strike in the winter of 1936-37? The Michigan Wolverines crushing Ohio State in the 1950 Blizzard Bowl? When it comes to winter, it is the time historically when the people persevere and the forces of evil make their retreat!
We are not even 12 weeks old, yet Occupy Wall Street has grown so fast, so big, none of us can keep up with the hundreds of towns who have joined the movement, or the thousands of actions -- some of them just simple ones in neighborhoods, schools and organizations -- that have happened. The national conversation has been irreversibly changed. Now everyone is talking about how the 1% are getting away with all the money while the 99% struggle to make ends meet. People are no longer paralyzed by despair or apathy. Most know that now is the time to reclaim our country from the bankers, the lobbyists -- and their gofers: the members of the United States Congress and the 50 state legislatures.
And they're crazy if they think that a little climate chaos (otherwise known as winter in the 21st century) that they've helped to bring about is going to stop us.
I would like to propose to my Occupying sisters and brothers that there are many ways to keep Occupy Wall Street going through the winter months. There is perhaps no better time to move the movement indoors for a few months -- and watch it grow even bigger! (For those who have the stamina to maintain the outdoor occupations, by all means, keep it up -- and the rest of us will do our best to help you and keep you warm!)
The winter gives us an amazing opportunity to expand our actions against the captains of capitalism who have occupied our homes with their fraudulent mortgage system which has tossed millions of families out onto the curb; a cruel health care system that has told 50 million Americans "if you can't afford a doctor, go F yourself"; a student loan system that sends 22-year-olds into an immediate "debtors' prison" of working lousy jobs for which they didn't go to school but now have to take because they're in hock for tens of thousands of dollars for the next two decades; and a jobs market that keeps 25 million Americans un- or under-employed -- and much of the rest of the workers forced to accept wage cuts, health care reductions and zero job security.
But we in the Occupy Movement reject this version of the "American Dream." Instead, I suggest we shift our focus for this winter to the following actions:
OCCUPY THE WINTER
A proposal to the General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street from Michael Moore
1. Occupy Our Homes. Sorry, banks, a roof over one's head is a human right, and you will no longer occupy our homes through foreclosure and eviction because well, you see, they are our homes, not yours. You may hold the mortgage; you don't hold the right to throw us or our neighbors out into the cold. With almost one in three home mortgages currently in foreclosure, nearing foreclosure or "underwater," the Occupy Movement must form local "Occupy Strike Forces" to create human shields when the banks come to throw people out of their homes. If the foreclosure has already happened, then we must help families move back into their foreclosed homes -- literally (see this clip from my last film to watch how a home re-occupation is accomplished). Beginning today, Take Back the Land, plus many other citizens' organizations nationwide, are kicking off Occupy Our Homes. Numerous actions throughout the day today have already resulted in many families physically taking back their homes. This will continue every day until the banks are forced to stop their fraudulent practices, until homeowners are allowed to change their mortgage so that it reflects the true value of their homes, and until those who can no longer afford a mortgage are allowed to stay in their homes and pay rent. I beseech the news media to cover these actions -- they are happening everywhere. Evictions, though rarely covered (you need a Kardashian in your home as you're being evicted to qualify for news coverage) are not a new story (see this scene I filmed in 1988). Also, please remember the words of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Toledo (in 'Capitalism: A Love Story'): Do not leave your homes if the bank forecloses on you! Let them take you to court and then YOU ask the judge to make them produce a copy of your mortgage. They can't. It was chopped up a hundred different ways, bundled with a hundred other mortgages, and sold off to the Chinese. If they can't produce the mortgage, they can't evict you.
2. Occupy Your College. In nearly every other democracy on the planet, students go to college for free or almost free. Why do those countries do that? Because they know that for their society to advance, they must have an educated population. Without that, productivity, innovation and an informed electorate is stunted and everyone suffers as a result. Here's how we do it in the U.S.A.: make education one of our lowest priorities, graduate students who know little about the world or their own government or the economy, and then force them into crushing debt before they even have their first job. That way has really worked well for us, hasn't it? It's made us the world leader in … in … well, ok, we're like 27th or 34th in everything now (except war). This has to end. Students should spend this winter doing what they are already doing on dozens of campuses -- holding sit-ins, occupying the student loan office, nonviolently disrupting the university regents meetings, and pitching their tents on the administration's lawn. Young people -- we, the '60s generation, promised to create a better world for you. We got halfway there -- now you have to complete the job. Do not stop until these wars are ended, the Pentagon budget is cut in half, and the rich are forced to pay their taxes. And demand that that money go to your education. We'll be there with you on all of this! And when we get this fixed and you graduate, instead of being $40,000 in debt, go see the friggin' world, or tinker around in your garage a la the two Steves, or start a band. Enjoy life, discover, explore, experiment, find your way. Anything but the assistant manager at Taco Bell.
3. Occupy Your Job. Let's spend the winter organizing workplaces into unions. OR, if you already have a union, demand that your leaders get off their ass and get aggressive like our grandparents did. For chrissakes, surely you know we would not have a middle class if it weren't for the strikes of the 1930s-1950s?! In three weeks we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the workers in my hometown of Flint, Michigan taking over and occupying the General Motors factories for 44 days in the dead of winter. Their actions ignited a labor movement that lifted tens of millions out of poverty and into the middle class. It's time to do it again. (According to the Census Bureau and the New York Times, 100 million Americans either live in or near poverty. Disgraceful. Greed has destroyed the core fabric of our communities. Enough!) Here are two good unions to get your fellow workers to sign up and join: UE and SEIU. The CWA are also good. Here's how to get a quick primer in organizing your place of employment (don't forget to be careful while you do this!). If your company is threatening to close down and move the jobs elsewhere, then it's time to occupy the workplace (again, you can get a lesson in how to successfully occupy your factory from my movie).
4. Occupy Your Bank. This is an easy one. Just leave them. Move your checking and your credit card to a nonprofit credit union. It's safe and the decisions made there aren't based on greed. And if a bank tries to evict your neighbor, Occupy the local branch with 20 other people and call the press. Post it on the internet.
5. Occupy the Insurance Man. It's time to not only stand up for the 50 million without health insurance but to also issue a single, simple demand: The elimination of for-profit, privately-controlled health insurance companies. It is nothing short of barbaric to allow businesses to make a profit off people when they get sick. We don't allow anyone to make a profit when we need the fire department or the police. Until recently we would never allow a company to make a profit by operating in a public school. The same should be true for when you need to see a doctor or stay in the hospital. So I say it's long overdue for us to go and Occupy Humana, United Health, Cigna and even the supposed "nonprofit" Blue Crosses. An action on their lawns, in their lobbies, or at the for-profit hospitals -- this is what is needed.
So -- there are my ideas for the five places we can Occupy this winter. Help the foreclosed-upon to Occupy their homes. Occupy your college campus, especially the student loan office and the regents meetings. Occupy your job by getting everyone to sign a union card -- or by refusing to let the CEO ship your job overseas. Occupy your Chase or Citi or Bank of America branch by closing your account and moving it to a credit union. And Occupy the insurance company offices, the pharmaceutical companies' headquarters and the for-profit hospitals until the White House and Congress pass the true single-payer universal health care bill they failed to pass in 2010.
My friends, the rich are running scared right now. You need no further proof of this than to read this story from last week. The Republicans' top strategist met privately with them and told them that they had better change their tune or they were going to be crushed by the Occupy Wall Street movement. They didn't have to change their greedy actions, he assured them -- just the way they talk and PR the situation. He told them never to use the word "capitalism" -- it has now been made a dirty word by the Occupy movement, he said. Only say "economic freedom" from now on, he cautioned. And don't criticize the movement -- because the majority of Americans either agree with it or are feeling the same way. Just tell the Occupiers and the distressed Americans: "I get it." Seriously.
Yes, in just 12 short weeks we have killed their most sacred word -- Capitalism -- and we have them on the run, on the defensive. They should be. Millions are coming after them and our only goal is to remove them from power and replace them with a fair system that is controlled by the 99%. The 1% have been able to get both political parties to do their bidding. Why should only 1% of the population get to have two parties -- and the rest of us have none? That, too, is going to change. In my next letter, I will suggest what we can do to Occupy the Electoral Process. But first we must start with those who pull the strings of the puppets in the Congress. That's why it's called Occupy Wall Street. Always better to deal with man in charge, don't you think?
Let's Occupy the Winter! An #OWS Winter will certainly lead to a very hopeful American Spring.
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@MichaelMoore.com
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Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:21 pm |
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Dave Starr
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| How about if we occupy that big house on Torch lake? |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:45 pm |
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Adam
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How about if we occupy that big house on Torch lake?
Michael Moore is poor. He only has a few million. The big money is in DC. They have trillions to spend and can create even more off the backs of future tax slaves. |
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Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:49 pm |
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So eashoo tell us how a realestate agent can be against capitalism.  |
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