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Kevin McKague
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October 17, 2008
Hello;
Today, I filed the necessary paperwork making it official; I am running as a write-in candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives, in the 50th district.
As a life-long supporter of the Democratic Party, I strongly believe in the issues important to the hard-working Americans who built the party. From time to time, I have refused to vote for candidates who call themselves Democrats, but who refuse to stand up for important Democratic issues.
Jim Slezak might have won my party's primary for Michigan's 50th House district, but he has done nothing to demonstrate, or even describe, how he believes in traditional Democratic Party values.
He received support from the Flint Area Right-to-Life during the primary race.
Beyond that, he has resisted all attempts to answer specific questions about what exactly he plans to do to help Michigan if he is elected.
On September 25, he had been invited to speak by local party volunteers to a group of undecided voters. After a long-winded speech, he left most of the listeners scratching their heads. He spoke endlessly about how much he loved his family, but said very little about what he actually stands for. In fact, after double-checking with several who attended the meeting, nobody can remember Mr. Slezak stating a single policy stance or solution to our growing problems here in Michigan.
In fact, when one man asked Mr. Slezak for an example of how he would bring jobs to Michigan, Mr. Slezak said that he had plans, but he was unable to share them publicly, because the last time he shared one of his plans publicly it was stolen. Is he serious?
Are the voters really to believe that Mr. Slezak is full of exciting ideas for a Michigan renaissance, but they're "Top Secret"?
Jim Slezak is taking my vote and the vote of other Democrats for granted. He assumes that since he has won the primary, that since the district has traditionally voted Democratic in the past, that he can coast until the election. He will make no attempt to define his platform, because he thinks he doesn't have to.
Before you vote for Jim Slezak on November 4, consider asking him where he stands on:
1) Alternative energy. I think the state should be providing more tax
subsidies to residents who wish to use solar or wind in their homes or
farms, and for companies who wish to build and research clean energy
options in Michigan.
2) Will Mr. Slezak vote to restrict a woman's right to choose her own birth control options?
3) What exactly is Mr. Slezak's "Top Secret" plan to bring jobs to Michigan?
4) We live right in the middle of the world's largest source of fresh
water in our Great Lakes. How will Mr. Slezak vote to protect it from
further pollution, or extraction from water bottling plants?
I, unlike Mr. Slezak, will always do my best to answer your questions, even
if it means losing your vote.
You always have a choice, even if you don't see it on your ballot.
Kevin McKague
925 Moore St.
Davison, MI 48423
810-513-3896
More in the Flint Journal:
http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/10/jobs_foreclosures_the_focus_in.html#more
(afterthought, 10/26): Michigan's 50th House district encompasses Davison, Davison Twp., Burton, Richfield Twp., and Genesee Twp.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:39 pm |
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twotap
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Good luck in your endeavor, of course I would much prefer a good old fashioned Conservative Republican I gotta give you credit for standing up for your beliefs.  |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:37 am |
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Kevin McKague
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quote:
twotap schreef:
Good luck in your endeavor, of course I would much prefer a good old fashioned Conservative Republican I gotta give you credit for standing up for your beliefs.
Thanks, Two Tap. |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:19 am |
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Brother WilliamX
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" Good Luck " Kevin, with your write-in campaign. However, I must
agree with the old school way. To me write-ins are wannabe political
candidates. Who wants to run for a political office without paying
the required City or County clerk's registeration fees.
Also in the old school there's a saying...in order to make money
one must spend money. Personally I have no problem with the
technique that anyone uses, but its the citizens rights not to vote
for write-ins, and if a individual has plans to run for a Public seat
at least do it right.
I will not comment on your political platform. However, here in Wayne
County the rule to run on the ballot is to do either of the two things.
(1): Pay the $100 registeration fee to have name on the ballot, or
(2): Collect 400 signitures for name to appear on the ballot, and so
people would know who to cast their votes to.
That's like me saying I do not have to spend no money to run for
office, but I want to spend the taxpayers/voters dollars, and here
in today's society everyone seems to be looking or a quick way to
make money without spending money.
Four State, County, and Local elections ago. I took upon myself
to research ALL general and primary election laws, due to the
fact that I needed to understand the political game in order to
be a successful Activist, and now I hold two degrees in Political
Science.
If any of you seem to think that I am just talking. Then I do
suggest that you ask your local or County clerk about this info
that I am sharing with you all. In closing, a write-in campaign
is effective when running for a Union Stewart, or in house
position, but in the game of politrixs one must come correct or
don't run at all, and Kevin GOOD LUCK again. |
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BrotherWilliamX
CitizensAgainstCorruptedPoliticians
Detroit Michigan |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:31 am |
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Kevin McKague
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Thanks, Brother William X.
I hadn't run in the primary, because I had supported the incumbent, Ted Hammon. Jim Slezak won the primary, and after that, I'm pretty sure being a write-in candidate was my only option. By the time I understood the full extent of Mr. Slezak's unwillingness to express any sort of platform beyond the common vague platitudes, a write-in candidacy was my only option.
I have run my own traditional campaign in the past, when I ran and won a seat on the Davison City Council in 2005.
By the way, for what its worth, that experience makes me the only candidate in this race with any elected office experience of any kind. |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:52 am |
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Brother WilliamX
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Go for it Kevin. There in Davison you might can sweep the town.
Here is a suggestion Kevin. Win or Lose you gave it your best
shot. However, let this be another part of the learning experience
that you have learned. So that the next time you can jump into
the water on your own, due to the fact that you have made your mark,
and stay activist so that you can be remembered.
Kevin, I have raised enough sand in the Community, and now that
people know who I am (plus what I stand for). Its time for me to
go Public. So again Kevin " Good Luck " |
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BrotherWilliamX
CitizensAgainstCorruptedPoliticians
Detroit Michigan |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:10 am |
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Brian Warner
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I think it is sad when Slezak can't come to the table with any solutions when asked by many of the same people who helped him win the primary. Who would be stealing Slezak's ideas anyway? Russian spies? God forbid the information that he has gets out to the "wrong people."
Did you see his ad in the Index? I don't have it in front of me but, it had a column of issues and a brief description of what I'm assuming he intends to do, such as..
Taxes: Need to be lowered.
Jobs: Need to create more jobs.
Food: Need to eat.
Get the point? As a state rep. he should be willing to bring a little more to the table.
Good luck Kevin. |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:03 am |
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kryskattan
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:34 am |
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Adam
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| Kevin I do have to agree with you. You are definately much more of a stereotypical liberal high-tax pro-genocide I wanna help you run your life and decide what jobs we should try and creat Democrat than Slezak. It is a little stange to see a Democrat like Slezak who doesn't have plans to fix everything. What are your plans Kevin? |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:57 pm |
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Kevin McKague
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| You know Adam, it is still pretty hard to take seriously anybody who throws around words like "genocide" as often as you do. Check the Journal link above, or go to www.NobodyFor50.blogspot.com for an outline of some of my beliefs. You may also ask me a direct question, and I promise I won't hold back my answer out of fear my idea will be stolen like Jim Slezak has. |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:44 pm |
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Adam
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quote:
Kevin McKague schreef:
You know Adam, it is still pretty hard to take seriously anybody who throws around words like "genocide" as often as you do. Check the Journal link above, or go to www.NobodyFor50.blogspot.com for an outline of some of my beliefs. You may also ask me a direct question, and I promise I won't hold back my answer out of fear my idea will be stolen like Jim Slezak has.
1) Alternative energy. I think the state should be providing more tax
subsidies to residents who wish to use solar or wind in their homes or
farms, and for companies who wish to build and research clean energy
options in Michigan.
2) Will Mr. Slezak vote to restrict a woman's right to choose her own birth control options?
3) What exactly is Mr. Slezak's "Top Secret" plan to bring jobs to Michigan?
4) We live right in the middle of the world's largest source of fresh
water in our Great Lakes. How will Mr. Slezak vote to protect it from
further pollution, or extraction from water bottling plants?
Abortion seems too nice a term for killing babies.
We are doing asanine ethanol subsidies that are ineficent cost tax payers money hurt fuel economy and possibly even damage older model cars. I think we are also requiring more alternative energy from our power companies which may help raise our electric bills. Although this may cost more I am supportive of energy security so I might support this.
What is your plan to bring jobs? Another 100 million or so in taxes and spending?
What is your plan to protect water? |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:36 pm |
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Kevin McKague
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quote:
Adam schreef:
Abortion seems too nice a term for killing babies.
Most Americans don't accept the premise of that statement.
Don't like abortions? Have a vascectomy. Wear a condom. Wear two condoms.
Adam, I know you're going to now ask me a dozen variations of the same question, so I'm going to say this once:
This right is non-negotiable
Feel free to paste this answer of mine after the next 11 times you ask variations on this point.
Adam then said:
quote:
We are doing asanine ethanol subsidies that are ineficent cost tax payers money hurt fuel economy and possibly even damage older model cars. I think we are also requiring more alternative energy from our power companies which may help raise our electric bills. Although this may cost more I am supportive of energy security so I might support this.
I agree, ethanol is the wrong alternative energy plan for this nation. It is wrong-headed to take so many acres of land from crops for food just to put the crops into our gas tanks. Ethanol production requires more fuel consumption than it saves. It is just one more reason to take Iowa off of the top of the primary and caucus schedule, because as it now stands, no candidate can pass Iowa without supporting ethanol.
Adam also said:
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What is your plan to bring jobs? Another 100 million or so in taxes and spending?
Offer companies a five year exemption from all state business taxes to set up alternative energy related businesses (producers of solar panels, windmill technology, etc. ) and create jobs in Michigan.
Adam's last question:
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What is your plan to protect water?
Block any more companies like Nestle from bottling Great Lakes Water, for starters. |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:35 pm |
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Brother WilliamX
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Kevin, If you continue to read Adam's mumbo jumbo you
won't go nowhere. Politrixs is a simple game of mind control,
and the weak won't survive. Just look at what's taking place
in your area, and if foreclosures is the problem ight against
foreclosures. If the Tax base is to high then think about how
to lower the taxroll without making the situation worse.
Remember its going to be the people (Not Adam) who will
be voting for you, and if you win remember those who did
support you. Create your own campaign platform, and do
not compare your ideas with others unless you are opposing
their platform.
Also remember Kevin, you can't create jobs by yourself, but
you can create a bill in the House that might can bring Flint
back from the dead. On another forum (one that I started)
Adam is blaming the downfall of Flint on poor Blacks who is
(what he call murders and hardcore criminals).
Yet he drills me because I am a successful Political/Business
man after being borned again, and delivered from drugs and
alcohol. I have learned that some people who uses the
internet uses it negatively, and that's a form for being some
thing that a person can be in reality.
Kevin, In closing fighting the water crisis is a global struggle,
and that's a major problem here in the Detroit Area. Outsiders
want to have private investors to come into the city to take the
water over, and my organization (along with others) won't allow
that to happen.
So accept the positive ones who will support you, and the negative
time bombs stay away from. Flint is in dying need to be reborn by
the help of politicians who understand the proples struggle. |
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BrotherWilliamX
CitizensAgainstCorruptedPoliticians
Detroit Michigan |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:46 pm |
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Adam
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quote:
Kevin McKague schreef:
Most Americans don't accept the premise of that statement.
Don't like abortions? Have a vascectomy. Wear a condom. Wear two condoms.
Adam, I know you're going to now ask me a dozen variations of the same question, so I'm going to say this once:
This right is non-negotiable
Feel free to paste this answer of mine after the next 11 times you ask variations on this point.
Adam then said:
quote:
We are doing asanine ethanol subsidies that are ineficent cost tax payers money hurt fuel economy and possibly even damage older model cars. I think we are also requiring more alternative energy from our power companies which may help raise our electric bills. Although this may cost more I am supportive of energy security so I might support this.
I agree, ethanol is the wrong alternative energy plan for this nation. It is wrong-headed to take so many acres of land from crops for food just to put the crops into our gas tanks. Ethanol production requires more fuel consumption than it saves. It is just one more reason to take Iowa off of the top of the primary and caucus schedule, because as it now stands, no candidate can pass Iowa without supporting ethanol.
Adam also said:
quote:
What is your plan to bring jobs? Another 100 million or so in taxes and spending?
Offer companies a five year exemption from all state business taxes to set up alternative energy related businesses (producers of solar panels, windmill technology, etc. ) and create jobs in Michigan.
Adam's last question:
quote:
What is your plan to protect water?
Block any more companies like Nestle from bottling Great Lakes Water, for starters.
So do you support full abortion and not full gun rights?
It's is nice you're against the ethanol bill. That puts you to the right of every Democrat and even Republican in Lansing who voted for the subsidies.
So you'd create maybe a couple thousand jobs but likely only a couple hundred and perhaps none in Genesee County? Would you do anything to stop businesses from leaving for more low tax and business freindly states? |
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:21 pm |
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Kevin McKague
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| Adam, we don't know the limit to how many jobs can be created in the alternative energy market until we try to create it. Right now, most of the technology is based in Europe and Japan, but with the right incentives, we could bring it to Michigan. |
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