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By Steven Shelton
CCW Recall On Hold
Organization Cites Lack of Money
By Alan Hainkel
A group opposed to the Michigan law requiring county gun boards to
issue concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits to anyone who applies said that they are suspending their petition drive. People Who Care About Kids (PWCAK), announced through their website a lack of funds
has stymied the effort to repeal the law.
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Five Democrats Run for Governor
Former Gov. Jim Blanchard, Congressman David Bonior, Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm, and State Senators Alma
Wheeler-Smith and Gary Peters have all thrown their hats into the ring.
Learn all about the candidates and how to contact their campaigns!
County Commission in "Full Swing"
by David Buskirk, Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners Chair
The county commission is in full swing with the rest of the community
dealing with our current overtaxed criminal justice system. We are in the process of a needs, financial study, and a public awareness
campaign that will include input and ideas from our citizens to help us solve our overcrowding and duplication problems here in Kalamazoo County.
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Upcoming Events
"Fourth Thursday" is now "Third Thursday!" Join us at the Blue Dolphin Restaurant each month for lots of fun and discussion of important
issues.
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Critics: Engler, Legislature "Misusing" Tobacco Money
Michigan has thus far received
over $625 million from its share of the tobacco settlement, yet less than 2 percent of that money has gone to smoking prevention programs. Instead, it has gone to
scholarships, senior prescription programs, and state-funded campaign ads for the G.O.P.
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