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Washtenaw: Obama

December 9, 2008

A Boston Globe article looks at how Barack Obama is keeping his grassroots organization active even after the campaign. The article features local activist Chris Savage: “Last Thursday evening, for example, Savage and nearly 30 other Obama supporters from the Ann Arbor area hashed out ideas at a pub in Dexter, Mich. Savage said he hopes to see the creation of a local network that could organize around anything from watershed issues to taxes.” [Source]

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Old Media Watch

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Business Week publishes a Q&A with Tom Kinnear, executive director of UM Business School’s Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. He speculates on the entry of the millenial generation into B-school: “The millennials confronted a shock to their system with the economic downturn, because they grew up in pretty good times and have not been confronted with this kind of trauma before. There is a tendency among millennials to think they are entitled, but you are starting to see some breaking free of that. Many are smart enough to recognize what is going on and are realizing they have to make their own go of it. For many of them, entrepreneurship is a logical thing to pursue.” [Source]
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A2: Google Fiber
The Gov Monitor reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm is in California meeting with Google executives to push for choosing a city in Michigan to test its high-speed fiber optic network. From the report: “Granholm is encouraging Michigan communities to submit applications for the trial network with several already in the works including, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, and Lansing/East Lansing.” The article quotes Granholm: “Google fiber is a perfect fit here as no state can match the exploding new technology investment in Michigan in recent years.” [Source]
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Candidate Petition Filings
A March 1 article on local candidates for state legislative races incorrectly stated that candidates file their petitions to be on the ballot with the Secretary of State. For state House Districts 52, 53 and 54 and Senate District 18, those filings are made at the Washtenaw County clerk’s office. Campaign finance reports for all state races are made with the Secretary of State. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
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