Whatever. Serving in Congress just bores him.

Rock on Thad!

As things stand now U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11) isn't going to be on the August Republican  primary ballot and which is necessary if he wants run for re-election. The Redford Township-based Republican's organization failed to gather and file enough valid signatures to get on the ballot and so the only thing he can do now is wage a write-in primary campaign and hope for the best or grin and bear it and retire. The effort and money needed for a sucessful write-in campaign will be tough going and the utter incompetence shown by McCotter's staff  sure doesn't recommend him very highly for re-election either. So there's that.

But I'll shed no tears for Thad. Numerous new career opportunities are now available to him. Fox News Channel might want to hire him as an expert commentator or he could find a decent gig as a lobbyist or maybe go on tour with his rock band. It's been obvious for a while now that serving in Congress just bores him.

Ypsilanti income tax and Water Street millage lose by 2-1

Go figure? Tax paying voters, by a 2-1 margin,  just don't trust Ypsilanti city government not take this extra money and piss it away on other stupid shit as well. And with good reason too.

Attention media big-shots: You can put a show on cable but you can't make us watch it

Ex-Michigan governor Jenny Granholm has a temp talk show gig on Al Gore's Current TV channel now through November 2012 it has been announced.

"The premise [of her show]" says Detroit News columnist Laura Berman, "is that Granholm's inside knowledge of campaign strategy and communications will enable her to provide insights into the process — and the mayhem — that aren't easily understood from outside."

Whatever. As a hugely disappointing two-term Michigan governor and recent migrant to California I seriously doubt that Granholm has that much "insight" to offer viewers on national politics and I fully expect that the ratings she gets will reflect that. The Gore Channel must be really, truly, hard-up for media personalities if they're taking her on, even as a temp.