One year ago I (along with a lot of other parents) was in the state capitol in Michigan advocating almost around the clock for three days for passage of Autism Insurance Coverage for Children in the state of Michigan. Doesn’t seem like it would be a particularly hard thing to convince someone of, does it? [...]
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Regardless of your politics or personal feelings there is a beauty and honesty in this quote that can, hopefully, give us all pause today: “The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren’t able to muster as much strength and patience [...]
Here’s Brian Calley, the State’s next Lt. Governor, making the case for Autism Insurance Reform. As has been widely pointed out Mr. Calley doeshave a four year old daughter with Autism. Some folks have mistaken this as being his motivation for supporting this legislation … after all, it would help HIS daughter is an argument [...]
Well, the elections of last week are now officially done and in the books. Like that old saying goes “elections have consequences” but before we go marching into our new political term it’s important that we don’t forget the unfinished business that this State Senate still has on the table. We’re in what’s commonly referred [...]
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Today in Michigan is primary election day. Today’s one of those days when we can learn who’s serious and who’s just part of the peanut gallery barking at those on the field but unwilling to actually do something. Look, since the time this country started fighting for it’s freedom we’ve had over 1,095,000 US soldiers [...]
Last week we had the pleasure of interviewing Lt. Governor candidate Brian Calley. While our original plan was to have a politics heavy show (afterall, he’s a politician and this is an election), it was a story from Mr. Calley in the beginning of the interview, concerning the diagnosis of his young daughter with Autism, [...]
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“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me “Superman” did not exist. Cause even in the depths of the ghetto you just thought he was coming …. She thought I was crying because it’s like …. (he’s) not real. I was crying because no one was coming with enough [...]
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On last weekend’s radio show we discussed the movie Waiting for “Superman” and the need for education reform. Two weeks ago it was school nutrition with Chef Ann Cooper. In both interviews we discussed the need to hold politicians accountable for their promises. So with that in mind this weekend we’ll be interviewing Brian Calley [...]
Congratulations To Rick Snyder and Virg Bernero on their big wins tonight !!! This fall in Michigan it’s going to be “One Tough Nerd” vs. “America’s Angriest Mayor”.
On Sunday, August 1st we had the opportunity to interview MI Gubernatorial hopeful Rick Snyder. We were able to hit many topics that, based on reader and listener feedback, you told us were important to you and other parents and grandparents out there including: business leadership vs political leadership, education, public private partnerships in education, [...]
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We wanted to interview the candidates in the upcoming Michigan Governor’s race because we felt it was important for us, as parents, to know who we could trust. Mike Bouchard failed the test before we ever got to his interview.
Tomorrow morning at 8:00am on WAAM 1600 we will be interviewing MI Gubernatorial Candidates Mike Bouchard and Rick Snyder and while we’ve got our own questions we’re curious as to what YOU would like asked? Please respond via comments below or drop me an email by clicking here! Don’t forget that if you can’t listen live [...]
We really appreciated the opportunity to interview Michigan Gubenatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra last weekend. This weekend we have a confirmation for an interview with Mike Bouchard and are working out the details on two other possible MI Gov candidate interviews. I hope you enjoy the interview and will confirm the guests for this week’s show [...]
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In the game of chess the most abundant, least powerful, most easily sacrificed and least valuable piece is the pawn. Unlike the King (who’s protection is the key to the game) the pawn is not a piece you really worry too much about losing. In fact, the pawn’s real value comes from the fact that [...]
I support the idea of Autism Insurance legislation. But I’ll confess that I struggle with it…quite a bit actually. I consider myself a libertarian leaning conservative so in my opinion the smaller, less intrusive we can get our government to be the better. So, for obvious reasons my support of the idea of mandated Autism [...]
Gerard Mantese (Mantese, Honigman, Rossman and Williamson) and John J. Conway are on the front lines of the Autism Insurance fight in the state of Michigan. However, unlike those that are fighting for legislation to require Autism coverage these lawyers are fighting in the courtrooms to get the Insurance companies to cover the children that, [...]
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