Gary Peters Congressional District Hopper/Opportunist To Run For Michigan Governor?

 U.S. Representative Gary Peters is seen as one of the Democratic frontrunners to challenge Gov. Rick Snyder in 2014, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Peters is listed alongside five other Democrats thought of as favorites to win the 2014 Democratic nomination for governor.

Peters’ office did not directly comment on the proposition of running for governor, but released the following statement:

“Congressman Peters is focused on serving the families of Greater Detroit by working to attract new job-creating economic development opportunities to our region,” said Jared Smith, Peters’ communications director.

The other Democrats on the list comprise of state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, former U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, University of Michigan Regent Denise Illitch and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.

Bernero was the 2010 Democratic nominee and was soundly defeated by Snyder, losing 58.1 percent to 39.9 percent.

Peters served as the CMU Griffin Endowed Chair from 2007 to 2008 after spending two terms as state senator from 1995 to 2002.

He was elected to his third term as U.S. representative last week, easily winning in the new, heavily-Democratic 14th District, encompassing much of Detroit and part of Oakland County.

Following re-districting last year, Peters’ 9th District was merged with the 12th District, represented by fellow Democrat Sander Levin. The new 9th District, however, resembled Levin’s former district more than his, so he instead opted to run in the 14th District, which contains much.

Peters defeated Rep. Hansen Clarke and Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence in the Democratic primary. After winning election last week, Peters will become the first white representative to represent a part of Detroit in Congress since 1993.

“By bringing together a diverse coalition of supporters, we’ve won the race for the new 14th Congressional District and now it’s time to begin a new chapter of partnership and cooperation throughout the Greater Detroit region,” Peters said in a statement following his win. “There’s a lot more that unites us than divides us, and that’s why I’m looking forward to bringing together leaders from across our community to develop solutions to the regional challenges all of us face.”

Peters also served as state lottery commissioner from 2003 to 2007.

Exposing the Lies of Right To Work

The Democrats continue to fight for union Monopolies in Lansing. With out these monopolies they will lose much of their funding that is stolen from workers paychecks. Here are some lies that are being spread on House floor by State Rep. Joan Bauer: Workers in Freedom-to-Work­ states get paid lower wages.

The TRUTH: Private-sector,­ inflation-adjus­ted employee compensation in right-to-work states has grown by 12.0 percent between 2001-2011, according to data taken from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compares with just 3.0 percent over the same period in forced-unioniza­tion states.

Senator Gretchen Whitmer on CNN comparing Michigan State Police to hired thugs.

The TRUTH:Shame on HER, these folks put there life on the line everyday to protect Michiganders. Look at Detroit, the murder capital of our nation!

Lies from the MEA "Its all about the kids"

The TRUTH: About 500 teachers have taken a personal day in the Warren School District so they can head to Lansing to protest the right-to-work law. The Warren School District is shut down today.

The lie: Obama in Michigan yesterday said that Right to work hurts collective bargaining.

The TRUTH: Collective Bargaining is a federally protected right and Right to Work will not change this.

Only 17 1/2 % of Michigan is unionized and 82% is not. Based on what's going Lansing one would think 100% is unionized. Freedom to Work could actually increase union membership when you have unions that actually work for their customers aka workers. Freedom to work breaks up union monopolies that take advantage of workers. The break up of monopolies will allow more unions to form, similar to what has happened in Roscommon Michigan. There, teachers fired their union, the Michigan Education Association and formed their own. Fact also in 21 of the 23 current right to work states, unemployment is lower than non-right to work states.

Michigan Senator Gretchen Whitmer: Obama Keep Our Cash

LANSING, Mich. — A top Michigan Democrat is looking to President Obama to deliver retribution to Republicans after the GOP-dominated state legislature approved a package of bills that could make this stronghold of union power the nation’s 24th right-to-work state as early as next week.

Senate Democratic Leader Gretchen Whitmer, who on Thursday called the votes to approve the right-to-work measure “petty and vindictive politics,” sparked more backlash Friday when she said she wants the president, who is set to visit Detroit on a previously scheduled political trip on Monday, to push back on Republican Gov. Rick Snyder by holding back federal money for a new international bridge project to Canada and a badly needed mass-transit program in ailing Detroit.

“We are hoping that when President Obama comes to Michigan next week, that this is going to be on his radar screen, that he’s going to say Michigan doesn’t care about their middle class, [so] why should we be bending over backwards to make sure that this governor is able to deliver on his promise,” said Mrs. Whitmer in an interview with local radio station WWJ.

Her remarks, amid calls from other Democrats and union leaders to use all legal means necessary to stop the bills from becoming law, drew a stern rebuke from WJR host Frank Beckmann.