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Cheboygan
County Drain Commissioner
& Republican candidate for Michigan State
Representative Dennis Lennox recorded 12.24.09
Dennis Lennox talks about why he should be elected
to State office, his ideas on consolidating government and education, and the difficult challenges facing Detroit and Detroit Public Schools.
 Click here for full audio interview TRT 19:56 |
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20th District State Senator and Michigan
gubernatorial candidate Tom George recorded 11.25.09
Dr. Tom George discusses his ideas on fixing health
care, why Public Act 312--which allows retirement
after 20 years of service--needs revising, and why
Michigan term limits on the state House & Senate
seats should be modified.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 18:30
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Former Gateway President/COO, successful
entrepreneur, and Republican gubernatorial
candidate Rick Synder recorded 10.23.09
Rick Snyder talks about his philosophy to service
citizens like customers, whether legislative term limits
should be modified, and why he is running for
governor.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 12:27
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Oakland County Sheriff and Republican
gubernatorial candidate Mike Bouchard
recorded 10.16.09
Mike Bouchard discusses privatization and how it
has saved Oakland County $15 million since he
became Sheriff, what Michigan needs to do resolve its
structural deficit, and why Michigan's tough minimum
sentencing laws should not be repealed.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 16:59
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Michigan's 11th District U.S. Congressman
Thaddeus McCotter
recorded 10.05.09
Thaddeus McCotter talks about how to address the nuclear missile threat from Iran, whether ACORN
should be defunded and its nexus to the Democrat
party, and who he supports in the 2010 Michigan
governor's race.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 17:54
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Dr. David E, Cole, Center for Automotive Research Chairman
recorded 09.30.09
Dr. David E. Cole discusses depression-level sales
in the U.S. auto market, a post-bankruptcy analysis of
GM and Chrysler, and a new golden era, which could
make the domestic auto makers more profitable than ever.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 24:08
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2nd District U. S. Congressman and Michigan gubernatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra
recorded 08.20.09
2nd District U.S. Congressman and Michigan gubernatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra talks about the state's budget crisis, his plan to eliminate the Michigan business tax, why moving terrorists prisoners to Standish is a bad idea, and his take on universal health care.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 15:07
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103rd State House Representative Joel Sheltrown
recorded 08.17.09
103rd State House Representative Joel Sheltrown discusses Speaker Dillon's proposal to pool Michigan municipal employees into a single health care plan, what to do about the state's budget crisis, and his idea on how to eliminate personal income tax and the Michigan Business Tax.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 21:19
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Leon Drolet, Chairman of Michigan Taxpayers Alliance
recorded 07.06.09
Chairman of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance Leon Drolet discusses how the state of Michigan could erase its structural deficit and save four to six billion dollars annually by having active municipal employee's health benefits mirror what private employees receive.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 22:00
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Kelly M. Farr, Consumers Energy Public Affairs Director
recorded 06.12.09
Kelly Farr talks about the proposed Consumers Energy clean coal burning plant near Bay City, the myths and facts behind wind turbine energy, and Michigan's new 10% green energy standard that must be met by 2015 (and what it will cost the average customer).
Click here for full audio interview TRT 13:36
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Cadillac Area Schools Superintendent
Paul Liabenow
recorded 06.04.09
Cadillac Area Public Schools Superintendent Paul Liabenow discusses bullying in schools and society, the district's recently-passed bond issue, the inequality of Michigan's school fuding, and the continued difficulty facing Detroit Public Schools.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 19:09
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4th District Michigan Congressman Dave Camp
recorded 05.15.09
Congressman Dave Camp talks about the controversy surrounding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding whether she was briefed by the CIA concerning waterboarding. Congressman Camp also discusses the automotive industry crisis, what Michigan needs to do to attract business to the state, along with various other topics.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 15:26
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Non-profit After 26 Project board members
Kathy Bloomfield and Karen Peterson
recorded 05.13.09
After 26 Project board members Kathy Bloomfield and Karen Peterson discuss the need to provide jobs and training for special needs people age 26 and older. They talk about their hope to open the After 26 Cafe & Unique Gift Shop, which will employ 20 special needs adults in the Cadillac area.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 21:08 |
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Andrew Mac Donald, small business owner and creator of the MIwatchdog.com
(interviewed by Cadillac City Councilman Art Stevens
Source: WATT radio/04.03.09)
Andrew Mac Donald, creator of the MIwatchdog, discusses why Michigan is at a disadvantage with Right-To-Work states, why term limits on Michigan legislators and senators must be repealed or modified, and the troubles facing the automotive industry.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 24:03
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Cadillac Mercy Hospital CEO John MacLeod
recorded 04.02.09
Cadillac Mercy Hospital CEO John MacLeod discusses the downside of Canadian universal health care, why emergency room costs are so high, and the pending doctor shortage in the United States.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 14:54
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Family Therapist Jim Skiera
recorded 02.20.09 (on WATT radio)
Bill Barnett interviews 30-year practicing Family Therapist Jim Skiera as he discusses teen suicide, the intense way in which teens and adults can sometimes interact, plus what families, schools, and communities can do to limit bad behavior that can result in tragedy.
Click here for part one TRT 20:12
Click here for part two TRT 19:22
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Bill Ballenger, Editor/Publisher of Inside Michigan Politics
recorded 02.10.2009
Editor/Publisher of Inside Michigan Politics Bill Ballenger talks about the state's prison costs, Detroit Public Schools, and term limits on state representatives, senators, and the executive branch.
Click here for full audio interview TRT 17:27
Bill Ballenger talks about the federal government providing money for Michigan's budget deficit.
Click here for audio clip TRT 1:51
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Darwin Booher, 102nd
District
State Representative
recorded 10.27.08
102nd District State Representative Darwin Booher says Michigan's 2009 budget deficit could be as high as $1 billion, comments on lawmaker term limits, and the Michigan Business Tax (or M.B.T.).
Click here for full audio interview TRT 23:07
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