Thursday, May 9, 2013
U.S. Ambassador Charles Ray and Sen. Carl Levin will serve as grand marshals; former POW is special marshal for May 27 parade and remembrance service.
Dearborn’s 89th Memorial Day parade and ceremony will focus on the sacrifices made by service members who were prisoners of war or missing in action, and will include several special guests with ties to that theme. The parade begins at 10 a.m. on May 27, traveling along Michigan Avenue from Greenfield Road to Schaefer, ending at Dearborn City Hall. A solemn ceremony will follow at noon at Dearborn’s War Memorial on the grounds of city hall. Two grand marshals will serve in this year’s parade: U.S. Ambassador Charles A. Ray and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin. They will be joined by special marshal Christopher Stone, a Michigan native who was a POW during the conflict in Kosovo. According to Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council Cmdr. Phillip Smith, …
Friday, March 8, 2013
The current U.S. senator for Michigan announced on Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2014.
The announcement that lifelong legislator Sen. Carl Levin will not run for re-election sparked much discussion in the congressman's home state of Michigan Thursday. Levin, 78, who has been in office for more than 30 years, released a statement Thursday stating “I can best serve my state and my nation by concentrating in the next two years on the challenging issues before us … in other words, by doing my job without the distraction of campaigning for re-election." Dearborn legislators and residents alike commented on the announcement. “The retirement of my good friend Carl Levin is a terrible loss to our state," said U.S Rep. John Dingell (D-Dearborn) in a statement. "Carl is a giant, and he and his service have been of enormous value to …
Monday, January 28, 2013
National debt and the fiscal cliff should be addressed by Congress in the coming weeks and months.
The U.S. Senate returned to the Capitol this month after a turbulent 2012. In the areas our citizens look to us to address—boosting economic growth and job creation, building a foundation for long-term competitiveness, protecting our environment and our national security—we overcame some major challenges and made some progress in 2012, but delayed many of the tough decisions until 2013. We ended the year with a debate over the “fiscal cliff,” and while we avoided the potential economic catastrophe of going over the cliff on Dec. 31, we only temporarily delayed draconian automatic spending cuts that will kick in early this year if we can’t reach another agreement to avoid them. One way we can bring down the deficit while avoiding those …
chandog
5:06 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
It's a surprise - and his reason is more of a surprise - he certainly doesn't have to campaign to win the seat in Michigan. Maybe John Dingell will take a hint. At 86 Dingell needs to retire - he is just too old more ›