I have seldom picked a candidate this early in the game, but Michigan is where I was born and most of my extended family still live there, Aunts, Uncles and cousins. What happens in Michigan affects my family, so it affects me.
I was born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan in August 1955, long before Virg was even born, probably before his father even started working at GM. My father retired from GM in Feb 1963, a Buick came off the assembly line and nearly severed his left leg. He was retired on disability at the age of 63, luckily the nation had just started a new Social Security program called SSD, my father retired from GM and went on SSD. Between his GM retirement and SSD we lived a decent life, until my mom started a job at the Post Office in 1968 in Riverside, California.
Michigan as we all know has been ground zero for job losses, I have many cousins that lost their auto jobs when the factories cut back, some have moved to Phoenix, Arizona to find work and restart their lives.
I think the tenacity in Virg, is what Michigan needs right now, it does not need a Pete Hoekstra as a Governor, anyone who used an attempted terrorist attack on the United States as Pete did 3 days after the Christmas "under wear bomber" failed, to use the attack as a reason to raise money for his Governors race shows he is nothig but a spineless Dick Cheney style politician, something that Michigan does NOT need now, or in the future.
It is time that Pete Hoekstra be retired from public life by the voters of Michigan.
I ask you to visit Virg Bernaro for Michigan to learn about him and if you can donate some money to help his campaign, we need Democratic governors like Virg, if we want to fix the problems in our states, straight talking, honest and sincere people.
People across Michigan are fed-up and frustrated,
anxious and angry, and so am I.
I'm Virg Bernero and I'm here to tell you that I'm running for Governor so I can fight for you.
The state we all love is on the ropes. People feel the walls closing in around them. Job loss, home foreclosure, rising health care costs, jacked up credit card rates and rising tuition are crushing too many Michigan families. People are hurting.
The clueless leadership at the State Capitol doesn't get it. The so-called leaders in the Washington bubble don't get it either. And the Wall Street wizards who helped put us here definitely don't get it.
We need a governor who will get up every day ready to fight for Michigan workers and families. We need a new vision and a different kind of leadership to get Michigan back on track.
We have the best workforce in America right here but we need leadership as strong as our backs and as innovative as our minds.
As mayor of Lansing, I've never backed down from a tough fight and I've delivered real results.
Four balanced budgets without raising taxes. 4,000 new jobs. Over half a billion dollars in new investment. And public/private partnerships that are helping the businesses of the old economy retool for the jobs of the future. We haven't waved the white flag of surrender over our manufacturing. And we're diversifing our economy at the same time.
Now, more than ever, we need a governor with bold leadership, boundless energy and the determination to make Michigan work again. I'm ready for this fight and I know you are too.
Please join me today as we begin the fight of our lives to turn things around for our state and for our future.
If you are ready to get to work right now to fight for the change Michigan needs, please take a moment to pledge your support, sign up as a campaign volunteer, or make a donation that will help me get my message out to citizens across the state.
With your help, we will overcome today's challenges and forge a new prosperity for the Great Lakes State.
Together we can make Michigan work again!
Yours for Michigan's future,
Please help my favorite state elect a great Governor a man we can all respect, a man that can bring change and real leadership and follow up and push forward on the progress Governor Granholm has done for the past 8 years.