Ann Arbor, MI –Today, Rick Snyder’s gubernatorial campaign announced the endorsement of Dan and Pamella DeVos, two of Grand Rapids’ leading entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
Dan DeVos, president and CEO of DP Fox Ventures, cited Rick’s vision and economic leadership in his decision to support Rick Snyder’s candidacy for governor.
“Rick Snyder is exactly the type of leader Michigan needs to guide our state out of the economic troubles we’re suffering from and provide long-term solutions. Rick has
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Ann Arbor, MI –Today, Rick Snyder’s gubernatorial campaign launched a contest allowing supporters to choose the campaign’s next television advertisement which will air statewide for more than a week. Supporters can log on to www.rickformichigan.com/pick-ricks-ad to watch and vote for either “Superman” or “Grindstone.” The contest begins immediately and will continue until Monday, February 22nd at noon.
The innovative contest allows people to earn points by signing up, asking others to sign up, and contributing to
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Ann Arbor, MI (February 9, 2010) – It’s a problem all too familiar for volunteer fire departments: knowing which personnel have arrived on-scene and the location of the responders throughout the incident. If something happens and an evacuation needs to be called, how does the Incident Commander know if everyone is out safely if he doesn’t know who is on-scene? What do they do?
If someone is trapped, there may just be a couple of
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Rick Snyder, Ann Arbor area Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan has unveiled a You Tube Ad entitled, “One Tough Nerd”.
The humorous ad offers viewers an insight into Rick’s education and significant business background.
His major point, it’s time for the people of Michigan to walk away from career politicians (that’s been tried and it hasn’t worked) and instead to embrace a successful business man with the trackrecord and skills required to reinvent Michigan.
To view the ad, click
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan launched a contest today aimed at increasing student participation in the 2010 census.
The contest, sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost and the U-M Institute for Social Research, offers $3,000 in prizes for short videos designed to spur student participation in the coming census. Details are available on the contest Web site: http://census.umich.edu.
"Videos are a great way to get across the
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Satisfaction with Government Websites at an All-Time High
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Citizen satisfaction with federal government services declined slightly in 2009, according to the annual federal government report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The federal government index drops 0.3% to 68.7 on the ACSI 100-point scale. But this small decline does not erase the improvement from a year ago, when satisfaction rose 1.6% to 68.9.
“ACSI results show that citizens do not have a
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