Friday, September 23, 2005

WZZM 13 Grand Rapids - Granholm Blames Republicans For Continued Unemployment
Drastic differences in the news coverage around here. Channel 8 had Rick Albin up licking DeVos's boots in Mackinac, while 13 has this as a headline on their website.

LANSING, Mich. - Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm is criticizing Republicans for not acting on her proposals she says would improve Michigan's economy.

Granholm made many of the job creation proposals during her State of the State address in February. She said Republicans are not helping fix Michigan's economy, which has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates.

Granholm's comments came as Republicans were headed to Mackinac Island for a weekend leadership conference. Republicans will spend part of their time talking about challenging Granholm when she is up for re-election in 2006.

Republicans said Granholm's comments are a reaction to her declining job approval ratings.

Is 13 trying to court the more left-leaning citizens of this area? This isn't the first time I've noticed something like this.