June 11, 2012: The Bay County Bulletin

WALKER WINS RECALL RACE OVER BARRETT: Scott Walker on Tuesday became the first governor in the country's history to survive a recall election, besting his 2010 rival in a contest that broke spending records and captured the nation's attention. "Tonight we tell Wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders that stand up and make the tough decisions," Walker told an overflow crowd at the Waukesha County Exposition Center. http://bit.ly/JUJ08z

FUNDRAISER FOR CHAD DEWEY: Chad Dewey, candidate for the state House for the 96th District against Charles M. Brunner, will hold a fundraiser at Bay Lanes on Friday, June 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. More details are forthcoming.

IMPORTANT EVENTS THIS WEEK: Bay County G.O.P. Executive Committee: Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m. at Midland St. Jack's, 605 E. Midland St. Fifth District Dinner Cruise: Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. aboard the Islander at the foot of Ninth St. in Bay City. Tickets are available online: http://www.donationpages.com/directory/EventEcard/1512

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED—"The private sector is doing fine." The man who said so isn't: President Obama called a press conference this morning to deliver an important announcement: "The private sector is doing fine." Seriously, he said that. Then he said, "The big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction"--meaning it hasn't been growing fast enough. As the Washington Examiner notes, he went on to call "for Congress to avert the layoffs of police, firefighters, and other public employees that have taken place at the state level." http://on.wsj.com/KqeX5p

Detroit will be broke next week if lawsuit isn't dropped, mayor says: With Detroit teetering over a monetary abyss, Mayor Dave Bing and the city's new chief financial officer issued a clarion call Friday, warning bluntly that the city will run out of cash next week if a lawsuit challenging the financial agreement the city made with the state to avoid insolvency isn't dropped. http://on.freep.com/KKaMpu

Poll: Barack Obama in dead heat with Mitt Romney in Michigan as popularity slips: President Barack Obama’s popularity in Michigan has slipped in recent months, leaving him in a dead heat with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to a new poll of state voters by EPIC-MRA of Lansing. The poll, released Thursday morning to the Free Press and four TV stations, shows Romney leading Obama 46%-45%, a reversal from the last EPIC poll in April which showed Obama ahead 47%-43%. http://on.freep.com/K1010K

Daniels: Wis. a 'turning point' in reforming unions: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he sees the results from Wisconsin’s recall race as a “turning point” in trying to curb the influence and benefits enjoyed by public-employee unions. http://politi.co/KtnSTw

BIRTHWEEK: Monday. Vince Lombardi, Hugh Laurie. Tuesday. President George H.W. Bush, Spencer Abraham, Wednesday. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert P. Young, Jr. Saturday. Phil Mickelson. Sunday. Newt Gingrich, Jason Hanson.


'MR. TROLOLO' DIES IN ST. PETERSBURG, AGED 77: Russian baritone Eduard Khil, whose Trololo song enjoyed a comeback in 2010 after decades of oblivion, died in a St. Petersburg hospital at the age of 77 on Monday. Khil, who was given a People's Artist Award in the Soviet Union, became famous in the West after his song of 50 years ago, "I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home," which contains no words but only a melody of a series of "tro-lo-los," suddenly hit the internet. http://bit.ly/KJmY8b