 |
| Haugh |
A group known as The District 22 Patriot Club that tried
to influence last week’s 22nd District House race (Roseville and
eastern Warren) may have been a fraud, a one-man operation bent on revenge.
The outgoing incumbent in the 22nd District,
Democratic Rep. Harold Haugh, made those allegations last week, telling me that
he believes activist Charles Frontera single-handedly mailed out the Patriot Club letters, urging
cross-over votes by Republicans in the Democratic primary.
tea party groups — never registered as a political group with the county or
the state and was it never publicly known until July. Haugh, the former
Roseville mayor, explained that Frontera’s past rants at Roseville City Council
meetings sounded an awful lot like the commentary in the Patriot Club letters sent to voters.
 |
| Chirkun |
Roseville Mayor John Chirkun, was part of a “Democratic Machine” that engaged
in dirty politics. The Patriot Club claimed that the plan was for Chirkun to
succeed the term-limited Haugh in Lansing, just as he succeeded him as mayor,
in order to secretly benefit their “cronies.”
The group’s letter, which was not widely distributed,
called on Republicans to smash the plan by crossing over to vote in the primary
for Chirkun’s Democratic opponent, Gary McMenamin of Warren. There is no evidence that McMenamin was
involved in this plot.
story?
City Council seats last November. When an opening on the council quickly
materialized, Frontera sought the appointment, insisting that as a council
candidate who lost out, he deserved to fill the vacancy.
He was angered when the council members instead chose
Haugh’s wife, the retired city treasurer.
time and money. Chirkun won the primary by nearly a 3-1 margin and he is now
the heavy favorite to win the general election in the fall.
Well the Establishment Republican's in the 107th house district sent out flyers to the democrats asking for them to cross over for Frank Foster. It back fired and Lee Chatfield won.