Granholm is so wrong, I wrote two letters

Letter 1:
Just as Governor Granholm has wrongly diagnosed Michigan’s economic woes, she is wrong about the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Perhaps our state’s economy struggles because too many educators, politicians, CEOs, and union leaders focus on social engineering rather than the business at hand. One must suspend reality to accept that pushing diversity through racial preferences is better than achievement based on merit. When a consumer buys a car, they care about styling, quality, safety and price, not whether it was manufactured by a “diverse” workforce.

Letter 2:
Granholm criticizes the MCRI for originating with a California businessman. Apparently our Canadian-born governor believes equality practiced in other states is not good enough for ours. Also, she ignores the Michigan connection to the MCRI. State Representative Leon Drolet, one of the few Republicans to hold principles over politics in this battle, played a key role getting the MCRI on the ballot. Finally, let’s not forget Jennifer Gratz either. Gratz is the woman - supposedly a beneficiary of affirmative action - who was denied access to U-M because of racial preferences promoted by Granholm. Apparently in her world of “equality”, race trumps gender.

[Letter to the Editor - Detroit Free Press. Submitted 03/10/2006.]