Dear Friends,
We are already off to a strong start for the Summer 2009 parade season. We have marched in the Manistee and Ludington Fourth of July parades, and the Bear Lake Days parade with a strong presence. I want to give a special thank you to those of you who came out and helped to make these parades a success!
I will be marching in various parades all summer-long, so if you haven’t been able to make it out, there’s still a chance!
Here is our parade schedule for the rest of the summer:
• Saturday, July 18: Empire Anchor Day Parade, line up at 12:30 at Johnson Park. Parade begins at 1PM.
• Sunday, July 19: Kaleva Days Parade, line up at 1:30 at the public park. Parade begins at 2PM.
• Sunday, July 26: Arcadia Daze Parade, line up at 1PM at City Marina. Parade begins at 1:30PM.
• Saturday, August 1: Copemish Parade, line up at 11AM at the public park. Parade begins at 1PM.
• Sunday, August 9: Onekama Parade, line up at 12NOON, locsation is TBD. Parade begins at 1:30PM.
• Saturday, August 22: Honor Coho Fest Parade, line up at 12NOON on Riverside Dr, right off of US31. Parade starts at 2PM.
• Sunday, September 6: Brethren Parade, line up at 3PM at the Brethren High School. Parade starts at 4PM.
• Saturday, September 19: Scottville Harvest Fest Parade, line up at 1PM. Parade starts at 2PM.
• Saturday, October 10: Frankfort Fall Fest Parade. Details TBD.
If you are interested in coming along, you can email tracy@danscripps.com or simply just show up at the specified meeting place and look for us.
I hope to see you there!
Dan
Hello Friends!
It’s that time of the year again…you guessed it – PARADE TIME!!
Last year we had a blast taking part in the Manistee Forest Festival’s 4th of July parade and Ludington’s 4th of July parade as a candidate, but this year Dan will be participating as OUR elected State Representative!
We are looking for interested volunteers to come out, and march alongside Representative Scripps and his truck as he runs around and shakes hands with the residents of the 101st. We will be carrying signs and banners that read Dan Scripps OUR State Rep! and proudly donning red, white and blue, as we hand out candy.
Here are the details:
- Manistee Parade: Line up is at 9 am, and the parade starts at 10 am. We are assigned #14 in the line-up and will be meeting at River st. and Division st.
- Ludington Parade: Line up is at noon, and the parade starts at 1 pm. We will be meeting at our assigned parade line-up location “I-7″ which is on Loomis St between Staffon and Madison Streets. There will be street directors on hand in case you are unable to find us.
If you are interested in volunteering alongside us, please contact our office in Lansing at (517) 373-0825 and speak with our parade coordinator, Emily to sign up…. or just show up!
Dear Friends,
Hello from Lansing! For the past five months I have been working hard to push a progressive legislative agenda that builds on Michigan’s strengths, as well as providing solid customer service to the residents of the 101st District. It is an exciting time to be in the legislature and I am honored to represent the residents of beautiful Northwest Michigan – but we still have work to do!
Please join me for a special fundraising event:
Sunday, May 31st from 6 to 8PM
at the Leelanau Cellars Tasting Room on the bay in Omena
Here is a chance to come out, show your support, and help me keep the momentum going! Any questions? Contact Tracy at tracy@danscripps.com.
I hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Dan Scripps
December 10, 2008 – 3:06 pm
On Monday, I was sworn-in as our next State Representative by Supreme Court Justice and resident of the 101st District, Elizabeth Weaver of Glen Arbor. My wife Jamie held the Bible, as Justice Weaver administered the oath in front of a standing-room only crowd of friends, supporters, and elected officials.
You can see other photos from my inauguration at our Flickr page here.
As the ceremony took place, I placed my hand on the Bible, opened to:
1 Peter 4:10
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
This is a verse that encompasses much of what I believe about democracy, that all of us have certain talents and that we should use our talents to serve one another. I built on this theme in my formal comments during the inauguration, knowing that we can only overcome the challenges facing Michigan by working together and by each of us contributing our unique strengths and energy to building a better Michigan.
I am extremely honored that the citizens of Northwest Michigan have put their trust in me, and I look forward to working hard across party lines to get our state back on track. We have real challenges in Michigan, but I’m confident that working together we can turn challenges into opportunities.
I plan to hit the ground running when session begins in January. As State Representative, I will do everything I can to help make our state a better place to live, work, and raise a family.
November 6, 2008 – 5:38 pm
Six months ago I kicked off my campaign with a tour of the district that focused on “Jobs, Schools, and the Great Outdoors” where I visited local high schools and early childhood centers, downtown business districts and entrepreneurs, and met with local leaders in the farming and conservation communities. I highlighted the issues that matter most to the people of the 101st District, and continued to focus on them throughout my campaign. Those of you that have followed along know how hard we all worked. We ran a positive issues-based campaign until the end, and our efforts and positive message paid off!
After six months of hard work, the voters have spoken, and I am honored that you have chosen me as your next State Representative. It’s been a wonderful six months, and I plan to hit the ground running when I get to Lansing next January. I plan to be a district-based Representative and promise to always serve the people of the 101st District to the best of my ability.
I want to extend a huge thank you to everyone that has worked on my behalf – I could not have done it without you!
November 4, 2008 – 12:51 pm
After months of hard work, the campaign is finally coming to a close. I want to take a minute to extend a thank you to each and every one of you who have dedicated your time to helping out.
Many of you knocked doors, made calls, donated money, put together a mailing, displayed a yard sign, or helped spread around my positive message amongst your friends and family – we would not be where we are without YOU!
The last thing we’re asking of you is to get out and VOTE. Polls close tonight at 8PM. If you are in line by then, you will be able to cast your ballot! Remind your friends, family and neighbors to get to the polls too!
Please join us tonight for a special Election Night celebration at The Bluebird Restaurant located at 102 River Street in Leland. We will gather at 8PM and watch the election returns come in as we await victory!
You can see pictures here of our Leland High School student volunteers as they have helped us GET OUT THE VOTE this morning, and watch a video here:
October 31, 2008 – 5:47 pm
Here are some of the commercials put together by Leland High School students that helped us win yesterdays mock election!
Special thanks to Emma Smith, Stefani Pentiuk, Ben Fellows, and all of the other Leland High Schoolers that volunteered for the campaign over the past few months!
October 30, 2008 – 4:58 pm
Scripps wins Leland Mock Election 124 to 21!
Check out pictures here.
Check out a video of Leland student Ben Fellows introducing Dan Scripps, and Dan Scripps at the Mock Election:
October 30, 2008 – 2:44 pm
Over the course of this campaign, I have focused on a single key issue: how to rebuild Michigan’s economy and get our people back to work. As part of this effort to shine a spotlight on Michigan’s economic challenges and opportunities, over the last eleven weeks I’ve laid out a comprehensive plan – one week at a time – to reposition Michigan on the cutting edge of a new century and give our workers the tools to compete and thrive in a globalized knowledge economy. Today I want to connect the dots of the previous eleven weeks to provide a Blueprint for how we get from the Michigan of today to the state we need to build for tomorrow.
If we’re going to turn our state around, we need new leadership in Lansing that understands the global forces impacting Michigan’s economy. Here are eleven ideas to get Michigan back on track:
* Focus on economic fundamentals – fiscal discipline; a competitive and predictable tax structure; and investments in human capital.
* Build on Michigan’s strengths by promoting our competitive advantages in the areas of renewable energy; agriculture and agricultural processing; health care and biosciences; and advanced manufacturing.
* Promote Michigan’s vibrant and growing tourism economy, including the creation of the Michigan Tourism Investment Corporation, a public-private partnership to take the politics out of tourism promotion.
* Investing in Michigan’s working families by promoting efforts to “Hire Michigan First,” and expand the “No worker Left Behind” program for workers who have seen their jobs disappear.
* Expand efforts to promote broadband and high-speed internet access, ensuring we’re allowing local businesses and individuals to connect to the global economy and building the infrastructure of the 21st Century.
* Push hard on renewable energy efforts that are already paying dividends locally with new jobs in Northwest Michigan.
* Build the globally competitive workforce Michigan needs to compete in the new knowledge economy.
* Work to create the competitive and predictable business climate Michigan needs to attract investment and create jobs.
* Streamline outdated and redundant regulations to boost Michigan’s competitiveness while ensuring worker safety, environmental protection, consumer safeguards, and retirement security.
* Stand up for small businesses by working to develop new economic development tools and boosting incentives to create a new entrepreneurial culture in Michigan, and
* End the political delays that harm Michigan’s economic outlook by insisting on common-sense economic and budgetary leadership instead of the same old partisan gimmicks.
This Blueprint represents a comprehensive, cohesive approach to rebuilding Michigan’s struggling economy, and working to build a Michigan that is well-equiped to compete in our global economy. And this focus on Michigan’s economy has not only been the defining theme of my campaign, it will also be my central priority as our next State Representative. While my opponent attempts to change the subject to something – anything – other that our economic proposals, I understand that local voters deserve a State Representative who will work every day to create jobs, attract investment, and get Michigan’s economy back on track.
October 29, 2008 – 6:47 pm
Today the Leelanau Enterprise and the Benzie Record Patriot each endorsed our campaign for State Representative.
The Leelanau Enterprise praised my “ability to see through party rhetoric and find common sense answers.”
The Benzie Record Patriot noted my “commitment to, and experience with, alternative energy [which] will uniquely poise this area to reap the benefits of this quickly growing industry.”
With the endorsement of the Enterpise and the Record Patriot, all six newspapers have made endorsements and all six have endorsed this campaign.
As we enter the final 5 days, this clean sweep of district editorial pages gives us a huge boost of momentum.
On to November 4!
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