A special thanks to our friends Jimmy, John, and Dennis of The Jettisons who performed two benefit concerts for us last week! The guys were great and we had awesome turn outs!

The guys rocked it out Wednesday night at the InsideOut Gallery in Traverse City to a boogy-influenced audience full of dancers. On Friday in Manistee, a different adventure ensued as the power went out. The guys relocated to a parking lot on River Street and treated spectators to an acoustic show. Thanks to everyone who made it out!

As part of the events, we came prepared with voter registration forms and information for young voters. Jimmy Higgins, lead singer, stressed the importance of getting out the youth vote in a previous interview we did with him:

“I can’t overstate the importance of youth involvement in the political
system–the youth vote carries all kinds of weight and can go a long way in
deciding the outcome of an election. In the case of Dan’s campaign, it’s all
the more important that young people vote, because his election will be a
huge step toward preserving the beautiful natural environment of the area,
among many other positive results.”

And we couldn’t agree with him more!

10. He cares about jobs, schools and the great outdoors.

9. He will work hard so that when we’re done with school we don’t have to leave the state to find good jobs.

8. He uses Facebook, MySpace, YouTube & Flickr.

7. He has a really cool website: www.danscripps.com.

6. He’s an environmental lawyer who also knows how to attract investment to Michigan in renewable energy and other green technologies.

5. He’s married to Jamie, who’s a rock star! (Trust us. We’re rock stars. We know.)

4. He has been invited to talk about climate change and energy solutions for the 21st century at this summer’s Rothbury Festival.

3. He set up his website as a blog. Most politicians only want to talk; Dan actually listens.

2. He was born in Michigan, raised in Michigan, educated in Michigan, and has what it takes to build a better future for Michigan.

1. Because Dan understands how great Northwest Michigan is, and will fight to protect our quality of life!

You can take a look at pictures from the event on Dan’s Flickr page.

You can also check out AikoAdam’s posts at Blogging for Michigan, Michigan Liberal, and West Michigan Rising highlighting our adventures in Manistee!