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		<title>Contract Agreement Samples?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mecosta Osceola Transit Authority is seeking samples of contracts/agreements
where a transit agency may have another entity that is sharing a building
and/or mechanic, drivers, dispatchers, or administration, such as a transit
agency with road commission, commission on aging, or another transit agency.
Thank you for your help.  We are working in a tight time frame, please send
you sample [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mecosta Osceola Transit Authority is seeking samples of contracts/agreements<br />
where a transit agency may have another entity that is sharing a building<br />
and/or mechanic, drivers, dispatchers, or administration, such as a transit<br />
agency with road commission, commission on aging, or another transit agency.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help.  We are working in a tight time frame, please send<br />
you sample by July 30th.</p>
<p>You may email them to <a href="mailto:motrans@sbcglobal.net">motrans@sbcglobal.net</a> or fax to 231-796-4137.</p>
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		<title>MPTA Primary Endorsements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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(As of July 15, 2010)
Additional MPTA Primary endorsements may be announced at a later date.
Endorsements of incumbent legislators are made upon review of their voting records and bill sponsorships. Endorsements of non-incumbents are based upon review of their positions, input from local transit officials and their demonstrated support of MPTA positions.
Download this list of MPTA [...]]]></description>
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(As of July 15, 2010)</p>
<p>Additional MPTA Primary endorsements may be announced at a later date.</p>
<p>Endorsements of incumbent legislators are made upon review of their voting records and bill sponsorships. Endorsements of non-incumbents are based upon review of their positions, input from local transit officials and their demonstrated support of MPTA positions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mptaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/MPTA-Endorsements.2010.pdf">Download this list of MPTA endorsements as a PDF</a></p>
<p><strong>U.S. Congress</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1<sup>st</sup> District:  Jason Allen, R</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Gary McDowell, D</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2<sup>nd</sup> – 3<sup>rd</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4<sup>th</sup> District: Dave Camp, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5<sup>th</sup> District: Dale Kildee, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">6<sup>th</sup> District: Fred Upton, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">7<sup>th</sup> District: Mark Schauer, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">8<sup>th</sup> District: Mike Rogers, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9<sup>th</sup> District: Gary Peters, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">10<sup>th</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p><strong>State Senate</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1<sup>st</sup> District: Coleman Young, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2<sup>nd</sup> District: Bert Johnson, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3<sup>rd</sup> District: Morris Hood, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4<sup>th</sup> District: George Cushingberry, Jr., D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5<sup>th</sup> District: Tupac Hunter, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">6<sup>th</sup> District: Glenn Anderson, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">7<sup>th</sup> District: No endorsement at this time</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">8<sup>th</sup> District: Hoon-Yung Hopgood, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9<sup>th</sup> District: Steve Bieda, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">10<sup>th</sup> District: Paul Gieleghem, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">11<sup>th</sup> – 12<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">13<sup>th</sup> District: John Pappageorge, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">14<sup>th</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">16<sup>th</sup> District: Doug Spade, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">17<sup>th</sup> District: Randy Richardville, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">18<sup>th</sup> District: Pam Byrnes, D. - Rebekah Warren, D. (Both meet endorsement criteria.)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">19<sup>th</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">20<sup>th</sup> District: Robert Jones, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">21<sup>st – </sup>22<sup>nd</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">23<sup>rd</sup> District: Gretchen Whitmer, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">24<sup>th</sup> District: Rick Jones, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">25<sup>th </sup>- 26<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">27<sup>th</sup> District: John Gleason, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">28<sup>th</sup> – 30<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">31<sup>st</sup> District: Jeff Mayes, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">32<sup>nd</sup> District: Roger Kahn, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">33<sup>rd</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">34<sup>th</sup> District: Geoff Hansen, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mary Valentine, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">35<sup>th</sup> District: Darwin Booher, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Roger Dunigan, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">36<sup>th</sup> District: Andy Neumann, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">37<sup>th</sup> District: Howard Walker, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">38<sup>th</sup> District: Michael Lahti, D.</p>
<p><strong>House of Representatives</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1<sup>st</sup> District: Timothy Bledsoe, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2<sup>nd</sup> – 8<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9<sup>th</sup> District: Shanelle Jackson, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">10<sup>th</sup> – 11<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">12<sup>th</sup> District: Rashida Tlaib, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">13<sup>th</sup> District: Andrew Kandrevas, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">14<sup>th</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">16<sup>th</sup> District: Bob Constan, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">17<sup>th</sup> District: Phil Cavanagh, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">18<sup>th</sup> District: Richard LeBlanc, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">19<sup>th</sup> – 20<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">21<sup>st</sup> District: Dian Slavens, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">22<sup>nd</sup> District: Doug Geiss, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">23<sup>rd</sup> District: Deb Kennedy, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">24<sup>th</sup> District: Sarah Roberts, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">25<sup>th</sup> District: Jon Switalski, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">26<sup>th</sup> District: Kevin McLogan, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">27<sup>th</sup> District: Ellen Cogan Lipton, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">28<sup>th</sup> District: Lesia Liss, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">29<sup>th</sup> District: Tim Melton, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">30<sup>th</sup> – 31<sup>st</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">32<sup>nd</sup> District: Jennifer Haase, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">33<sup>rd</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">34<sup>th</sup> District: Woodrow Stanley, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">35<sup>th</sup> – 36<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">37<sup>th</sup> District: Vicki Barnett, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">38<sup>th</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">39<sup>th</sup> District: Lisa Brown, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">40<sup>th</sup> – 41<sup>st</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">42<sup>nd</sup> District: Harold Haugh, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">43<sup>rd</sup> District: Gail Haines, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">44<sup>th</sup> – 55<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">56<sup>th</sup> District: Kate Ebli, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">57<sup>th</sup> – 58<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">59<sup>th</sup> District: Matt Lori, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">60<sup>th</sup> – 61<sup>st</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">62<sup>nd</sup> District: Kate Segal, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">63<sup>rd</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">64<sup>th</sup> District: Martin Griffin, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">65<sup>th</sup> – 66<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">67<sup>th</sup> District: Barb Byrum, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">68<sup>th</sup> District: Joan Bauer, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">69<sup>th</sup> District: Mark Meadows, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">70<sup>th</sup> District: Mike Huckleberry, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">71<sup>st</sup> – 74<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">75<sup>th</sup> District: Bing Goei, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Brandon Dillon, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">76<sup>th</sup> District: Roy Schmidt, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">77<sup>th</sup> – 80<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">81<sup>st</sup> District: Judson Gilbert, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">82<sup>nd</sup> – 83<sup>rd</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">84<sup>th</sup> District: Terry Brown, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">85<sup>th </sup>District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">86<sup>th</sup> District: Rob Verheulen, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><sup> </sup></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><sup> </sup></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">87<sup>th</sup> – 100<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">101<sup>st</sup> District: Dan Scripps, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">102<sup>nd</sup> – 103<sup>rd</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">104<sup>th</sup> District: Wayne Schmidt, R.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">105<sup>th</sup> -107<sup>th</sup> Districts: No endorsement at this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">108<sup>th</sup> District: Judy Nerat, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">109<sup>th</sup> District: Steve Lindberg, D.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">110<sup>th</sup> District: No endorsement at this time.</p>
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