Mike Rogers

Anti-gay GOP Congressman's $150K earmark for theater tied to staffer's gay sex and drug film

I know, I keep saying how you just can't make this stuff up, but here we go again... Homobigot GOP Congressman Virgil Goode of Virginia, a man who scored a "perfect" HRC scorecard zero every year since 2001, is the subject of...

Segall '01, other alums facing tough battles for Congress

By Kyla Wilkes Staff Writer While on the campaign trail for the U.S. House, Josh Segall '01 occasionally carries around with him a beat-up pair of gym shorts that were mailed to him by an old Brown classmate. The shorts, which...

Speak Out ... Page from Segall's book?

Speak Out ... Page from Segall’s book? The actors in Rep. Mike Rogers’ television commercial are not fake. I personally know one of the men in that commercial, and that is truly how he is. He is a religious, family man who does...

H. Brandt Ayers: Will GOP be reborn?

We sat down with our congressman, Mike Rogers, the day after he voted for the unpopular but apparently necessary financial bailout bill. He seemed different, not particularly energized by the prospect of two more years in the...

Speak Out ... Confidence in Rogers

Speak Out ... Confidence in Rogers Last week, with all the confusion surrounding the economy, I was relieved to know that we had someone in Washington looking out for us. I don’t understand all that was going on, but I have...

Rogers fields economy questions

Livingston County business leaders peppered their local congressman with questions Wednesday about the recent $700 billion Wall Street bailout, how it will affect them and how it will discourage future questionable economic...

Group gets on the bus to blast Bush

By Markeshia Ricks • mricks@gannett.com • October 8, 2008 Whether it's the ongoing war in Iraq or the current economic crisis, Americans United for Change want people to know that President Bush's legacy is one of failure....

Candidates deliver spirited political forum

Most of the discussions were cordial but some turned contentious as candidates for nine local and statewide offices tried to sway voters during a political forum Tuesday at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

ELECTION 2008: McCain's gone from Michigan, but GOP says it's got to press on

McCain's gone from Michigan, but GOP says it's got to press on BY JOHN WISELY • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • October 7, 2008 Since John McCain's campaign announced last week that it was pulling out of Michigan, local Republicans...

Third-party candidates vie for more than votes

By Kristofer Karol • DAILY PRESS & ARGUS • October 7, 2008 When voters head to the polls Nov. 4, they're going to see a lot more candidates than just those running on the Republican and Democractic party tickets. In all, there...

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