The former chair of the Livingston County Republican Party is making headlines, but not in a good way.
Allan Filip, who was chair of the local party during the 2008 election, was hired as director of external affairs by Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson last December. But now the Michigan Democratic Party says Filip was caught on taxpayer time hiring people to collect signatures to recall Democratic lawmakers. MDP Chair Mark Brewer has filed a complaint over the matter.
Filip says he left the Secretary of State's Office before coordinating the recall signature effort.
Even if that's true, shouldn't there be some sort of "cooling off period" between the time someone leaves the Secretary of State's office, which oversees Michigan elections, and the time the ex-employee takes a partisan job? This situation seems as bad as the revolving door between government and lobbyists. It just doesn't look right.
Showing posts with label Allan Filip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allan Filip. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
March Stats Still on the Upswing -- Is GOP Chair Helping?
All that wintery weather that kept Michigan residents indoors last month had one bright spot -- it gave people more time to check out our posts on Living Blue.
Total visits to our site during the month of March were up 15.63 percent, but that's deceiving since February has only 29 days compared to March's 31. More accurate is the per day average, which was still up a healthy 8.17 percent.
New visits were up 3.93 percent, while unique visitors were up 18.83 percent. And they came to us from 19 countries and territories, led by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia.
Of the United States' portion, 39 states sent visitors our way. Michigan was tops, reporting a 22.31 percent increase in visitors. Arizona, California, New York, and Florida rounded out the top five states in total visitors.
Among our top traffic sources are searches on Google and our friends at Michigan Liberal.
The Google searches are particularly interesting. People often search for the words "Livingston County Democrats Michigan" to find us.
But some people have a tendency to find us by searching for the name "Allan Filip."
Why would people come to us by searching for the name of the Livingston County Republican Party chair?
Allan, are you googling yourself?
Total visits to our site during the month of March were up 15.63 percent, but that's deceiving since February has only 29 days compared to March's 31. More accurate is the per day average, which was still up a healthy 8.17 percent.
New visits were up 3.93 percent, while unique visitors were up 18.83 percent. And they came to us from 19 countries and territories, led by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia.
Of the United States' portion, 39 states sent visitors our way. Michigan was tops, reporting a 22.31 percent increase in visitors. Arizona, California, New York, and Florida rounded out the top five states in total visitors.
Among our top traffic sources are searches on Google and our friends at Michigan Liberal.
The Google searches are particularly interesting. People often search for the words "Livingston County Democrats Michigan" to find us.
But some people have a tendency to find us by searching for the name "Allan Filip."
Why would people come to us by searching for the name of the Livingston County Republican Party chair?
Allan, are you googling yourself?
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