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The Michigan Democrat appeared on the syndicated Bill Press show today (2/5) to say that losing progressive talk-formatted stations in D.C., San Diego, Sacramento and Miami is “such a disservice to the public.” She talks about “the airwaves dominated by one view that…then overwhelms people’s opinions.” Also about “the right-wing conservative talkshow hosts who are out there, just trying to make people angry and saying all kinds of things that aren’t true…there has to be voices on the other side.” She tells progressive talker Bill Press “it’s absolutely time to pass a standard” to bring “accountability to the airwaves”, by...

Sen. Stabenow wants hearings on radio 'accountability'; talks fairness doctrine This morning, radio host Bill Press brought up the recent closing of liberal station Obama 1260 when speaking with Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, and talked about whether there needs to be a balance to right wing talk on the radio dial.BILL PRESS: Yeah, I mean look: They have a right to say that. They’ve got a right to express that. But, they should not be the only voices heard. So, is it time to bring back the Fairness Doctrine? SENATOR  DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI): I think it’s absolutely time to pass...

 Affirmative Action For The Motor City December 18, 2008 It was bad enough when only Congress held an economic gun to the American taxpayer’s head.  Hell, at least they had the Constitutional power of taxation as an ad infinitum bailout for their ineptitude and greed.  But when Wall Street jumped into the queue for public charity it really started to feel like a mugging.   These coddled “masters of the universe” where holding a gun to the country’s economic head.  These greedy bastards who paid our elected officials to turn a deregulatory blind-eye for over a decade while they squandered shareholder and...

Levin, Stabenow seek lighthouse grant program Posted: Sep 28, 2008 07:29 AM Updated: Sep 28, 2008 07:39 AM DETROIT (AP) -- Michigan's senators want to create a federal program to help pay for the preservation of historic lighthouses. U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow have introduced a bill to let states and nonprofit organizations apply for competitive grants to restore and maintain lighthouses. The two Democrats say the pilot program would distribute $20 million a year for three years. Funds would be distributed based on the percentage of historic lighthouses in each state. Michigan has more lighthouses than any...

TROY, Mich. (AP) -- A woman accused of having a paid sexual tryst with the husband of Michigan U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has been sentenced to probation on a lesser charge. Alycia Martin was sentenced Tuesday to six months’ probation. The 21-year-old’s record will be expunged if she successfully completes her sentence. Prosecutors dropped a prostitution charge against the Westland woman in June. She pleaded guilty to trespassing. Investigators conducting surveillance Feb. 26 at a Troy hotel stopped then-46-year-old Thomas Athans. They say Stabenow’s husband acknowledged meeting Martin through the Internet and paying her $150 for sex. Authorities didn’t charge...

The husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow was not ordered to testify in the pretrial hearing of a woman charged in a prostitution sting. Defense attorney Frank A. Cusumano Jr. says Troy District Court Judge William Bolle ruled Tuesday that Thomas Athans' testimony was not needed at a hearing to decide if Alycia Martin could challenge a police search of her hotel room.

TROY -- An attorney for U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow's husband objected to a defense attempt to make his client appear at a preliminary court hearing Tuesday for a former Westland woman charged with prostitution. Prosecutors say the senator's husband, Tom Athans, will appear as a prosecution witness if the case goes to trial; they agreed he shouldn't have to testify before that. Alycia L. Martin, 21, is accused taking $150 from Athans, 47, for sex at the Residence Inn on Livernois in Troy on Feb. 26. Martin's attorney, Frank Cusumano, Jr., attempted to subpoena Athans to appear at an evidentiary...

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The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday. Sen. Debbie Stabenow said the rising price of oil, fostered by President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney's close ties to the oil industry, is no longer just a burden. "Now it is a crisis for every American family," the Michigan senator said in the Democrats' weekly radio address. She called the current energy situation "a crisis that doesn't just affect us at the pump, but...

A preliminary hearing for a Westland woman who police say was paid for sex by Sen. Debbie Stabenow's husband has been postponed. Authorities say Thomas Athans paid Martin $150 for sex in a Troy hotel room in February. Police did not bring any sex charges against Athans.

Bad day for Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Her husband,Thomas Athans, cofounder of a liberal talk radio network, is cooperating with police in an Internet-based prostitution bust at hotels in Troy, Mich., according to the Detroit Free Press. According to the paper, Athans told police he "paid a prostitute $150 for sex at a Troy hotel in late February." The story notes that Athans, 46, was not arrested or charged.

Thomas Athans, the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow had paid $150 per hour to Alycia Martin, the hooker who had oral sex with him at a hotel. Alycia Martin was supposedly contacted by the husband of Debbie Stabenow through an online ad. Thomas Athans, 46, co-founder of the liberal TalkUSA Radio network, was stopped by Troy, Mich. police who were investigating prostitution at the hotel, according to a police report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press under the state Freedom of Information Act.

TROY, Mich. (AP) - The husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told authorities that he used the Internet to arrange a $150 sexual tryst with a prostitute at a metropolitan Detroit hotel, police said Wednesday. Thomas Athans, 46, co-founder of the liberal TalkUSA Radio network, was stopped by police who were investigating prostitution at the hotel, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. Athans, in a statement issued by his attorney, apologized and said he "fully cooperated with law enforcement. My family and I are dealing with this matter in a personal and private way." Stabenow, D-Mich.,...

UPDATE: WXYZ.com has obtained the booking photo of the woman Troy police say was paid $150 for sex by the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Alycia Martin, 20, of Westland has been charged with prostitution in connection with the Feb. 26 bust involving Thomas Athans. She was arraigned March 12 in Troy District Court and returns for a pretrial hearing April 22. TROY, Mich. (AP) - The husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told police he used the Internet to make a date with a prostitute and paid her $150 for sex at a hotel, according to a police...

TROY, Mich. -- The husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told police he used the Internet to make a date with a prostitute and paid her $150 for sex at a hotel, according to a police report.

http://www.camerarts.com/cgi/store/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Senator_Debbie_Stabenow_Breakfast Check out the pictures on that site! Priceless, I hope Stabenow goes down in FLAMES!

The controversy over President Bush's nomination of current Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Janet T. Neff for the Federal Western District Court is currently driven by Kansas Republican Senator Sam Brownback's concern over Judge Neff's attending a gay wedding in 2002. However, the fine print in the news lightly touches on the fact that Judge Neff is a liberal Democrat, and that her pending appointment is a trade-off. Judge Janet Neff and her husband and Labor Attorney David A. Neff are both Democrats. In fact David A. Neff contributed $1,750 to Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow's (D) campaign. Is it any...

Republicans hope that will be one of MANY surprises on election night. They need them. With lots of struggling candidates, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is throwing a $900,000, buzzer-beating lifeline to the Wolverine State and Mike Bouchard, a sheriff who has been running an intense campaign against incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), though with little national attention because of her lead in polls and fundraising. "Mike CAN win with the right resources and that's why we are coming in," says NRSC Communications Director Brian Nick. "He's running on the fact that the economy is the worst in the country...

Hugh Hewitt just cited a poll on his show indicating Bouchard is now even with Debbie Stabenow! Bouchard was on and confirmed Hugh's numbers. And to lend credence, the RNC has just poured nearly $1 million into this race indicating they're showing it close as well! We can help put Mike Bouchard over the top by using our free cell phone long distance to call Michigan Republicans from anywhere in the country! Getting out the vote is what will make the difference between a Bouchard win or a close but no cigar defeat. WE can be the ones who put...

When Zeb and Sharon Goodrich look out their front door these days, they see antelope, sweeping treeless plains, and dozens of jack rabbits - a far cry from the view at their previous home in Lake Odessa, Mich. "I miss the trees," Mr. Goodrich admits. "I was in shock when I [saw] how many trees there weren't." On the other hand, he likes that "you feel like you have room to breathe." More important: He has good work, and lots of it. Goodrich's job as a welder for a mine- services company pays far better than the welding he was...