Michigan Liberal (MichiganLiberal.com) is a defunct American

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blog, publishing news and opinion from a

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point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of Michigan

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. Michigan Liberal was founded in 2005 by Matt Ferguson, and modeled after the national site

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. Originally co-owned and run by

Laura Packard Laura Packard (born May 23, 1976) is an American health care activist and political commentator. She is the founder of Health Care Voices, a non-profit grassroots organization for adults with serious medical conditions. She is executive directo ...

and Jon Koller, and from 2007 until 2017 the owner and editor was Eric Baerren. Former contributors include

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, Larry Kestenbaum, and

Mark Grebner Mark Grebner (born 1952) is an American politician, attorney, political consultant and psephologist from the state of Michigan. Career Grebner is a resident of East Lansing, Michigan. He enrolled at Michigan State University as an Alumni Disting ...

. In 2017, the Michigan Liberal brand was transferred to convicted felon Will Westerfield (aka: Charles William Westerfield), who was then promptly arrested in May 2017 for check fraud. The site was recommended and praised by former Michigan Governor

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, in her speech to the 2006 Democratic state convention, in media interviews, and on her campaign web site.''MIRS Capitol Capsule'', July 17, 2007

External links

Michigan Liberal

References

{{reflist American political blogs Politics of Michigan Internet properties established in 2005