Lansing-based GOP political consultant slams ”The Verifiable Truth;” a blog that chronicles the activities and interests of Detroit-based casino syndicators exploiting circumstances and individuals in order to expand their empire outside the MotorCity.
Tom Shields, president of award-winning Marketing Resource Group, a Lansing GOP political/marketing agency, was compelled to confess he’s been franticly lurking around The Verifiable Truth and left this revealing backhanded endorsement (we do appreciate it) of what he most certainly recognizes as an effective, source backed, honest, internet Blog that tells the other half of the story he conveniently excludes:
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Marketing Resource Group, Inc Lansing, Michigan From the desk of Tom Shields The lies, misinformation and misrepresentations on this blog are too numerous to mention and don't deserve the time it would take [to] respond. Someone has obviously spent a lot of time and money in an attempt to malign the character of the people being attacked here. It's no wonder the author is anonymous. We won't hide behind some anonymous blog. Tom Shields |
Tom, you’ve got it all figured out. You’re so smart. You're right, you (and Mr. Malik) can't hide any longer -- the world today is much too exposed and transparent. But you're a bonafide 21st Century Communications Maestro and you know that already. …Now, about that static Website of yours with the outdated content and mostly broken links…
Typically Shields and company are able to make use of bullying, threats, intimidation and the Ilitch family’s bankroll and cache to “win friends and influence people.” But not here. Not anymore. The editors of TVT have come together with one common goal ... the desire to make sure the whole story is out there for people to consider.
It’s amusing that Shields would have us believe he is The Beacon of fact and truth dismissing the following representative sources and resources for verifying truth.
- Federal Election Commission
Secretary of the U.S. Senate
Clerk of the House
The Library of Congress
The Congressional Record
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of Interior
National Indian Gaming Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Standard & Poor’s
Moody’s
Various state and local agencies responsible for elections, lobbying, corporate registration, natural resource protection, Native American Affairs, licensing and real estate
Video footage and transcripts of public hearings
Minutes of City Council meetings, Tribal Council Meetings and Gaming Commissions
Marketing Resources Group’s static Web site and its reliable content
Archives of local, regional and nationally respected media outlets from the New York Times to the Detroit News, Detroit Free Press and Crain’s Detroit Business; Newsday, Forbes and the San Diego Union Tribune; PRNewswire and the Bay Mills News
Google Earth
Mapquest
Citizens for Responsive Politics
Opensecrets.org
SourceWatch
PoliticalMoneyline for Congressional Quarterly
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Center for Public Integrity
And scores of TVT’s readers and sources from coast to coast who’ve forwarded documents, links, pictures and detailed information we’ve included in our posts
Tom Shields, Michigan’s conservative GOP political ad man who’s worked
for school vouchers,
against teachers’ unions,
for privatization of K-12 education
for mineral and mining interests
against environmental protection
for packagers and packaging manufacturers
for aluminum smelters, and petroleum pipeline companies
exploiting Native American interests
but mostly as gatekeeper for Detroit’s powerful casino maven Marian Ilitch and her “bull dog” business partner & 21st Century political “bag-man” Michael J. Malik, Sr.
Marketing Resource Group, Inc is described as:
“a full service communications firm, providing public relations, political consulting, marketing, advertising and crisis management. Our mission is to provide our clients with clear, effective communication that motivates consumers and influences public policy.”
“MRG’s political consultants have managed the advertising campaigns of:"Michigan’s premier Republican full-service political-consulting firm. For over 20 years, hundreds of candidates for state and federal offices have trusted MRG …“
- Governor John Engler,
- Secretary of State turned Member of Congress Candice Miller
- Republican majorities in both the Michigan House and Senate.
- MRG has also managed the non-partisan campaigns of Michigan Supreme Court Justices Stephen Markman, Cliff Taylor, and Bob Young.
Note the trio of Engler, Shields and Candice Miller … Is it all coming together now? Did someone say political flip-flop and unprecedented effort to relocate yet a third casino for the Bay Mills Indian Community 350 miles away to Port Huron in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District represented by Member of Congress and aspiring U.S. Senate candidate Candice Miller.
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