The presidential candidate is in town for a private event hosted by Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday night.
A crowd of about 200 people gathered Wednesday afternoon outside the Troy Marriott hotel on Big Beaver Road to rally in protest of visiting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney is in Troy for a private fundraiser hosted by Gov. Rick Snyder at the hotel. Protesters carried signs and waved at motorists along Big Beaver, many of whom were honking as they passed by. "We're here to support Barack Obama," said Jeff Klayo of Mt. Clemens, who attended the rally with two fellow UAW members. "He stands for the little guys... The working class." Liz Ratzloff of Ann Arbor attended the rally and wore the official "Pillamina" mascot costume for Planned Parenthood. "I'm here sporting Pillamina because Romney doesn't support low-cost …
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Protestors will march from the Troy Community Center to the fundraiser at the Troy Marriott hotel Wednesday afternoon.
While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney prepares to attend two private fundraisers in Michigan on Wednesday – including a fundraiser hosted by Gov. Rick Snyder at the Troy Marriott hotel – opponents of Romney are planning to protest the former Massachusetts governor's visit to southeast Michigan. In an invitation to Planned Parenthood supporters, Planned Parenthood of Michigan is encouraging its members to stand up "against (Romney's) out-of-touch and harmful views on women's health, including access to low-cost birth control" by protesting outside the hotel Wednesday afternoon. "With the Michigan legislature debating a ban on abortion – and preventing women lawmakers from speaking out – what we’re seeing in Michigan is exactly…
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Teachers, union members and others chanted, marched and yelled at people arriving for a Republican dinner Tuesday at the San Marino Club, where Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was to be a speaker.
More than 1,000 protesters chanted, marched and yelled as attendees arrived Tuesday evening for a Republican dinner at the San Marino Club in Troy. The 9th Congressional District Republican committee's Southeast Michigan Ronald Reagan Memorial Dinner 2012 was the event, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's appearance there was the draw for protesters. The crowd, estimated by Troy police to have reached about 1,300 people at one point, chanted "What do we want?" and an answering "Justice!" and "When do we want it?" "Now!" The protests, which started about 5 p.m. in advance of the 7 p.m. dinner program, stretched a whole block of Big Beaver Road. The Michigan chapter of the National Action Network headed by the Rev. Charles Willams II planned …
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Gov. Scott Walker is expected to attend a Republican fundraiser Tuesday evening at the San Marino Club in Troy.
Dianne Miller
12:33 am on Monday, July 16, 2012
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