? The Detroit News Endorses Tudor Dixon ?

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Tudor Dixon received a major endorsement today from The Detroit News Editorial Board.

It’s no wonder why The News would endorse Dixon, Gretchen Whitmer’s four years in office have been a total disaster. Whitmer’s policies have resulted in record crime, crumbling roads, failing schools, and 82,000 lost jobs.

“Our issue is not that she took control of the state at that dark moment, but rather that she held onto unilateral authority well beyond the initial sorting out period and used it to bypass representative governing.

Whitmer issued a string of orders that were often arbitrary and capricious, and sometimes baffling — she allowed hardware stores to stay open, but roped off shelves of gardening supplies; Michiganians could go fishing in a canoe, but not in a motorboat, etc.

Despite pushback, she didn’t stop and reassess, or welcome input from state lawmakers. She stubbornly stuck to her COVID policies regarding nursing homes despite industry warnings of their risk.”

Meanwhile, Tudor Dixon will get Michigan back to work, cut taxes, get schools back to the basics of reading, writing, and math, and always put families first.

“She is informed, measured and focused on the right priorities.

For example, Dixon would set Michigan on a responsible course to phase out the state income tax. That stands in contrast to Whitmer, who says she’d be open to a proposal to move to a graduated income tax.

A tax code that punishes success would be a huge blow to the state’s ability to attract jobs and investment, and would likely send businesses and residents packing to other states with a less tax burden.

Dixon says she would insist Michigan schools concentrate first on improving academic performance, and assure parental concerns about age-appropriate curriculum are heard. Parents, she says, would have a larger voice in education than teacher unions, which make up the core of Whitmer’s political support.”

Read more from The Detroit News on why Tudor Dixon is the right choice for Michigan.