Head Heart Hustle Herald November Election Edition Sunday, November 4 Dear friends and supporters, I miss you! I am writing to you now in the last days before the November election to talk through the ballot we have the task of filling out in just a few days. I am […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Only better for it Sunday, August 12 An open letter at the close of a great campaign, When I last wrote, I was unsure of the outcome of the election. I’ll admit that the effect of seeing my name listed at the top of 14 names […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald What a Wild Thing August 7, 2018- Election Night For a sentimental person, you can’t ask for a better prompt than a story with a beautiful plot and an unfinished ending. It’s like reading a great book and lingering on the final pages. This moment is […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, August 5th Edition VOTES FOR WOMEN It’s really getting close! The house has been full of well-wishers, volunteers, family, former UCHC clients, co-workers, neighbors, random dogs, and food offerings. It is wonderful and invigorating. It’s a bizarre feeling to hear voices in the background leaving voicemails […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 29nd Edition Musical Chairs A political campaign is quite an amazing thing. First, you have to find a crack in the infrastructure of government- a seat up for election. Then you have to file paperwork and basically begin a start-up company whose product is a […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 22nd Edition The Ghosts of Atkinson I want to start today’s writing with a story: Yesterday I was knocking on doors in the Boston Edison neighborhood. I froze in my tracks when I realized that I had encountered two homes that I once worked very […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 15th Edition Birthday Gratitude You’ll forgive me for being late with the  Sunday paper, opportunities to sit down are increasingly few and far between. Here’s what I’ve been up to: I didn’t say it last week, but I want you to know I have […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 8th Edition Against the Odds Exactly five years ago, I took the first steps down what would ultimately add up to a 700-mile solitary hike across the deep reaches of Northern Michigan. I traveled “from Leelenau to Keewenaw” in a physical and spiritual journey to […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Wednesday, July 4th Edition BREAKING NEWS ACLU Housing Settlement! You heard it here first: Yesterday, Detroit City Council approved the settlement of a two-year-long lawsuit with the ACLU regarding tax foreclosure of low-income homeowners. The settlement includes permanent improvements to the “poverty tax exemption” program for low-income homeowners. […]

Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 19th Edition Look Mom! I’m on TV! We made a commercial! And it’s going to be on TV! That’s definitely a first for me and I want you, my amazing network of supporters, to see it first. I hope you love it!   Your candidate, Michele