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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

2August 14, 2023GR Chamber of Commerce Policy Conference event: Some pictures are worth millions

4August 9, 2023$12 Million to redevelop a small riverfront park in Grand Rapids is more money than the amount of money the City has set aside for their Affordable Housing Fund

1August 8, 2023MLive story provides the GRPD with yet another opportunity to control the narrative about policing in Grand Rapids, particularly in the Black community

3August 6, 2023The Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce has a vision, and it doesn’t include a lot of us

0August 2, 2023Minimal progress has been made in racial equity and justice 60 years after the 1963 March on Washington

0August 1, 2023The World is burning while the US Senate votes no on reducing the US Military Budget

0July 31, 2023Senator Gary Peters, bailing out the airline industry, failing to tax Private Jet users

0July 30, 2023Is the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce behind the Protect Grand Rapids campaign?

6July 27, 2023Always Follow the Money: Campaign Finances for Grand Rapids Mayoral Candidate David LaGrand

23July 26, 2023Grand Rapids City Commission votes 5 – 2 in favor of ordinances that will further punish and criminalize the unhoused in this city