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Sincerely,
State Representative Dian Slavens
21st House District
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You can tell 'em too, by shipping a virtual boatload of Asian carp to Illinois— Feb 08, 2010LANSING – State Representatives Dian Slavens (D-Canton), Deb Kennedy (D-Brownstown), Douglas Geiss (D-Taylor) and Bob Constan (D-Dearborn Heights) today launched an online campaign at www.noasiancarp.com demanding that Chicago bureaucrats and the Governor of Illinois close two shipping locks to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. ...
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Lawmaker gives up own benefits in response to plan passed today— Feb 02, 2010LANSING – State Representative Dian Slavens (D-Canton) today voted for a plan to end taxpayer-funded lifetime health care for state legislators. The plan that cleared the House today will do away with the overly generous perk starting with legislators elected in November of this year. ...
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New DNA evidence spurs online campaign to close locks before it's too late— Jan 22, 2010LANSING – With new evidence that DNA from Asian carp has been found in Lake Michigan, State Representative Dian Slavens (D-Canton) today joined fellow House colleagues in launching an online petition calling on the U.S. ...
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Lawmaker says decision will give special interests too much influence— Jan 21, 2010LANSING – State Representative Dian Slavens (D-Canton) today blasted a U.S. Supreme Court decision that will allow corporations to spend nearly unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. ...
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Lawmaker's plan will eliminate extravagant taxpayer-funded perk— Jan 19, 2010LANSING – State Representative Dian Slavens (D-Canton) today unveiled a plan to end free, taxpayer-funded lifetime health care for state legislators. The reform plan takes aim at the overly generous and extravagant perk that is out of touch with the realities that Michigan families face every day. ...