State Representative
Betsy Coffia
Traverse City | 103rd House District
Serving 93,426 constituents in Acme Township, East Bay Township, Traverse City, Peninsula Township, Garfield Township, Long Lake Township, Almira Township, Platte Township, Empire Township, Glen Arbor Township, Cleveland Township, Kasson Township, Solon Township, Elmwood Township, Bingham Township, Centerville Township, Leland Township, Suttons Bay Township, Leelanau Township
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Office: S-1387 House Office Building
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An obgyn friend of mine with multiple daughters of her own, posted of Gloria Steinem‘s passing, “may you rest in peace and may we honor your memory by keeping our daughters free.”
Between Dolly and Gloria, I think we need to consider the torch passed, y’all. Our turn.
We have work to do, clearly.
Let’s do it.
Men too.
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I’m excited about this! I always loved the free movies at the Open Space with TCFF when I was a broke college student who couldn’t afford tickets to all the cool venue films. I know everything is way too expensive and stressful right now so we just want to give the community a relaxing, fun family friendly movie night. Please share widely and come on out to enjoy a movie with your northern Michigan neighbors. All are welcome! 🥰🎥🍿
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Rest in power Wendell Berry. May we deeply receive the wisdom you leave behind.
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I have a message for Governor Gretchen Whitmer, because she ran on shutting down Line 5, right? We remember this.
This was a promise she made to the people of Michigan, all 10 million of us, and more importantly, the Great Lakes that need to be here long after each one of us has walked on.
I believe in second chances, and so Governor Gretchen Whitmer, you need to understand something: you get a second chance now.
You get a second chance because you failed in July by pressuring EGLE to approve Enbridge's request to build a tunnel. What a betrayal of the people of the state of Michigan. What a betrayal! But you get a second chance because the Supreme Court reeled it back in.
My message for Gretchen Whitmer is this: the flag of our state says Tuebor. That is Latin for "I defend." Gretchen Whitmer, your job when you lead this office is to defend the Great Lakes, to honor the treaties, to remember that water is life, and to use your considerable power to shut down Line 5.
Make sure, governor, that your legacy is not one covered in oil and lies.
Shut down Line 5. Honor the treaties.
michiganadvance.com
Following a flurry of developments surrounding Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project, tribal citizens and environmental advocates gathered in Lansing to share concerns about the project and lay out the n...11 CommentsComment on Facebook
I am overwhelmed by the kindness of all of you. Even folks who have trolled this page in the past, paused to show kindness when I shared the news my beloved pup Pax had crossed the rainbow bridge last week.
I can’t help thinking this is the way thru. There’s nothing this aching world needs more than kindness.
I believe in us. ♥️
Anyway, this poem is for all of us.
KINDNESS
By Naomi Shihab Nye
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.
Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend
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Life update. Some of you have seen my good boy with me in the neighborhood or at the Capitol.
After 10 years as my rescue pup (or did he rescue me?) Pax walked over the Rainbow Bridge this week, sleeping peacefully on the porch at our favorite hiking spot Maple Bay Farms.
He was my huckleberry friend and I will miss him to the moon and back.
See you when the rainbows come out, sweet boy. Thank you for being my friend and guardian.
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♥️🇺🇸Dolly Parton did not have her own children, but she grew up in a large family, and has many relatives. Her niece, Danielle, who is the daughter of Bobby Parton, the fifth of the 11 of Dolly's siblings is a combat veteran, a businesswoman, and a proud member of the Parton family.
Danielle was the first female in the Parton family to graduate from college, having studied at Belmont University in Nashville. She then enlisted in the Air National Guard, serving as a pilot in the 118th Wing, Nashville; 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Kentucky; and 164th Airlift Wing, Memphis, Tennessee.
She became an Aircraft Commander in 2012, deploying to locations like Kuwait and earning the Combat Action Medal, and the Air Medal.
Danielle shared a video on Aug. 26 on her Facebook page for the distillery she founded, Shine Girl. “I’m with you. The world will never be the same without Dolly Parton in it.”
She went on to add, “I’m so fortunate that I got to share in her life for 50 years of her 80, we’re 30 years apart.”
Describing Dolly as her “friend, my aunt, my confidant, my mentor,” adding that she will miss her many morning conversations. She recalled that her Aunt Dolly used to tell her, “‘Danielle, if you have the chance to grab one minute of happiness in this world,’ she said, ‘you take it. This world’s hard enough. This life’s hard enough. You be happy when you can be happy.'”
She also added that her aunt would not want people to be in despair, “She would not want us wallowing around in grief on it. She would tell me to get my ‘rear in gear, and get on with it.'”
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🙏🏽Holly T. Bird spent her life protecting the waters of this region; as a tribal judge, an attorney, a water protector, and a tireless advocate who led with her heart every single time.
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation has launched the Holly T. Bird Clean Water Endowment. A permanent fund dedicated to carrying her legacy forward through water stewardship, advocacy, education, and legal efforts that protect our local streams, rivers, lakes, and watersheds.
With priority given to Indigenous-led efforts, this endowment reflects exactly the values Holly lived and worked by.
This is a meaningful way to put resources behind the protection of the waters Holly fought for, and to ensure that fight continues for generations to come.
Learn more and donate down in the comments 👇
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Coffia Introduces Legislation to Curb Consequences of Citizens United
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An obgyn friend of mine with multiple daughters of her own, posted of Gloria Steinem‘s passing, “may you rest in peace and may we honor your memory by keeping our daughters free.”
Between Dolly and Gloria, I think we need to consider the torch passed, y’all. Our turn.
We have work to do, clearly.
Let’s do it.
Men too. ...
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
I’m excited about this! I always loved the free movies at the Open Space with TCFF when I was a broke college student who couldn’t afford tickets to all the cool venue films. I know everything is way too expensive and stressful right now so we just want to give the community a relaxing, fun family friendly movie night. Please share widely and come on out to enjoy a movie with your northern Michigan neighbors. All are welcome! 🥰🎥🍿 ...
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Rest in power Wendell Berry. May we deeply receive the wisdom you leave behind. ...
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
I have a message for Governor Gretchen Whitmer, because she ran on shutting down Line 5, right? We remember this.
This was a promise she made to the people of Michigan, all 10 million of us, and more importantly, the Great Lakes that need to be here long after each one of us has walked on.
I believe in second chances, and so Governor Gretchen Whitmer, you need to understand something: you get a second chance now.
You get a second chance because you failed in July by pressuring EGLE to approve Enbridge's request to build a tunnel. What a betrayal of the people of the state of Michigan. What a betrayal! But you get a second chance because the Supreme Court reeled it back in.
My message for Gretchen Whitmer is this: the flag of our state says Tuebor. That is Latin for "I defend." Gretchen Whitmer, your job when you lead this office is to defend the Great Lakes, to honor the treaties, to remember that water is life, and to use your considerable power to shut down Line 5.
Make sure, governor, that your legacy is not one covered in oil and lies.
Shut down Line 5. Honor the treaties. ...
Tribal leaders, clean water advocates rally in Lansing as Line 5 fight intensifies • Michigan Advance
michiganadvance.com
Following a flurry of developments surrounding Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project, tribal citizens and environmental advocates gathered in Lansing to share concerns about the project and lay out the n...11 CommentsComment on Facebook
I am overwhelmed by the kindness of all of you. Even folks who have trolled this page in the past, paused to show kindness when I shared the news my beloved pup Pax had crossed the rainbow bridge last week.
I can’t help thinking this is the way thru. There’s nothing this aching world needs more than kindness.
I believe in us. ♥️
Anyway, this poem is for all of us.
KINDNESS
By Naomi Shihab Nye
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.
Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend ...
8 CommentsComment on Facebook
Life update. Some of you have seen my good boy with me in the neighborhood or at the Capitol.
After 10 years as my rescue pup (or did he rescue me?) Pax walked over the Rainbow Bridge this week, sleeping peacefully on the porch at our favorite hiking spot Maple Bay Farms.
He was my huckleberry friend and I will miss him to the moon and back.
See you when the rainbows come out, sweet boy. Thank you for being my friend and guardian. ...
79 CommentsComment on Facebook
We are here now.You can’t say you weren’t warned ...
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♥️🇺🇸Dolly Parton did not have her own children, but she grew up in a large family, and has many relatives. Her niece, Danielle, who is the daughter of Bobby Parton, the fifth of the 11 of Dolly's siblings is a combat veteran, a businesswoman, and a proud member of the Parton family.
Danielle was the first female in the Parton family to graduate from college, having studied at Belmont University in Nashville. She then enlisted in the Air National Guard, serving as a pilot in the 118th Wing, Nashville; 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Kentucky; and 164th Airlift Wing, Memphis, Tennessee.
She became an Aircraft Commander in 2012, deploying to locations like Kuwait and earning the Combat Action Medal, and the Air Medal.
Danielle shared a video on Aug. 26 on her Facebook page for the distillery she founded, Shine Girl. “I’m with you. The world will never be the same without Dolly Parton in it.”
She went on to add, “I’m so fortunate that I got to share in her life for 50 years of her 80, we’re 30 years apart.”
Describing Dolly as her “friend, my aunt, my confidant, my mentor,” adding that she will miss her many morning conversations. She recalled that her Aunt Dolly used to tell her, “‘Danielle, if you have the chance to grab one minute of happiness in this world,’ she said, ‘you take it. This world’s hard enough. This life’s hard enough. You be happy when you can be happy.'”
She also added that her aunt would not want people to be in despair, “She would not want us wallowing around in grief on it. She would tell me to get my ‘rear in gear, and get on with it.'” ...
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
🙏🏽Holly T. Bird spent her life protecting the waters of this region; as a tribal judge, an attorney, a water protector, and a tireless advocate who led with her heart every single time.
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation has launched the Holly T. Bird Clean Water Endowment. A permanent fund dedicated to carrying her legacy forward through water stewardship, advocacy, education, and legal efforts that protect our local streams, rivers, lakes, and watersheds.
With priority given to Indigenous-led efforts, this endowment reflects exactly the values Holly lived and worked by.
This is a meaningful way to put resources behind the protection of the waters Holly fought for, and to ensure that fight continues for generations to come.
Learn more and donate down in the comments 👇 ...
1 CommentsComment on Facebook