Ruby Red town in Northern Michigan...REALLY!

[MiHale]

Hale, Michigan is a little literal one stoplight town, at the lonely stoplight there will be a NO KINGS protest this Saturday. This town is so red I wore a new white t-shirt the other day and came home wearing pink….ok, that’s a lie, but you get the idea.

We were going to go into the big city of East Tawas for that protest but decided to make noise and dance in our home town. The protest is at the town gazebo located…guess where…at the stoplight. 12 to 2pm..

We will get together at 10am that morning at the Lutheran church back in the garage to make signs and get stuff together.

It’s going to be an eye opening event. Little red town showing resistance.

[alwaysinasnit]

1. Excellent! Let us know how it goes.

[MiHale]

2. Of course...will do!

[rurallib]

3. I posted the other day that there are a bunch of small(read red) rural towns

in Iowa where you would never imagine there wold be a protest will be having protests!

I may also note that neighboring Nebraska will be have protests in many small towns.

Must be something in the air.

Good luck and stay safe!

[MiHale]

4. Saw your post...

That’s when I got to thinking maybe I should search again, that’s when we found out about our hometown protest.
Just being thought about couple days ago. Signed up for the Tawas event then got an email from the organizer pointing us to the Hale protest saying they need support… link was ‘grayed’ out till this morning.

Still in its infancy gotta lotta work to do.

[rurallib]

5. here's to your success

[wnylib]

16. Something in the air? Probably the stench of dictatorship oozing out of the White House.

[rurallib]

19. maybe the smell of rotting corn and soybeans that can't be sold

and will be left to rot rather than be used to feed poor people.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Excellent news! Thanks so much for sharing this, MiHale!

❤️ RESIST!! ✊️

[Bettie]

7. Great to see you doing this!

We were thinking of going to Iowa City or Cedar Rapids or even Des Moines for one of the bigger protests this time, but we're going to go to our very red county seat and protest at the courthouse on Saturday,. because they need to know we are here, in our small, very red, county.

We need to show up, to let people who may agree, but think they are alone know that we are there, that we exist.

[bif]

8. Good luck. We're doing one in Grosse Pointe

Which is more purple than red.

[BuddhaGirl]

9. Awesome, good luck!

I was in Michigan last week, visiting for the first time. We stayed in Saginaw, where my husband grew up. We took a long drive one day along Lake Huron and drove through Tawas and environs. Leaves were starting to turn. Michigan is so beautiful!!

[MiHale]

26. Yes it is...thank you

[DownriverDem]

10. That's great

It might have taken folks there a while to see how much damage trump and the repubs are doing. Having lived UpNorth years ago, I saw a lot of folks who were, sad to say, racist. I hope you are seeing the change in folks up there that I wish I had seen. I'll be in Wyandotte MI on Saturday.

[MiHale]

27. We will see the changes Saturday...

Our group will be peaceful…the reactions of other locals, our friends and neighbors will be interesting.

[progressoid]

11. Cool!

I just checked the map and, yeah, that looks like a small but nice place. Good Luck and have fun!

[multigraincracker]

12. Middle finger from the middle of the mitt.

Go State.

[MiHale]

28. Hey mgc...

Wish Michigan was one big mid finger to him.

[2naSalit]

13. Cool beans!

And furthermore, the little red town I've been hanging in all summer is having one too! I was going to go to a city but there's one right down the street!

This feels really different.

[MiHale]

29. Hey 2na...it does feel different...

Funny thing happened…my wife was on our local FB group asking exactly what time and where..if it was established yet. Well some of the the responses were downright nasty….BUT….as it turned out asking a simple question getting those responses drove more traffic to the group. Many apologized for other’s behavior but also there were some thanking her because they had no idea a protest was in town.
We will see how it goes.

[Keepthesoulalive]

14. I thank you

For getting involved and in a place that might be hostile. You guys are badass.

[calimary]

15. Excellent!!! Big and small. Near and far. It ALL helps.

And it ALL matters! ALL of it.

I’m betting as the days drag on, our numbers will only grow. Trump will inevitably grow more confident and gutsy. And that’s where the weakness is.

[LisaM]

17. Now just get young people out there.

I have been to one and seen others and the lack of young people is discouraging.

[Wednesdays]

22. Well, YMMV

Last No Kings protest, I saw nothing BUT young people.

[LisaM]

23. That's great. Are you in a college town?

I will be in a part of Washington that's a little redder this weekend and will be curious who will be coming out.

[Wednesdays]

24. I'm not in a college town. nt

[MiHale]

35. I think a lot of it is demographics...

Last protest we were in East Tawas…demo puts the area leaning more toward seniors. That was reflected in the attendance, but it was mixed. I think the younger people have different ways to protest than the in person type.

[Cha]

18. This brings tears of happiness to

my Eyes!

TY!

[MiHale]

33. Hope and happiness are the soothing tonics for fear...

[Cha]

40. You got it, McHale!

TY!

[Botany]

20. Thank you for being a patriot.

[MiHale]

32. 👍

[Cirsium]

21. Also...

Small towns in northern Michigan with rallies:

East Tawas, Harrisville, Alpena, Rogers City, Cheboygan, Petoskey, Boyne City, Charlevoix, Bellaire, Elk Rapids, Traverse City, Sutton's Bay, Benzonia, Manistee, Cadillac, Ludington, Houghton Lake, West Branch, Gladwin, Beaver Island, St. Ignace, Newberry, Sault Saint Marie, Marquette, Escanaba, Crystal Falls, Houghton, and Iron Wood

[MiHale]

31. We were signed up for the East Tawas event...

But hometown duty calls. This weekend should be reveling. This is not a Democrat-led protest, it’s a Democracy-led protest. Met some republicans that are going.

[Corktown]

25. Just Missed You, Sort Of

I just drove south to Detroit today from my in-laws property on the west shoreline of Houghton Lake. They’ve had rental cabins on the lake since 1949. I’ll be at a “No Kings” event in Detroit this weekend. Have a good time up there in Northern Michigan!

P.S. it’s interesting, isn’t it, that we here in Michigan call anything north of Saginaw in the Lower Peninsula, “Northern Michigan”. But in fact, we do have a northern “Northern Michigan“, called the “Upper Peninsula“.

My mother’s family are Finnlanders who lived east of Marquette. My sister now owns the former family cottage in Eagle Harbor.

You run out of Michigan up there! ….

[MiHale]

30. Just was picking apples out that way...

Well really the trip was to the Harbor Freight store in Houghton…apples just kinda happened.

Have a great time in the ‘flatlands’ as we call the area south of Saginaw.

[DooverBeliever]

34. East Tawas? WOW- Fantastic!

I know the town, my sis has a cottage up there. This is good news. And to add, Whitmore Lake (another small red town in Michigan) will be protesting as well!

[MiHale]

36. That's the big city protest...

Hale is about 15 miles inland from the lake. Home of the Michigan Mud Jam.

Whitmore Lake is close to where my daughter lives.

[Joinfortmill]

37. Stay safe

[MiHale]

38. TY...Will do!

[mwmisses4289]

39. I will be working.

But i will be there in spirit!