"Hooker" Rossman-McKinney wants to replace "loser" Rick Jones

"Hooker" Rossman-McKinney wants to replace "loser" Rick Jones

August 15, 2018

In November, it will be Democrat Kelly Rossman-McKinney against Republican Tom Barrett in the race for state senate district #24, the office currently held by term-limited Rick Jones. This is from a 1/5/2012 MLive.com story by Susan Demas:

In a MIRS story on Dec. 28, Rossman, head of a top Lansing public relations firm, named Jones and House Democrats as the biggest losers of the year, calling the senator "unavoidable for comment. He is all about the media release rather than the public policy."

Jones then called and emailed MIRS with an unsolicited response to Rossman's remarks:

"As an elected Senator I am honored to fight on behalf of my constituents for the best public policy. Unfortunately Kelly, like a 'hooker', works for whichever client hires her -- policy be damned. She always gets worked up when I oppose her clients. Business must be tough. I find it funny that she took on a Republican partner." . . .

"It just proves what I initially said that Rick Jones is unavoidable for comment," [Rossman] said. "Not only couldn't he resist commenting, but he surpassed his own record for political incorrectness, sexism and tastelessness. All in all, typical Rick Jones."

Rossman-McKinney's 2012 statement that Jones "is all about the media release rather than the public policy" turned out to be untrue. During his 8 years in office, 168 of his bills were signed by the governor, more than any other senator during that time. (source: Lansing State Journal) How that compares to the number of his media releases is unknown.

Rossman-McKinney will have a tough time winning the largely Republican 24th district, which covers Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee and northeastern Ingham counties:

Her campaign website does not mention that she is running as a Democrat. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary, getting 25,968 votes. The total for Republican contenders Tom Barrett and Brett Roberts was 31,622.

	Rossman-McKinney	Barrett	Roberts
Clinton	6,778	6,578	2,500
Eaton	11,042	9,314	3,322
Ingham	2,764	1,767	600
Shiawassee	5,384	4,626	2,915
TOTAL:	25,968	22,285	9,337

One bill that Jones chose not to introduce would have removed the prohibition against releasing the calculation details of public employee pensions. I asked him to do so after my state representative - Andy Schor - declined. Schor went so far as to have the bill drafted, but decided not to introduce it, telling me that "in doing my due diligence, I have many people who objected to it." He did give me the draft, however. In July of last year, I made an appointment to see Jones in his office. I made my pitch and left him with a letter explaining the issue, along with the draft of the bill. I never heard from him. Maybe the fact that he gets a fat pension from Eaton County had something to do with it. He worked for the sheriff's office for 30 years working his way up through the ranks as sergeant, lieutenant, and captain before being elected sheriff in 2000, according to his Senate website.

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