It’s late on Wednesday, Dec. 11 when I’m sitting down at my desk at the Capitol to work on this column. There are approximately 100 bills on the agenda, and we haven’t even started voting yet, meaning it’s likely going to be a long night ahead. Welcome to lame duck. “Lame duck” is the term […]

Back in mid-October, I had a good phone call with a food activist who is leading a national boycott to try to pressure Kellogg’s to remove artificial food dyes and chemical preservatives from its children’s cereal. The company previously said it planned to do so by 2018 but never followed through, even though the version […]

One of the things that’s frustrating as a lawmaker is that sometimes you can try to have a thoughtful discussion about an issue, and someone will take six or seven words totally out of context to intentionally distort your views and voting record. There’s been a lot of false attacks about my position on abortion, […]

State Rep. Mark Tisdel, R-Rochester Hills, will hold local office hours on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon. Residents who want to share thoughts or concerns are invited to come talk with Tisdel at the Rochester Hills Public Library, located at 500 Olde Town Road in Rochester. Find him in Conference Room B. […]

State Rep. Mark Tisdel, R-Rochester Hills, will hold local office hours on Monday, Oct. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Residents who want to share thoughts or concerns are invited to come talk with Tisdel at the Rochester Hills Public Library, located at 500 Olde Town Road in Rochester. Find him in Conference Room […]

In his 1995 State of the Union Address, President Clinton said, “All Americans are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public services they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.” A decade later, in 2005, then-Senator […]

State Rep. Mark Tisdel voted on Wednesday, Sept. 25 to give $1.3 million to the City of Rochester Hills for green space land acquisition. This is the second time that Tisdel, R-Rochester Hills, has voted in favor of the funding, which was previously approved by the Michigan House of Representatives in May. The funding bill […]

Should you as a parent have the right to know what is happening in your child’s classroom? Not according to the state of Michigan. In early 2023, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in the case of Litkouhi v. Rochester Community Schools that teachers are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). That […]

State Rep. Mark Tisdel knows every eligible voter should be able to exercise their right to vote freely, secretly, and securely, and have confidence in the results. That’s why the integrity of our elections must always be a priority. Rep. Tisdel will continue to work hard to ensure safe and fair elections, to provide assurance […]

The reason we have inflation is because the government shutdown the economy during covid and then printed trillions, making prices go up and your savings worth less. That’s why groceries and nearly everything else costs more right now. You might hear some politicians saying that inflation is down. That’s not true. The accurate way of […]

To quote the late Nobel-Laureate economist Milton Friedman, “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” Between December 2019 and March 2021, the U.S. money supply – the total amount of money in circulation – grew by 27%. That’s a lot of growth in a short period of time. During the height of the COVID-19 […]

The attempted assassination of former President Trump is a stark reminder for all of us to moderate our political speech, end the insults, end the name calling, and drop abusive labels. No more calling those with whom we disagree Nazis or commies, traitors, or cowards. This over-the-topic political venom opens the door to irrational zealots, […]