The Michigan Liquor Control Commission is investigating allegations of underage drinking at the state Republicans’ leadership conference on Mackinac Island in late September.

“It’s an open investigation,” said Andrea Miller, spokeswoman for the LCC.

The investigation stemmed from a Sept. 28 blog post that Saranac sophomore and Central Michigan University College Republicans member Vanessa Oblinger wrote, saying she attended a party hosted by Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox, in which the minor was provided alcohol.

Other parties also were hosted by GOP gubernatorial candidates Mike Bouchard and Rick Snyder, she said.

Oblinger said she originally intended on going to Snyder’s party, but was turned down at the door because she is under 21.

“My intentions were not bad,” Oblinger said. “The blog was a stupid thing that I just wrote for class.”

Oblinger reportedly issued an apology letter to the Snyder campaign regarding the leadership conference events after the Detroit News reported on the story last week.

“It was with great regret when I read the Detroit News story this morning that implied your campaign had anything to do with my blog posting. That couldn’t have been further from the truth,” the statement read.

The e-mail also mentioned that Oblinger attended the Bouchard party as well, but she told Central Michigan Life on Tuesday this was never the case because she was off the island before the party took place.

“The only party I recall being at was the Cox one,” she said.

She also said she never wrote the apology letter in the first place, but someone from the Snyder campaign did, which she approved.

“It was prepared by someone else,” she said. “I didn’t really read over it… it was while I was distracted.”

Jake Suski, communications director for the Snyder campaign, denied this is the case.

“No one directly affiliated with our campaign contacted her or asked her to send us an apology,” Suski said. “I can’t speak for her motivation in making that claim.”

Bouchard and Cox’s campaign could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

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