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  • Welcome Argus Readers

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    Thanks for stopping by. Would love to have you join us at the Shiawassee Forums or at BFM. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:49pm EST
    by christine

  • Stop Library … Censorship?

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    There’s a thread over on the Shiawassee Forums that you should check out: “Censorship of Public Access Computers at your library.” Click on ‘More’ to get the link. [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 11:11am EDT
    by christine

  • Randy Colbry Should Not Resign

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    If you’re a regular reader of cbdc, I’m sure you are somewhat familiar with my opinion on Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry. And if you’re familiar at all with Shiawassee County, then by now you must have heard about the time when Colbry left work in the middle of the [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 10:17am EDT
    by christine

  • Closing the book on the Shiawassee Sheriff

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    This was originally posted as an open thread over on BFM. Refined and reposted here. Ok, yesterday, we left Darth Poo in the dustbin, and I had a new appreciation for law enforcement. That whole scenario was resolved in September of 2007. Fast forward to October, 2007. The Shiawassee County Commissioners [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 10:00am EDT
    by christine

  • How Mike Bishop made me love the SCSD

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    This was originally posted as an open thread on BFM. I’ve tweaked it a bit to bring it here to cbdc. Oh, you kids know how I love me some Mike Bishop. Sometimes I blog about him, sometimes I doodle - - sometimes we bring in some outsiders to expose [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2009, 10:00am EDT
    by christine

  • Happy 4th of July

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    Ok, well it’s the 5th of July now, but happy 4th anyway. I won’t lie and say I’m still working on the site. Not that it’s done, just that I haven’t been working on it for the past few months. I’ve just been too busy. Surgery + grad school + day [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 12:15pm EDT
    by christine

  • Still working on the site

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    Had to change the theme a little bit, and I don’t have the feed fixed yet. Good times. But what the heck, it’s construction season. Hope to be done by Monday. [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 9:11am EDT
    by christine

  • Site upgrade

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    Hi folks, I’m upgrading the software and customizing a new theme. If the place looks a little weird, you’ve probably caught me in the middle of it. I hope to have it done in the next few days. Thanks for stopping by! [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 7:35am EDT
    by christine

  • This is a new post to test my rss feed

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    Update: ok, the RSS isn’t working at all. I have a friend who is going to take a look at it for me this week. So by Friday it should be fixed. ::fingers crossed:: I am just testing my RSS with this post. [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2009, 10:02pm EDT
    by christine

  • Staying Fit At Work

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    Note: This is from my Workplace Wednesday series at Blogging For Michigan Today’s WW is all about staying healthy at work. By staying healthy I mean 1) avoiding a cold or flu, and 2) staying fit in a sedentary / junk food environment. So let’s be honest; a lot of people [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2009, 12:19pm EDT
    by christine

  • Flint Mayoral Race: Williamsons Endorse Mays

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    Cross-posted at BFM Well you can add this to the list of things that freak me out: Mlive article here Someone’s going to have to rock me to sleep tonight. [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2009, 1:13pm EDT
    by christine

  • Support A Cause With Everywun

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    Note: This is part of my Tuesday 2.0 series at Blogging For Michigan Today I’d like to talk about Everywun.com. Everywun is a web 2.0 social networking(ish) site that endeavors to make it possible for you to support a cause without spending a dime. Here’s how it works: 1) Sign up for [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2009, 12:38pm EDT
    by christine

  • Depression-era Cooking (With Clara)

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    Note: This is from my Money Saving Monday series at Blogging For Michigan Let’s talk about Clara, a 93 year old cook and great grandmother, from upstate New York. Clara has a popular online cooking show, Great Depression Cooking. In her show, Clara teaches you how to prepare depression-era meals, and [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
    by christine

  • Conficker Wednesday

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    Note: This was originally posted as a Workplace Wednesday article at BFM Since today is Conficker payload day, I thought I’d talk a little about protecting your business machines from this nasty big bad. First, a little bit about what it is. Conficker is a piece of malware that is designed to [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
    by christine

  • How to Integrate Facebook and Twitter Updates

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    This is from Tuesday 2.0 on BFM Since I spent the last couple of weeks talking about Twitter, I thought I’d use today to show you how to integrate your Twitter and Facebook updates. Facebook’s Twitter application makes this a simple process. I’m going to assume that you already have both [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
    by christine

  • Save Money With Swaptree

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    Note: This is from my Money Saving Monday series on BFM Today we’ll take a look a Swaptree (www.swaptree.com), a service that allows you to trade your books, music, movies, and games, with other users on the net. Swaptree is a simple service. Create a free account, and then build two lists: [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
    by christine

  • Thanks For All The Fish

    Well it’s the last day of 2008, and time for the obligatory end of year post. This year I’d like to share my best & worst of Shiawassee in 2008. The Best: New Technology: The Internet. Ok I know it’s not new, but the Internet as a force in Shiawassee politics really [...]
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    Posted: December 31, 2008, 10:29pm EST
    by christine

  • Shiawassee County Skill Share

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    I am thinking about throwing together a skill share for PC repair and desktop support. The idea is to help out the people who need to develop a new job skill. There’s a post up on the Shiawassee Forums, where I go into detail about the idea. Here’s the meat [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2008, 8:34pm EST
    by christine

  • Shiawassee Election Day Live-blogging

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    I started a thread over on the Shiawassee Forums on how today is going so far. I think things will be fine in the county today; I’ve heard nothing but good things about the efforts of Lauri Braid and our local clerks. I have some concern for one township in [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2008, 10:51am EST
    by christine

  • Colbry and Holzhausen

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    How does this happen - ??? If you support Gary Holzhausen, you can’t possibly support Randy Colbry for prosecutor. [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2008, 8:58am EDT
    by christine

  • Shiawassee Prosecutor Race - Colbry v Gamboe Hall

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    Republican Shiawassee Prosecutor Randy Colbry faces Ann Gamboe Hall this November. Ann is the Democratic candidate and an Owosso attorney. You can see the Argus Press article on this race here. The thought of Colbry winning this one just makes me sick. Randy Colbry should have been recalled after the way [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2008, 8:36am EDT
    by christine

  • Democrats For Life

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    Some friends and I are tossing around the idea of starting a Democrats For Life of America chapter here in mid-Michigan. What appeals to me about DFL is that they have a consistent life ethic, unlike Right To Life, which in my opinion just advocates forced birth. DFL is opposed [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2008, 8:15am EDT
    by christine

  • A Word On Dr. Wegman, The Argus, And Justice

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    There’s a nice letter to the editor in the Argus of 10-3, written by Michael P. Schmidt, D.O., who I understand to be Chief of Staff at Memorial Healthcare in Owosso. In this letter, Dr. Schmidt expresses his support for Dr. Wegman, who has had some recent personal and legal [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2008, 9:39pm EDT
    by christine

  • Shiawassee Dems Site Updates

    For those of you who don’t know, I donate the Shiawassee Dems website and webstore. I started this in 2004, and have spent literally hundreds of hours on the Dems online activities. Unfortunately I could never find anyone in the party who was 1) willing/able to donate any of their [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2008, 8:19pm EDT
    by christine

  • Every Day Feels Like Sunday

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    I’m finally getting used to the fact that it’s not Sunday. It started last week when I had this wicked pain in my side. I tried to just suck it up and keep goin, but by Thursday afternoon I was in my Dr office. (Shout out to Dr Mohlman) By [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2008, 8:11pm EDT
    by christine

  • Fuja Faces Write-In Challenger

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    I have just received (unconfirmed) word that Les Schneider will be running for commissioner in district 4. He filed his papers today and is running in the primary as a write-in Democrat.He faces incumbent Jon Micheal Fuja. From Commissioner Jack Johnson: Les will bring the veterans perspective and advocacy to the [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2008, 7:45pm EDT
    by christine

  • Welcome MIRS Readers

    Welcome readers of MIRS NEWS. If you are looking for my latest “stuff”, please come visit me at Blogging For Michigan, which is where I have fun with our state government. You can catch up with Lisa Geise over at West Michigan Rising. [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2008, 7:52pm EDT
    by christine

  • Worst Political Site Ever

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    I just saw the Re-elect Sheriff Jon Wilson site, and I have to say that it is one of the worst sites I’ve ever seen. I’ll give the man credit for the attempt; it has a donation link, a volunteer link, and all the other good links that you want in [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 6:56pm EDT
    by christine

  • Denver.

    Wow. Last Thursday, I received the most amazing email … Christine- In about an hour, we’ll announce the blogs selected for the State Blogger Corps at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Congratulations. I’m writing to let you know that Blogging For Michigan will be the credentialed blog from Michigan. … Just. Wow. I’m [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2008, 10:02pm EDT
    by christine

  • Thanks Again, From The Bottom Of Our Stomachs

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    Just want to give another shout out to our awesome commissioners. From the AP: The number of Michigan households getting food stamps has risen 53 percent in the past five years, with one in eight state residents now aided by the nutrition assistance program, authorities say. In all, 590,600 state households got [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 5:24pm EDT
    by christine

  • That’s Right - I Do Not Respect Dick Ball

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    I just left a comment over on this post at Right Michigan. Nick at RM is upset that Dick Ball opposes the recall of Andy Dillon, and suggests that Dick Ball has “switched teams.” To which I replied, “we don’t want him.” Well it’s no big deal, except for one person [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 6:22pm EDT
    by christine

  • Shiawassee Profits From Hungry People

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    Cross posted at BFM One lesson I keep learning over & over again is that I should never blog when I’m angry. That lesson just doesn’t seem to stick with me. So yesterday our Board of Commissioners voted to indefinitely postpone the amendment to revert the food licensing and inspection fees back [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 7:09pm EDT
    by christine

  • Michigan Needs A Part-Time Legislature

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    Dick Campbell of the Argus Press has a great editorial today about the part-time legislature. This was an idea that I used to hate. My objection to the part-time legislature is that good government is a full-time job. You simply couldn’t do the work part-time. I did, however, support a unicameral [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2008, 8:31pm EDT
    by christine

  • Commissioner Dan Stewart Under Fire

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    Commissioner Dan Stewart (D-1) is under fire for changing his mailing address to a location outside of his district. Commissioners are required to reside in the district they represent. Stewart left his home a couple of weeks ago, when he and his wife agreed to end their marriage. Although Stewart [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2008, 7:54pm EDT
    by christine

  • 15 Endless Minutes Of Fame

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    Greg Shire. If you’re from here, you’ve heard his name. You’ve read about him in the paper, or you’ve talked about him with a friend. You might not remember exactly who he is, but you know you’ve heard the name. For most of us in the area, we first heard about Greg [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2008, 9:27pm EDT
    by christine

  • Shiawassee Dems April Meeting

    (Late notice, sorry …) SHIAWASSEE COUNTY DEM MEETING APRIL 22, 2008 DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM BUSINESS MEETING CONVENES 7:00 PM MEETING PLACE CHANGE OLMSTEAD MEETING ROOM LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE CORUNNA-CALEDONIA DISTRICT LIBRARY 210 E. CORUNNA AVE, CORUNNA RIGHT BEHIND THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT ENTRANCE AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LIBRARY BUILDING [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2008, 5:48pm EDT
    by christine

  • Coffeehouse this Friday. Yay!

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    COFFEEHOUSE AT ST. JOHNS UCC – OWOSSO Friday, April 25, 2008 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Donations: $5.00 to attend and/or play Come join us for an evening of acoustic music, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and snacks. Family friendly, relaxing atmosphere to enjoy talented musicians and music for all ages. Musicians [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2008, 2:44pm EDT
    by christine

  • 6 years later …

    Note: Some of you won’t understand this. That’s ok. I’m really fortunate to have the audience here that I do. I get judges, lawyers, police officers, reporters, commissioners, and a whole lot more, here at cbdc. I know they don’t come to read about me … that’s fine. That’s good, actually, [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2008, 12:59pm EDT
    by christine

  • Dan Stewart Newsletter

    Commissioner Dan Stewart has just published his March / April newsletter. You can download the 908KB pdf newsletter here. And you can visit Dan’s website at http://web.mac.com/danthemanstewart. [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2008, 6:51am EDT
    by christine

  • Lies, Rumors, and Dirt

    I heard a terrible rumor about me today. I hear rumors about me all the time … it’s the nature of the business, I think. Normally I laugh them off. (The one about me running the Shiawassee sex-crime ring was ROFL funny) But this one bothered me. It was [...] [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2008, 9:09pm EDT
    by christine

  • Privileged Memo Leaked To Blogger

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    Good news! The May 4, 2007 letter that is supposed to exonerate Wilson, has been leaked to a blogger. Chet Zarko reports that he received two copies of the letter, anonymously. This letter was first requested via FOIA in December. At that time, the county simply ignored the request for the letter [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2008, 5:46am EDT
    by christine

  • Enough Already

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    I was going through my old posts, and reflecting on everything that’s happened recently, and it occurred to me how really crappy our county government is. I tend to blog about the things that I think are wrong, so I am almost always complaining about something. It may lead people to [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 8:24pm EST
    by christine

  • Propane Price Gouging In Shiawassee?

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    I hate it when bloggers blog about themselves, but this experience might help someone out there. Ok. So I get my propane from McBrides / Northwest, and I just paid $3.59 a gallon. This did not seem right to me, so a friend of mine called them to check on it. The [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2008, 9:00pm EST
    by christine

  • 5 Simple Rules For Beating Obama

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    Not rules, really. I just needed a snappy title. Human Events, the conservative online magazine, has an article on Five Ways for McCain to Beat Obama. The premise is that McCain should focus on these five points: National Security - Obama opposed Iraq war The Courts - Obama opposed the confirmation of Justices [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2008, 8:09am EST
    by christine

  • Anonymity Necessary In Shiawassee

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    There’s a letter to the editor in yesterday’s Argus, that’s a bit of a slam to blogs. Don’t give us half of a year-old story that you picked up from reading blogs. That does not seem very professional as we all know blogs are anonymous and self-serving. First of all I’m [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2008, 6:07am EST
    by christine

  • Commish Stewart Distributes Newsletter

    I received a newsletter from Commissioner Dan Stewart yesterday. It looks like he’s going to try to publish these monthly. It’s a summary of what he’s been working on and what’s coming up. I’ve converted it to pdf, and you can download a copy here - http://christinebarry.com/downloads/stewart_feb.pdf [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 8:37pm EST
    by christine

  • Owosso Public Schools Lawsuit

    There are a couple of threads over on the Shiawassee forums that should be of interest to anyone with kids in the OPS system. They revolve around the lawsuit brought against OPS by Jim McAvoy, former Technology Director for Owosso Schools. If I’m reading the info correctly, the lawsuits allege [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 8:11pm EST
    by christine

  • Perry, Morrice Educators Thank MEA

    If you recall, there was a ballot issue regarding the consolidation of the Perry and Morrice school districts, back in January. The consolidation was defeated with 73% voting against it. I didn’t follow the issue that closely, and I didn’t realize that the MEA was such an important player in [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 8:20pm EST
    by christine

  • Greg Gray To Stay In Owosso

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    I see that Owosso Public Schools Superintendent Greg Gray is going to stay in Owosso. Not by his choice, of course … he had been hoping to become the next Superintendent for Grand Ledge Public Schools. “Me and my wife (Chris) are both from Grand Ledge,” Gray said. “Her family [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 8:19pm EST
    by christine

  • Sheriff Makes Good On Threat To Argus

    A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article on my hometown Sheriff, Jon Wilson. The Argus also ran an article on the Sheriff, based partially on my investigative work. At the time, Sheriff Wilson told our local paper that they would not get any more information from the department, [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 3:29pm EST
    by christine

  • Sheriff - “I am not responding to the blog”

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    Cross-posted at bfm. The Sheriff leaned in close to the door and strained to hear the conversation on the other side. If he was quiet enough, he could just make out what they were saying. He knew them all well enough to identify them by their voices. If he was lucky, [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2008, 6:12pm EST
    by christine

  • What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy

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    Note: This was submitted by Tom Ford This 2 hr video presentation will be on Charter Cable channel 3, Wed. Jan. 16 at 5 PM What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy Produced by Frank Dorrel This video compilation is an excellent and invaluable educational tool that reveals the true nature of U.S. foreign [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 6:15am EST
    by christine

  • Bennington Twp Violating Election Laws

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    Shiawassee Dems received a report that Bennington Twp is questioning people who do not have a photo ID. The person who reported states that he was harassed until he produced one. The worker even said, “If you don’t have a photo ID, how did you get here?” I believe the law [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 2:03pm EST
    by christine

  • Testing Photo ID In Shiawassee

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    Update: - 3:15pm - The sign at Caledonia Twp Hall has been taken down. Thank you MDP for your assistance with this! I always take election day off. There’s something about that pesky democracy thing that just demands that I be out here on the street, watching out for the voters. So [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 12:19pm EST
    by christine

  • Naomi Klein on The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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    Putting this on my reading list … The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last [...]
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    Posted: December 29, 2007, 9:36am EST
    by christine

  • On Blogs, Censorship, Criticism, And Content

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    Oh for crying out loud. This is getting boring. I am writing this post because of these diaries here and here, and because I received an email today that was full of accusations similar to those resulting from the ML diaries. This isn’t a Shiawassee post, or a political post. If you [...]
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    Posted: December 27, 2007, 8:56pm EST
    by christine

  • Site problems

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    Ugh. Site was down for a few hours. I upgraded & had some problems. Seems to be ok now. Now I’m off to catch up on all the other things I neglected this afternoon. [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2007, 4:45pm EST
    by christine

  • Help Us Fight Muscular Dystrophy

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    Hey everyone, meet my boss. Between work, golf, & golf, he doesn’t have a lot of spare time. That’s why I think it’s so awesome that he spends it on supporting his favorite causes. MDA serves people in our community with neuromuscular disease by providing clinics, support groups, assistance with the [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2007, 1:13pm EST
    by christine

  • Allegations Against Sheriff Continue To Surface

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    If you recall, I wrote a little about the Sheriff earlier this year; here and here. I never got anywhere with my inquiries into what’s going on in that department, because I couldn’t get any info from anyone. But the Sheriff’s recent complaints about his $3,000 raise seems to have [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2007, 8:53am EST
    by christine

  • Notice on site design

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    Ok, finally going to switch it over & leave it that way … Sorry if it looks goofy when you get here. (Should just be temporary!) Ok, I think it’s done … For now, anyway. Here’s the layout: In our left column, which is to your right we have the welcome menu, that [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2007, 5:12pm EST
    by christine

  • My Apologies To Leon Drolet

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    I wandered over to Chet Zarko’s blog today and found his article on the latest round of Zarko v Lessenberry. I check Zarko every day, but I didn’t follow the Lessenberry stuff, so I wasn’t familiar with the history of the issue. So I followed the links in his diary, [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2007, 4:55pm EST
    by christine

  • What is Judge Clatterbaugh Hiding?

    I was talking to a County Commissioner last night, who told me that he recently had some questions about the invoices being submitted to the county by a particular attorney. These were reasonable questions; for example, one document included a note “see attached”, but there was no attachment. So he submits [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2007, 9:45am EST
    by christine

  • I Support Shiawassee Deputies

    It’s just $2.99 for the hottest 10″ of vinyl this side of the Shiawassee River. (Doesn’t matter which side you’re on) No markup; I’m not making anything on them. That’s the Cafepress base price. Want yard signs? T-shirts? I’ll do those next. Since you’re here, you might also be interested in: Sheriff [...] [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2007, 4:42am EST
    by christine

  • Campaign Finance Complaint Filed Against Jon Stryker

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    Chetly Zarko, of Zarko Research & Consulting, has filed a campaign finance complaint against Jon Stryker. The complaint alleges that, …there is reasonable cause to believe that contribution data is not accurate or should be substantiated with an actual paper trail (the Amended reports are extremely inconsistent and suggest that the [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2007, 7:49am EST
    by christine

  • Think Different

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    I just had to post this … [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2007, 8:56pm EDT
    by christine

  • Switched Back

    Switched the theme back temporarily, just because of some coding things. [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2007, 7:24am EDT
    by christine

  • Some Detroit Pics

    Not much here, but mostly I’m looking to see how this new template looks & loads with the pictures. This is the coolest flag, always brings a smile to my face. Coming home, North I-75 Pumpkin festival, on Middlebelt in Inkster. I was stopped at a light when I took this picture. [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2007, 8:29pm EDT
    by christine

  • Pardon the dust

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    Update 10-17: Trying on a new theme this evening. Let me know what you think .. is it easier to read than the old one? Everything fit on screen ok? (That was the complaint with the old theme) This will only be up for a few hours tonight … I [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2007, 4:36pm EDT
    by christine

  • Gary Martenis for Owosso City Council

    Gary is having a fundraiser tomorrow! From the forums: OCTOBER 14, 2007 FUNDRAISER Gary Martenis for Owosso City Council Dinner with Gary October 14, 2007 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Mid-Michigan Road Workers Union Hall 549 Ryan St. Owosso, Michigan 48867 only $5.00 per person (all you care to eat) (children free) Sloppy Joe’s (Linda’s secret recipe), chips, punch, coffee, homemade desserts [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2007, 9:40pm EDT
    by christine

  • Ball Votes No On MESSA Reforms

    Number of comments: 10
    Dick Ball today voted no on the MESSA busting bill. However he did not support the sales tax expansion to discretionary services. The tax on services is meant to fill the gap between the income tax and the additional revenue needed to balance the budget. We’re keeping an eye on [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2007, 3:31pm EDT
    by christine

  • Owosso City Council Approves Purchase Of New Fire Truck

    Last night the Owosso City Council approved the purchase of a new fire truck. From the Shiawassee forums: We will be buying a 2007 HME Tower/Ladder. This ladder will be 104′ in height with a platform/bucket. This new truck will be replacing three old trucks. Gone will be the 1987 Ford [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2007, 5:08am EDT
    by christine

  • A Dozen Jobs Lost In Durand

    A friend of mine works rail cars in Durand, and he just told me that his company has lost their contract on the yard. They’re clearing out on Sept 28. 13 guys will be out of jobs. The problem was not the weak economy or even Michigan’s shaky tax environment. The [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2007, 6:38pm EDT
    by christine

  • Budget Reflections

    Number of comments: 5
    I’m just going to throw this together real quick and then proceed with my life for a while. Sounds crazy, but I really do have one. Sub only MIRS is reporting that, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the administration worked with Dillon’s team to reach compromises with some Republican members. Among those things [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2007, 7:26am EDT
    by christine

  • The Man With The Pink Pig Wants To Screw Our County

    Number of comments: 10
    So you may have seen Leon Drolet’s pink pig come through Shiawassee? Leon & co. are threatening to recall Dick Ball (yeah, right) for supporting a tax increase. Well, subscription only Gongwer is giving us some more insight into Leon’s thinking, as to how we can balance the budget without [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2007, 8:26pm EDT
    by christine

  • I won’t support Obama

    I’ve been trying to ignore the 2008 Presidential … sounds terrible, I know. Sorry but I can only care about so much at one time, and right now I’m stuck on the state budget & whatnot. (But Randy Colbry & Margaret McAvoy ought to know that their obscene & undeserved [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2007, 12:36pm EDT
    by christine

  • Mike Bishop’s New Work Ethic - Ban The Blogs!!!

    Number of comments: 10
    Mike Bishop’s New Work Ethic - Ban The Blogs!!! on BFM Well, now we’ve heard everything. Thanks to fellow blogger & freelance writer Eric Baerren, we have some more “explanation” on why the Senate Republicans blocked access to BFM. Eric swapped some email with Matt Miner. Miner is Senate Majority Leader [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2007, 7:59am EDT
    by christine

  • Bishop Accuses BFM Of Crime

    Bishop Accuses BFM Of Crime on BFM By now you may know that the Michigan Senate has blocked access to BFM. MIRS and Gongwer have reported on this. Mike Bishop’s Chief of Staff, Matt Miner, is the talking head behind all of this. I’d like to respond to a few [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2007, 7:51am EDT
    by christine

  • BFM Blocked By Mike Bishop, Michigan Senate Not Allowed To Access

    BFM Blocked By Mike Bishop, Michigan Senate Not Allowed To Access, on BFM Yesterday afternoon I received a few inquiries from the Michigan Senate as to whether BFM was offline. It was an understandable question … we’ve had some problems here. But this time, the error was a little different [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2007, 7:43am EDT
    by christine

  • Spartan Stores Having A Strong Year

    Spartan Stores Having A Strong Year on BFM Grand Rapids based Spartan Stores, Inc., has just announced that their Net Earnings for the first quarter of their fiscal year have reached a 6 year high. Spartan is currently operating in FY 2008. The first quarter ended June 23, 2007. Spartan reports that [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2007, 7:33am EDT
    by christine

  • BFM down for the 2nd time today, 3rd time this month

    Number of comments: 8
    This is not the fault of BFM, this is an ongoing Soapblox issue. Average downtime is 6.5 hours. Technorati Tags: soapblox, bloggingformichigan.com [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2007, 6:41pm EDT
    by christine

  • Senate Rejects Granholm Appointees … Maybe …

    Is this real? I came across this last night while pricing out ads on mlive. But when I clicked on the link, it took me to all of the Michigan stories except the Granholm story. Governor Granholm has made several appointments in the last 4-6 weeks, so I suppose it’s possible. [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2007, 7:09am EDT
    by christine

  • BFM is down again

    Number of comments: 3
    Alright this is starting to make me mad. We’re paying for an advertising campaign to send traffic to the site, and we have ads on the site. BFM is losing readers and revenue. Last time BFM was down for nearly 8 hours. I don’t know what the problem is today [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2007, 5:35am EDT
    by christine

  • traffic at dead stop on i69 near imlay

    Number of comments: 1
    hopefully my moblogging set up still works. Traffic is at a dead stop on west 69 Near wilder rd Many emergency vehicles have passed us But still no Police. i am Sure traffic is very backed up as we have been sitting here 30 Minutes already. people are out of [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2007, 5:29pm EDT
    by christine

  • Having A Fine Time In NY

    Number of comments: 1
    I was just chatting with Chetly on another post and it occurred to me that I haven’t been here to cbdc in some time. Part of my problem is seasonal … I’m always busier during the summer than any other time of year. Part of it is that I have [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2007, 12:56pm EDT
    by christine

  • Working For A Living - Sunday Edition

    Working For A Living - Sunday Edition - on BFM [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2007, 5:47pm EDT
    by christine

  • America Really, Really Hates Bush

    America Really, Really Hates Bush on BFM [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2007, 8:00am EDT
    by christine

  • Recent House Activities Reveal a Progressive Majority

    Recent House Activities Reveal a Progressive Majority on BFM [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2007, 7:59am EDT
    by christine

  • Messing With MESSA

    Number of comments: 1
    Messing With MESSA It’d be sweet for BFM to get on the blogroll … just sayin’ … [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 2:50pm EDT
    by christine

  • The Challenge of Teaching in ‘Exponential Times’

    The Challenge of Teaching in ‘Exponential Times’ , on BFM [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 10:15am EDT
    by christine

  • Democrats Support The Fairness Doctrine

    Number of comments: 10
    Note: This piece was submitted by guest author Stephen Crockett, host of Democratic Talk Radio. Corporate Media pundits and sell-out Democratic personalities are denouncing a return to the Fairness Doctrine standards in broadcasting eliminated by the Reagan Administration. They are falling into a trap set by the Republican Right and the [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 4:31am EDT
    by christine

  • Michigan Business Tax Stumps Dick DeVos

    Michigan Business Tax Stumps Dick DeVos, over at BFM. (Sorry, BFM isn’t on leftyblogs yet) [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 9:15pm EDT
    by christine

  • Conservatives Blame Workers for Michigan’s Economic Woes

    Number of comments: 1
    Conservatives Blame Workers for Michigan’s Economic Woes by DJ, over at BFM. [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 9:12pm EDT
    by christine

  • BFM Technical Problem

    At 6:10am the Soapblox server that BFM is on went offline. I don’t know why this happened, but it appears that all Soapblox sites on this IP are down. Sorry about that … hopefully it will be back up before anyone even reads this. [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 6:17am EDT
    by christine

  • Governor Granholm Announces $25 Million For Cities Of Promise

    Another shameless leftyblog plug… Governor Granholm Announces $25 Million For Cities Of Promise Governor Granholm announced Tuesday that the Michigan State Housing Development Authority will fund up to $25 million over the next four years to help eliminate blight in her eight “Cities of Promise.” The cities targeted are Detroit, Pontiac, Hamtramck, Highland [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 5:59am EDT
    by christine

  • Independence Day

    Pardon the shameless leftyblog plug, but BFM isn’t on the blogroll yet … Independence Day — I’m not very good at holiday posts. Especially holidays like the 4th, or Memorial Day. They bring on this feeling that I have to write the best post of my life to pay tribute to [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2007, 5:56am EDT
    by christine

  • Another Fire In Owosso

    I’m sorry to say that there is another fire in Owosso today. There’s a thread on this in the Shiawassee Forums here. And Bob Wilcox has a slideshow here. Our thoughts are with the victims and the responders as they deal with yet another fire. [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2007, 2:08pm EDT
    by christine

  • Why We Love The Gov

    Number of comments: 1
    Cross-posted at BFM I came across an interesting LSJ article this morning, which underscored some of the points we’ve been making at BFM. First I’m going to say how irritated I am that it’s an LSJ article … I’m still mad at them.  So, I’m going to link the article because I’m [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2007, 1:58pm EDT
    by christine

  • Governor Granholm Signs Interpreter Bill

    Cross posted at bloggingformichigan.com The Deaf Edge has a post on the new law signed by Governor Granholm.  The legislation requires employers, state and local governments, public and private schools, hospitals, restaurants, and other entities providing services to the public, to provide effective communication services to all.  The law also requires [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2007, 11:51am EDT
    by christine

  • BFM Migrates To Soapblox

    Number of comments: 2
    Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been working with ‘Z’ over at BFM. We recently moved the site from the WordPress platform to Soapblox. As a result there may be some technical issues to work out. If you subscribed via RSS you may have to update your feedreader. (http://bloggingformichigan.com/feed). [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2007, 11:29am EDT
    by christine

  • Cushingberry To Visit Shiawassee Dems Tonight

    Number of comments: 4
    State Representative George Cushingberry, Jr. will be speaking at the Shiawassee Dems’ June meeting tonight. Cushingberry is Chair of the Michigan House Appropriations Committee and will be speaking on the State of Michigan Budget. Cushingberry will begin at 7pm. The June meeting begins at 6pm and will adjourn prior to the [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2007, 9:11am EDT
    by christine
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