Archive for February, 2006
Monday, February 27th, 2006
Vernon Harvest Festival. Durand Railroad Days. Byron Family Fun. Laingsburg Spring Festival. Every year the people of Shiawassee gather to celebrate our communities. We come together to show off the food that we grow and the things that we make, and to compete in the spirit of fun and ...
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
What's in a charter, anyway?
“The taxpayers are going to take back the Charter – Owosso Charter Township.” –Sherman Garnett, May 23, 2005
In the heart of Shiawassee are two charter townships. The one on the east is home ...
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
The Recall Timeline:
Fall 2002:
The supervisors and other leaders of Caledonia and Owosso Townships agree to meet with the Owosso City Manager and a group ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
The recall petitions for Richard and Judy Gute are identical, with the exception of the names:
“Supervisor Richard Gute showed a blatant disregard for the consensus of the constituents when they failed to carry out the direct request of the people by contracting ambulance service with Mobile Medical Response of ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Owosso Charter Township Supervisor Richard Gute, and his wife and fellow board member Clerk Judy Gute face a recall vote on February 28, 2006. Leaders of the recall effort have framed their cause around the township board decision to bring Mobile Medical ...
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Sunday, February 5th, 2006
In my attempt to build a network of bloggers in Shiawassee, I have found myself giving advice to many people. What I’ve discovered in doing so is that I’ve actually learned quite a bit in my short time as an investigative blogger. Although I’m not one to blog ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Howard Edelson has just replaced Dennis Archer to run Governor Granholm’s re-election campaign.
I worked with Howard when I was with Bob Carr’s East Lansing office. Back then he was a micro-manager. I was just a lowly constituent services assistant. He didn’t bother me much, but ...
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