Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
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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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
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 ...
Posted in Announcements, Politics | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
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 ...
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
This from the forums:
Alright everyone!! Today is the day.. Lets get our voices heard and let the Hot Spot and Owosso know that discrimination will not be tolerated!!!! Lets go and protest and have fun being ourselves tonight!! I'm excited! We protest tonight at 6:00pm at the hot spot parking ...
Posted in Owosso, Politics | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
Color me really, really mad.
I stand with the State of Michigan employees who just had their information published in the LSJ database. (No, I'm not linking it because I don't want anyone to use it)
Basically, you can go to this database, enter a name, and get the employee's info. ...
Posted in Other Stuff, Politics | 17 Comments »
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
update: you can listen to the audio of the meeting between Gregg G, Jim McAvoy, and Tom Ford here
A complaint has been filed with the ACLU of Michigan. The complaint alleges that the City of Owosso is allowing two right-wing religious groups to control the Owosso government access ...
Posted in Owosso, Politics | 14 Comments »
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
A few months ago I mentioned that Shiawassee was supposed to be targeted for Sunshine Week. Basically this is a matter of submitting a bunch of FOIA requests and seeing what pops up. We never went through with that, but I did finally do a little test of ...
Posted in Politics, Shiawassee County | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Governor Granholm is officially launching her new website today. The site can be accessed at http://www.jennifergranholm.com, and features online advocacy tools and the latest information on budget negotiations. The site also houses a blog, called "The Conversation", the contents of which will also be posted on Michigan Liberal. ...
Posted in Announcements, Politics | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Note: This post was submitted by Tom Ford ~cb
Note from the submitter: Not many newspapers are covering this story but it has profound implications. The manner in which the State Board of Education and their related ISD administrators are treating parents, consumers and advocates is deplorable and ...
Posted in Announcements, Politics, Shiawassee County | No Comments »
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
It's It was Wizard's b-day.
Yesterday.
I missed it. :(
Wizard is the best blogger when it comes to state level issues. No other blogger can find the facts, weave them together, and put them out there in such an entertaining and insightful way. She's also one of ...
Posted in Announcements | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
There's an article in MIRS ... Blogger Buys Cox For Gov/Dillon For Gov ...
MIRS is a subscription based news service that covers Lansing politics.
The article is about the fact that I purchased the domain names dillonforgovernor.com and coxforgovernor.com. The article reports that the names were bought by a Democratic ...
Posted in Announcements, Politics | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
I see that Andy Dillon has issued a statement through the Detroit News ... Granholm a strong budget leader. Since I do not hesitate (much) to beat up on Dillon for what appears to be a lack of willingness to stand up for the Gov and for Democrats, it's ...
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Note: This piece was submitted by guest author Stephen Crockett, host of Democratic Talk Radio.
The sudden rise of Fred Thompson as a leading Republican candidate for President shows that the Republican leadership still does not understand their impending implosion as a national political party. Thompson is a “sex-up†version ...
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
There's a new post up on the Granholm/Cherry site ...
This conversation is about looking to the future and figuring out how we make Michigan the best place in the world to live, learn, and earn.
Right now, that means making a choice. We can choose to invest in our state ...
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Bumped, for the folks who were out of town last week
The 1970's were hard on Michigan ... an energy crisis, a sagging auto industry, growing unemployment, rising crime, and a decline in federal-aid programs.
1975-1976 were especially tough years for the Spaniola family. It was Francis R 'Bus' ...
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
The Michigan Townships Association meets tomorrow night at 7:30, at the Caledonia Township Hall. House Bills 4780-4788, introduced by State House Rep Paul Condino (D-Southfield) are expected to be on the agenda. If you have been following this story, you know that these bills would transfer certain ...
Posted in Politics, Shiawassee County | No Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Homeless veterans.
There's something wrong with that, isn't there? Doesn't it just make you sick?
Although veterans make up 12.5% of the general population, they comprise 25% of the homeless. On the heels of my Memorial Day promise, I thought I'd take a minute to see ...
Posted in Politics, Shiawassee County | 5 Comments »
