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AG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political toolAG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political tool

I'll be on First Shift this morning to discuss Bill Schuette's actions so far as Attorney General. Here's some of the research...

Wisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov WalkerWisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov Walker

Wisconsin's anti-union, anti-middle class, anti-99% governor is about to have his hat handed to him.  The people of...

Asking for democracy is democracy in actionAsking for democracy is democracy in action

Say what? Well I was checking out this article on the MLK march on Snyder's residence, and found this tidbit here:"We elect...

‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State

Based on what we've seen of Snyder & the GOP legislature so far, this is definitely going to pass:Among the legislation...

Welcome to cbdcWelcome to cbdc

Hello listeners of First Shift. Thanks for stopping by. This blog is about to be rebooted and will have new posts again in a...

Report shows Shiawassee unemployment rate downReport shows Shiawassee unemployment rate down

The Michigan League for Human Services has issued a report (pdf) that shows some good news for Shiawassee. The unemployment...

The Man With The Pink Pig Wants To Screw Our County

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 raising taxes:

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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 budget increases have not gone [...]

Mike Bishop’s New Work Ethic – Ban The Blogs!!!

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 Mike Bishop’s Chief [...]

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 of his comments on [...]

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 — “server timed out” [...]

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