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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...

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 took off this [...]

Shiawassee County Skill Share

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 of the post:

The classes [...]

Shiawassee Election Day Live-blogging

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 particular, and I’m heading out [...]

Colbry and Holzhausen

How does this happen –

???

If you support Gary Holzhausen, you can’t possibly support Randy Colbry for prosecutor.

Shiawassee Prosecutor Race – Colbry v Gamboe Hall

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 that he handled the [...]

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