Archive for February, 2008
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
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. ...
Posted in Shiawassee County | 26 Comments »
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
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 ...
Posted in 2008 Presidency | 4 Comments »
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
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 ...
Posted in Politics, Shiawassee County | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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
Posted in Shiawassee County | No Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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 ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
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 ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
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. ...
Posted in Owosso, Shiawassee County | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
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 ...
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