Dan Stewart Newsletter
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Commissioner Dan Stewart has just published his March / April newsletter. You can download the 908KB pdf newsletter here. And you can visit Dan's website at http://web.mac.com/danthemanstewart.
Archive for 2008
Commissioner Dan Stewart has just published his March / April newsletter. You can download the 908KB pdf newsletter here. And you can visit Dan's website at http://web.mac.com/danthemanstewart.
Privileged Memo Leaked To Blogger
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Good news! The May 4, 2007 letter that is supposed to exonerate Wilson, has been leaked to a blogger. Chet Zarko reports that he received two copies of the letter, anonymously. This letter was first requested via FOIA in December. At that time, the county simply ignored the request for ...
Propane Price Gouging In Shiawassee?
Sunday, February 17th, 2008I 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. ...
5 Simple Rules For Beating Obama
Saturday, February 16th, 2008Not 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 ...
Anonymity Necessary In Shiawassee
Saturday, February 16th, 2008There'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 ...
Commish Stewart Distributes Newsletter
Thursday, February 14th, 2008I 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
Owosso Public Schools Lawsuit
Thursday, February 14th, 2008There 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 ...
Perry, Morrice Educators Thank MEA
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008If 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 ...
Greg Gray To Stay In Owosso
Monday, February 11th, 2008I 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. ...
Sheriff Makes Good On Threat To Argus
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008A 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 ...
Sheriff - “I am not responding to the blog”
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Cross-posted at bfm. The Sheriff leaned in close to the door and strained to hear the conversation on the other side. If he was quiet enough, he could just make out what they were saying. He knew them all well enough to identify them by their voices. If ...
What I’ve Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Note: This was submitted by Tom Ford This 2 hr video presentation will be on Charter Cable channel 3, Wed. Jan. 16 at 5 PM What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy Produced by Frank Dorrel This video compilation is an excellent and invaluable educational tool that reveals the true nature of U.S. ...
Bennington Twp Violating Election Laws
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Shiawassee Dems received a report that Bennington Twp is questioning people who do not have a photo ID. The person who reported states that he was harassed until he produced one. The worker even said, "If you don't have a photo ID, how did you get here?" I believe ...
Testing Photo ID In Shiawassee
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Update: - 3:15pm - The sign at Caledonia Twp Hall has been taken down. Thank you MDP for your assistance with this! I always take election day off. There's something about that pesky democracy thing that just demands that I be out here on the street, watching out for ...
