Local Media

A primer on our local media: The Argus Press — Shiawassee County’s only daily newspaper. Available in paper and online. Full content online is available via subscription. The website carries only lead stories, obits, births, sports. Paper subscribers receive a significant discount to subscribe to the online edition.

This Week In The Shiawassee Forums

Forums have been busy this week –     ·Discussion on the various dog laws in Shiawassee     ·Lively debate about Iraq, America, Clinton’s legacy, etc.     ·The drain office thread is revived     ·More on the validity of Margaret McAvoy’s contract     ·Ramblings on county government and politicians in general     ·Interesting conversation regarding copyright law     ·Veterans For Peace call for [...]

Shiawassee County Government Oversight and Reform Committee

The online petition to support the Shiawassee County Government Oversight and Reform Committee is not working right now. If you would like to show your support for this, please email Jack Johnson at jack@commissionerjack.com. We plan on moving the online petition to Commissioner Johnson’s server in the next few days. Dean Watkins, a Laingsburg resident, [...]

Conservatives Down But Not Out

This is no time to stop fighting … I Was a Mole at the Conservative Summit: They’re Not Dead Yet, on DKos. Excerpts: Gingrich launches into a scorching denunciation of consultants (much like you’d hear in the progressive blogosphere), and calls for an intellectual renaissance in conservatism. And he argues that the conservative revival can [...]

Owosso City Manager Evaluation

There’s a great thread over on the Shiawassee County forums regarding the upcoming evaluation of Owosso City Manager Gregg Geutschow. You should check it out — http://www.shiawasseecounty.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=223.