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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
So I call the health department today and got their automated system:
Press 0 ... Immunization, STD testing, .... MI Child & Medicaid Insurance Program
Press 1 WIC Program
Press 2 Healthy Families Program or 0-3 Program
Press 3 Maternal Infant Health Program
Press 5 Children's Special Health Care Services
Ok I paraphrased a little, ...
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Ok, so I've blown off some steam about the MIHP. There has also been this excellent letter to the editor in the local press:
The Maternal Infant Health Program served Shiawassee County families for almost 20 years.
The program's goal was to reduce infant mortality and promote healthy pregnancies and babies.
To ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Today at the Finance Committee meeting, the commissioners decided it would be appropriate to investigate the new Soil Erosion fee structure established by the Health Department.
The first commissioner to question the Health Dept. fees was Jack Johnson, in his April 10 statement:
Now, the program is under the Health ...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
In a move that will make Colbry cry for months, the Shiawassee County Commissioners voted unanimously against pursuing a lawsuit against Gary Holzhausen to compel him to return fees he collected for issuing soil erosion waivers.
Commissioner Jack Johnson read a statement encouraging everyone to take responsibility for their respective roles ...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
In the Shiawassee forums this morning, there is a report from the Owosso City Firefighters on a fire at 315 Cass. Note: The OCFD has been criticized in the past for bringing a fire truck on ambulance calls. They do this so that there are more than ...
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
I just noticed on the 2007 budget for the Shiawassee Health Department that they are forecasting bringing in $41,300 in fees in the soil erosion program.
Wow.
They got lucky when the Board gave them the work.
This new source of revenue will cover the salary of the lowest paid Sanitarian. ...
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
First of all, what the heck happened to Kirby Road over the winter? The snow goes and we're left with a bunch of holes. It looks like it completely broke down during the thaw. Ugh.
So a few weeks ago a friend who lives on Kirby calls me ...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
The Arc Shiawassee bingo hall had the very first big money bingo winner tonight, Tuesday Night! The bingo player won over $60,000. We are so excited!!!
Watch the Argus Press for news coverage.
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
The Argus reports that members of the Owosso City Council are unhappy with the way Prosecutor Colbry and Detective Pendergraff spoke about the investigation into the OMA complaint.
Pendergraff declined comment.
Thank you, Detective Sgt Pendergraff for not insisting that these people committed a crime. Apparently that was just ...
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
More documents ... all are pdf documents.
The packet given to the Board of Commissioners by Randy Colbry, in support of Colbry's appeal for a civil suit. This was presented to the commissioners on March 20, 2007. (See Colbry's appeal here) This document is 44 pages and includes ...
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
Am I the only one getting sick of "MSP D/SGt Mark Pendergeraff" mouthing off about every case he investigates?
He is an investigator ... he is supposed to be objective. If you're biased, you tend to miss things.
There's been talk about Pendergraff and how he treats his "investigations" for a ...
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
After the resignation of Owosso City Manager Gregg Geutschow, there was speculation as to whether four members of the Owosso City Council had violated the Open Meetings Act. This speculation resulted in a complaint being filed with the Michigan State Police.
The Argus-Press reports this morning that although a violation ...
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
On March 20, 2007, Prosecutor Randy Colbry speaks about the AG Opinion, and attempts to persuade the Board of Commissioners to sue Bernie Butcher and Gary Holzhausen for the fees they received.
Part 1:
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The Medicaid funded Home Help Program is Michigan's largest in home services system. Its mission: to help low-income senior citizens and adults living with disabilities with enough stay in their homes. The cuts proposed by the Senate Republicans would slash this program by rolling back hourly wages ...
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Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Shiawassee County sends 54.1% of its felons to state prison, rather than housing them in the county jail for any part of their sentences. According to the Michigan Department of Corrections, the state average is 36.7%.
When being sentenced, felons fall within three categories. They can receive a ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Here's what the Republican Senate passed last night ...
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The cuts total $165,351. In terms of total dollars, the City of Owosso takes the biggest hit, at a loss of over $78,000. Durand, Corunna, Perry, and Laingsburg follow, with a ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
cross posted at the forums
As most of you know, Michigan faces a serious budget problem. Our only tools to solve this problem are spending cuts and revenue increases.
Since we have privatized pretty much everything that ever made us a profit (liquor control, for example), we have to get our revenue ...
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
The Republican leadership in the State Senate this evening pushed through a bill that cuts $34 in education funding per student -- a cut that will hurt Michigan students and families, and hobble work in classrooms across the state.
In tough economic times, when it is critical to invest in our ...
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Shiawassee County doesn't seem likely to pursue civil litigation against Bernie Butcher or Gary Holzhausen, based on a report from the forums:
"At today's (3/20/07) committee of the whole meeting. Cmr Pavlica made a motion to not pursue any further(stating we need closure on this), seconded by Chairman VanPelt. Then a ...
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
At the 3/19 meeting, the Owosso City Council voted unanimously to hire a search firm to find candidates for the position of City Manager. The position was vacated when Gregg Geutschow resigned.
The city will spend at least $20,000 on this search. Acting City Manager Larry Cook is not ...
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