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. (Well, the 2nd lowest paid … the lowest paid was laid off) I don’t know how much in soil erosio...

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 interviews, vouchers, expenditures, applicable penal code, and a transcript of the Jan 30 2006 special...

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: Part 2: Some quick, uncollected, unedited observations (emphasis is mine): 1. he disagrees with attorney general opinion regarding what a ‘mistake’ is 2. the attorney general le...

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 motion to table until the April 10th Committee of the Whole me...

Prosecution Of Drain Commish ‘Unjust’ As I mentioned earlier, the AG opinion on Butcher / Holzhausen is now available. You can download a copy of this here. (pdf) Notice these little nuggets: *The opinion is date stamped as received by Shiawassee Prosecutor Randy Colbry on January 22. Yet Colbry didn’t act on it until February 23, when he announced that he was dropping charge...

The state Attorney General has dropped all charges against Bernie Butcher, and refused to charge Gary Holzhausen. Shiawassee Prosecutor Randy Colbry said that he may proceed with a civil suit against Bernie. Maybe this is what Colbry wanted to talk about in the closed session … More later. ...

Read the article here. I’ll comment more later. ...

Just a few more thoughts on the drain office situation … So Bernie Butcher goes to work for Drain Commissioner Gary Bendall in the spring of 1991, tasked with developing the soil erosion program so that it complies with MDEQ requirements. Taking the position of Deputy Drain Commissioner would require a significant decrease in salary for Bernie; as such, Gary secured approval for additional ...

The Threat On Randy Colbry As most of you (regular readers) know, Prosecutor Randy Colbry backed out of his responsibility in the Holzhausen issue by claiming that he had reasons to fear for his “personal well-being”. I did not believe what Colbry had to say because it didn’t make any sense. If someone threatens the prosecutor, he doesn’t just stop doing his job â�...