Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Muskegon man's sex with dogs results in 'crime against nature' no contest plea

Muskegon man's sex with dogs results in 'crime against nature' no contest plea | MLive.com:
"Kurtis Peter Peterson has pleaded no contest to “crime against nature” for having sex with two dogs in his Muskegon home."

City Airport intends to remain open despite looming budget cuts

City Airport intends to remain open despite looming budget cuts | Crain's Detroit Business
"In addition to City Airport, Michigan airports on the air traffic control closure list are Ann Arbor, W.K. Kellogg in Battle Creek, Jackson County-Reynolds Field in Jackson, Muskegon County in Muskegon and Sawyer International in Marquette County's Sands Township.
 The towers at the Lansing and Willow Run airports are on the list of 72 nationwide that could close overnight through the elimination of midnight shifts for air traffic controllers."

Mayor Bloomberg: ‘We're Not Banning Anything; It's Called Portion Control’

Mayor Bloomberg: ‘We're Not Banning Anything; It's Called Portion Control’ | CNS News:
“We're not banning anything. 
It's called portion control,”
Bloomberg said Sunday on CBS’s "Face the Nation."
“It's a typical way that companies use to and governments use to explain to people what's in their interest and what isn't.”

Public comments on new Muskegon Farmers Market plans to be gathered March 18

Public comments on new Muskegon Farmers Market plans to be gathered March 18 | MLive.com

State Department Will Issue 'Female' Passports to Anatomical Males

State Department Will Issue 'Female' Passports to Anatomical Males | CNS News:
"The U.S. State Department's policy on dealing with transgendered people will allow Americans who are anatomically male but identify themselves as female to secure U.S. passports that match their gender "identity" rather than their anatomy."

NLRB Policies Help Unions, Not Workers

NLRB Policies Help Unions, Not Workers | NetRight Daily
"Consider the NLRB’s recent rulings against Prime Healthcare Services, a California-based hospital company that was forced to continue collecting union dues even after the expiration of its collective bargaining agreement.
That decision overturned a half-century of legal precedent.
Then there was the agency’s ruling against Kent Hospital — in which the board held employees were no longer permitted to opt out of paying the percentage of union dues spent on political activity.
Not only that, the same ruling removed language requiring unions to provide employees with an accounting of what they spend on political activity."

Applying for health care not easy

AP Exclusive: Applying for health care not easy - Yahoo! News
"Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes."

How Your Retirement Package Compares to Members of Congress

How Your Retirement Package Compares to Members of Congress
"As a result, all federal employees get a return on their contributions at a rate that's almost double what other workers do. (See chart.)
But thanks to a faster accrual rate on their savings — 1.7 percent as opposed to 1 percent for everyone else — members of Congress get an even better payout than other federal workers, even though their contributions are higher."

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

2013-03-12 Full Board Jail vote

201303012 Full Board Jail vote - YouTube

How to Stock Your Disaster Pantry

How to Stock Your Disaster Pantry - Popular Mechanics:
"Remember, you don't have to buy it all at once.
Each week, add a few extra items to the shopping list until you've filled up your basement shelves to your satisfaction.
We built up a sample store of goods for this photo as a guide to the sorts of foods that store well and could keep a family of four well-fed and sane through the aftermath."

SEIU organizes Hugo Chavez ‘celebration and procession’ to honor ‘Our Comrade’

SEIU organizes Hugo Chavez ‘celebration and procession’ to honor ‘Our Comrade’ - The Global Dispatch: "Fri., March 8 – 6:30pm
Gather at 1199 SEIU
310 West 43rd Street, Manhattan
Candlelight procession to the statue of Simon Bolivar in Central Park
Those who die for life cannot be called dead
A Celebration and procession for the life of our comrade Hugo Chávez,
an extraordinary human and revolutionary.
Your energy, love and example will not be forgotten.
The revolution will continue until there is liberation for all."

Union's attempt to sidestep right-to-work law killed by Saginaw County commissioners

Union's attempt to sidestep right-to-work law killed by Saginaw County commissioners | MLive.com
"Just weeks before Michigan's right-to-work legislation is set to go into effect, Saginaw County's largest employee union came to county leaders Monday, March 11, asking them to do an end run around the new law.
The Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 459 chapter, came before the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners' Labor Relations Subcommittee Monday to request ratification of a 10-year contract that would preserve a requirement for OPEIU members to pay union dues."