Ohio Residents Ticketed for Parking in Own Driveways
"Residents of Toledo, Ohio, are complaining that they received $25 tickets for parking their vehicles in their own driveways.
Mayor Carty Finkbeiner says he stands by the citations handed out last week by the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor. He says the tickets were issued under a city law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including gravel driveways.
During a news conference Monday, Finkbeiner ignored a reporter's question of whether the crackdown and fines were related to the city's budget crisis."
How "creative" these democrooks are!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Witt Buick owner fighting GM's decision to close dealership
Witt Buick owner fighting GM's decision to close dealership
"After nearly 100 years of service to Muskegon and more than 70 years of selling Buicks, Witt Buick is expected to be one of the dealerships forced by General Motors to shut down in 2010."
"After nearly 100 years of service to Muskegon and more than 70 years of selling Buicks, Witt Buick is expected to be one of the dealerships forced by General Motors to shut down in 2010."
California Democrats Seek Tax Boost as Battle Looms
California Democrats Seek Tax Boost as Battle Looms
"Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat, said higher taxes and fees are needed instead of all $16 billion in cuts proposed by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. His proposed reductions would eliminate entire welfare programs and leave 1 million children without health insurance. Democrats yesterday proposed a $15 automobile license fee and said they may consider a 9.9 percent per-barrel levy on oil produced in the state."
Dems ALWAYS want more taxes and spending!
They will tax any and everything... so watch out Americans.... they will take what they want unless we stand tall against them!
"Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat, said higher taxes and fees are needed instead of all $16 billion in cuts proposed by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. His proposed reductions would eliminate entire welfare programs and leave 1 million children without health insurance. Democrats yesterday proposed a $15 automobile license fee and said they may consider a 9.9 percent per-barrel levy on oil produced in the state."
Dems ALWAYS want more taxes and spending!
They will tax any and everything... so watch out Americans.... they will take what they want unless we stand tall against them!
Sen. Coburn questions 100 stimulus projects
Sen. Coburn questions 100 stimulus projects
"Coburn also criticized a $3.4 million Florida Department of Transportation project for an 'eco-passage' - an underground wildlife road crossing for turtles and other wildlife in Lake Jackson, Fla., along U.S. 27.
'Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the other side of a stimulus project,' the Coburn report says."
"Coburn also criticized a $3.4 million Florida Department of Transportation project for an 'eco-passage' - an underground wildlife road crossing for turtles and other wildlife in Lake Jackson, Fla., along U.S. 27.
'Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the other side of a stimulus project,' the Coburn report says."
Monday, June 15, 2009
The American Spectator : After the Tea Parties
After the Tea Parties: "What do conservatives do after the Tea Parties? What do you do when the protests are over? How do you harness all that energy? How do you turn it into a permanent force?"
IRS Proposes New Cell Phone Tax
IRS Proposes New Cell Phone Tax
"According to the WSJ the IRS is proposing to require employees to pay taxes on 25% of the cost of any employer provided cell phone. Taxpayers would be exempt if they could prove that they had a separate cell phone for private use. Talk may get a lot more expensive very soon under the Obama Adminstration's IRS proposal. Stay tuned . . ."
"According to the WSJ the IRS is proposing to require employees to pay taxes on 25% of the cost of any employer provided cell phone. Taxpayers would be exempt if they could prove that they had a separate cell phone for private use. Talk may get a lot more expensive very soon under the Obama Adminstration's IRS proposal. Stay tuned . . ."
theblogprof
theblogprof: "Yet more data against the CO2 bogeyman. There's more, so click over and read the whole thing. As I have pointed out in many prior posts on the topic, there are many instances (I would say an overwhelming majority here) of actual observable scientific data that contradicts the view of the global warming alarmists. Here's a short list of the challenges facing global warming zealots (compiled from what can be found at WattsUpWithThat and other sources):"
$1.5 million in cuts includes 9 Reeths-Puffer teaching positions
$1.5 million in cuts includes 9 Reeths-Puffer teaching positions
"The district will cut 9.2 teaching positions next year -- three of them through layoffs, said Superintendent Stephen Cousins.
About $1.5 million in spending cuts are included in a proposed 2009-10 budget expected to be approved by the school board Monday. The cuts would have been deeper if not for $545,000 in special education stimulus funds, Cousins said.
'That'll keep some people working that otherwise would have been laid off,' Cousins said. 'Our concern is that we're using a lot of stimulus money to augment the budget, and that money's going to be gone next year.'"
Using "stimulus" money to offset current budget shortfalls is exactly like borrowing from your credit card to pay you current bills......except your kids co-signed and they will have to pay the credit card bill.
Crooks and idiots!
"The district will cut 9.2 teaching positions next year -- three of them through layoffs, said Superintendent Stephen Cousins.
About $1.5 million in spending cuts are included in a proposed 2009-10 budget expected to be approved by the school board Monday. The cuts would have been deeper if not for $545,000 in special education stimulus funds, Cousins said.
'That'll keep some people working that otherwise would have been laid off,' Cousins said. 'Our concern is that we're using a lot of stimulus money to augment the budget, and that money's going to be gone next year.'"
Using "stimulus" money to offset current budget shortfalls is exactly like borrowing from your credit card to pay you current bills......except your kids co-signed and they will have to pay the credit card bill.
Crooks and idiots!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Rural Mich. counties turn failing roads to gravel
Rural Mich. counties turn failing roads to gravel
"Some Michigan counties have turned a few once-paved rural roads back to gravel to save money. .........
Reverting to gravel has happened in a few other states but it is most typical in Michigan. At least 50 miles have been reverted in the state in the past three years."
We call it "regraveling"!
This will bring in the new businesses and jobs.......right.......
"Some Michigan counties have turned a few once-paved rural roads back to gravel to save money. .........
Reverting to gravel has happened in a few other states but it is most typical in Michigan. At least 50 miles have been reverted in the state in the past three years."
We call it "regraveling"!
This will bring in the new businesses and jobs.......right.......
Power Line - The Walpin Story
Power Line - The Walpin Story: "If, like me, you haven't had time over the last few days to keep up with the story of Barack Obama's firing of Gerald Walpin, the Inspector General who has responsibility for the AmeriCorps program, Byron York will bring you up to speed. The story is an interesting one that sheds light on the lawless, bullying nature of the Obama administration."
Lucianne.com News Forum - Thread
Lucianne.com News Forum - Thread: "If, like me, you haven't had time over the last few days to keep up with the story of Barack Obama's firing of Gerald Walpin, the Inspector General who has responsibility for the AmeriCorps program, Byron York will bring you up to speed. (Snip)This story adds to the disconcerting picture we are getting of the Obama administration--a picture of lawlessness, hyperpartisanship, cronyism and lack of transparency."
Narrative Dissonance
Narrative Dissonance:
"'I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above--above the world, he's sort of God.'
These drug-addicted words come from Evan Thomas, a longtime editor at Newsweek. He uttered them on Chris Matthews's MSNBC show."
And the libs in academia tell us there is no media bias?
"'I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above--above the world, he's sort of God.'
These drug-addicted words come from Evan Thomas, a longtime editor at Newsweek. He uttered them on Chris Matthews's MSNBC show."
And the libs in academia tell us there is no media bias?
Detroit pension trustees take flight on funds' tab
Detroit pension trustees take flight on funds' tab
"The trustees who oversee Detroit's two public pensions, their lawyers and staff spent $380,000 over the past year circling the globe to attend conferences -- often traveling in packs, with virtually no limitation on where they went or how often they traveled."
Lots of thoughts here.....
Why did it take the Detroit media so long to figure out what EVERYONE already knew?
Why haven't any Michigan or national media reported this?
Why hasn't the Freep reported this outrage earlier?
Why do these crooks do the SAME THING in most EVERY city and county in America and GET AWAY WITH IT?
"The trustees who oversee Detroit's two public pensions, their lawyers and staff spent $380,000 over the past year circling the globe to attend conferences -- often traveling in packs, with virtually no limitation on where they went or how often they traveled."
Lots of thoughts here.....
Why did it take the Detroit media so long to figure out what EVERYONE already knew?
Why haven't any Michigan or national media reported this?
Why hasn't the Freep reported this outrage earlier?
Why do these crooks do the SAME THING in most EVERY city and county in America and GET AWAY WITH IT?
HUSH LIMBAUGH: RUSH SLIPS TO NO. 3 IN TOTAL LISTENERS
HUSH LIMBAUGH: RUSH SLIPS TO NO. 3 IN TOTAL LISTENERS
"Talkers says average national weekly listenership for Dr. Laura, who like Rush is heard here on WABC (770 AM), is 18 million. Stern, of WXRK (92.3 FM), has 17.5 million and Limbaugh clocks in at 17.25 million."
Bummer libs!
This gush of joy from the "end-of-Rush" hopers is from 1998!
Will you get free Prozac with free Obama-care?
"Talkers says average national weekly listenership for Dr. Laura, who like Rush is heard here on WABC (770 AM), is 18 million. Stern, of WXRK (92.3 FM), has 17.5 million and Limbaugh clocks in at 17.25 million."
Bummer libs!
This gush of joy from the "end-of-Rush" hopers is from 1998!
Will you get free Prozac with free Obama-care?
A question of race? Working couple stopped by police
A question of race? Working couple stopped by police
"Why did a resident of the upper-middle-class subdivision call the police on her? Why did a sheriff's deputy question her for more than 20 minutes? And why did the same deputy visit Langston and her boyfriend the next day?"
Classic race baiting by The Chronicle.
There is absolutely no proof or even an allegation of racial profiling except for the charge by the black couple.... anyone smell a nice lawsuit in the works?
Yet it is prominently positioned in the "newspaper" and on the web.
Compare how they treat the Muskegon charter amendments (posted below).
In depth analysis nowhere to be seen on that one.
Not racial enough?
"Why did a resident of the upper-middle-class subdivision call the police on her? Why did a sheriff's deputy question her for more than 20 minutes? And why did the same deputy visit Langston and her boyfriend the next day?"
Classic race baiting by The Chronicle.
There is absolutely no proof or even an allegation of racial profiling except for the charge by the black couple.... anyone smell a nice lawsuit in the works?
Yet it is prominently positioned in the "newspaper" and on the web.
Compare how they treat the Muskegon charter amendments (posted below).
In depth analysis nowhere to be seen on that one.
Not racial enough?
Muskegon to end curbside recycling, ax four employees
Muskegon to end curbside recycling, ax four employees
"Elimination of twice-monthly curbside recycling beginning July 1 will save $60,000. City Manager Bryon Mazade said the recycling program -- which has been part of the city-provided garbage service -- was struggling with less-than-hoped-for use by city residents"
Recycling is an idiotic program that costs money, time and energy to produce zero benefit except for anyone except the public employees on salary.....and their bosses.
It's about time we got rid of this bogus program.
Now let's roll up our sleeves and dump the other dozens of worthless, tax-increasing, job destroyers while there is still a "Muskegon".
"Elimination of twice-monthly curbside recycling beginning July 1 will save $60,000. City Manager Bryon Mazade said the recycling program -- which has been part of the city-provided garbage service -- was struggling with less-than-hoped-for use by city residents"
Recycling is an idiotic program that costs money, time and energy to produce zero benefit except for anyone except the public employees on salary.....and their bosses.
It's about time we got rid of this bogus program.
Now let's roll up our sleeves and dump the other dozens of worthless, tax-increasing, job destroyers while there is still a "Muskegon".
Muskegon voters to face city charter issues
Muskegon voters to face city charter issues
The sx charter amendments would:
• Eliminate the civil service system.
• Change the city's fiscal year.
• Change the time for city property tax collection.
• Change the date when the budget must be submitted.
• Eliminate the charter provision for board of review sessions.
• Eliminate the city August primary.
Many of the amendments have cost-saving implications.
Both the changes in fiscal year and tax collection provide one-time budget benefits if the city commission were to enact the change."
Wow!
Another fab example of The Chronicle's famous "in depth" reportage!
....or more of the same lazy, cheerleading for the same idiotic "leadership" that has destroyed our city.
This could be a BIG issue if The Chronicle would allow analysis and a legitimate debate of each amendment.
It would also be a first for our dying local newspaper.
The sx charter amendments would:
• Eliminate the civil service system.
• Change the city's fiscal year.
• Change the time for city property tax collection.
• Change the date when the budget must be submitted.
• Eliminate the charter provision for board of review sessions.
• Eliminate the city August primary.
Many of the amendments have cost-saving implications.
Both the changes in fiscal year and tax collection provide one-time budget benefits if the city commission were to enact the change."
Wow!
Another fab example of The Chronicle's famous "in depth" reportage!
....or more of the same lazy, cheerleading for the same idiotic "leadership" that has destroyed our city.
This could be a BIG issue if The Chronicle would allow analysis and a legitimate debate of each amendment.
It would also be a first for our dying local newspaper.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Trashing food scraps? This city will fine you
Trashing food scraps? This city will fine you
"Trash collectors in San Francisco will soon be doing more than just gathering garbage: They'll be keeping an eye out for people who toss food scraps out with their rubbish.
San Francisco this week passed a mandatory composting law that is believed to be the strictest such ordinance in the nation. Residents will be required to have three color-coded trash bins, including one for recycling, one for trash and a new one for compost — everything from banana peels to coffee grounds."
"Trash collectors in San Francisco will soon be doing more than just gathering garbage: They'll be keeping an eye out for people who toss food scraps out with their rubbish.
San Francisco this week passed a mandatory composting law that is believed to be the strictest such ordinance in the nation. Residents will be required to have three color-coded trash bins, including one for recycling, one for trash and a new one for compost — everything from banana peels to coffee grounds."
IRS Considers Taxing Personal Use of Work Cell Phones as 'Fringe Benefit'
IRS Considers Taxing Personal Use of Work Cell Phones as 'Fringe Benefit'
"The IRS is weighing a proposal to deem one-quarter of employees' use of work cell phones as personal use and therefore subject to tax as a fringe benefit."
"The IRS is weighing a proposal to deem one-quarter of employees' use of work cell phones as personal use and therefore subject to tax as a fringe benefit."
Thursday, June 11, 2009
My Way - Sports News
My Way - Sports News: "This fall's eagerly awaited return of Minnesota football to campus after 27 years will feature nostalgia, pageantry and fresh air. But no beer.
University President Robert Bruininks is expected to recommend Friday that regents ban alcohol from the new TCF Bank Stadium following a dispute with state lawmakers."
University President Robert Bruininks is expected to recommend Friday that regents ban alcohol from the new TCF Bank Stadium following a dispute with state lawmakers."
Cher's daughter Chastity Bono is changing gender from female to male
Cher's daughter Chastity Bono is changing gender from female to male
"Cher is about to get a new son.
Chastity Bono, the celebrity offspring of the singer and late husband Sonny Bono, is changing gender from female to male, her publicist told the Daily News on Thursday."
Ms Bono with a boner?
"Cher is about to get a new son.
Chastity Bono, the celebrity offspring of the singer and late husband Sonny Bono, is changing gender from female to male, her publicist told the Daily News on Thursday."
Ms Bono with a boner?
'Bama crooks?
My Way - Sports News: "The university uncovered the violations after an Alabama Supply Store employee realized that an athlete had more than $1,600 in charges for the fall semester of 2007 and alerted university officials. Athletes get free textbooks with their scholarship, but some were accused of getting additional textbooks for other students."
Unintended consequences?
Unintended consequences?
President Obama: No more federal bucks planned for General Motors, Chrysler
President Obama: No more federal bucks planned for General Motors, Chrysler
"President Barack Obama's auto task force told skeptical lawmakers Wednesday the government had no plans to pump more dollars into General Motors and Chrysler and that the public had a 'reasonable probability' of getting its money back."
Yeah, right.....
"President Barack Obama's auto task force told skeptical lawmakers Wednesday the government had no plans to pump more dollars into General Motors and Chrysler and that the public had a 'reasonable probability' of getting its money back."
Yeah, right.....
Patriotic rally set for Friday in Montague
Patriotic rally set for Friday in Montague
"A patriotic rally designed to honor current and former members of the military and emergency services may produce a memorable flag-waving moment Friday afternoon.
Beginning at 4 p.m., people are invited to bring little American flags and wave them as part of the rally at Ellenwood Park"
"little American flags..."?
"A patriotic rally designed to honor current and former members of the military and emergency services may produce a memorable flag-waving moment Friday afternoon.
Beginning at 4 p.m., people are invited to bring little American flags and wave them as part of the rally at Ellenwood Park"
"little American flags..."?
Embattled Muskegon school board member Charles Nash resigns
Embattled Muskegon school board member Charles Nash resigns
"Charles Nash, forced out by a circuit court ruling, submitted a letter of resignation to the Muskegon school board Tuesday that railed against the justice system, called on the public to mount a defense campaign on his behalf and instructed the board on the direction it should take."
Who is paying this fool's legal bills and how much has he cost the taxpayers in Muskegon to get his idiotic butt out?
"Charles Nash, forced out by a circuit court ruling, submitted a letter of resignation to the Muskegon school board Tuesday that railed against the justice system, called on the public to mount a defense campaign on his behalf and instructed the board on the direction it should take."
Who is paying this fool's legal bills and how much has he cost the taxpayers in Muskegon to get his idiotic butt out?
Sparta man who allegedly was rifling through neighbor's car while wearing bra charged with resisting arrest, home invasion
Sparta man who allegedly was rifling through neighbor's car while wearing bra charged with resisting arrest, home invasion
"A 20-year-old Sparta man who was wearing a purple bra and boxer shorts when he was discovered allegedly rifling through his neighbor's car was charged Wednesday in Rockford District Court."
"A 20-year-old Sparta man who was wearing a purple bra and boxer shorts when he was discovered allegedly rifling through his neighbor's car was charged Wednesday in Rockford District Court."
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Cherry has image problem in bid to be next Michigan governor
Cherry has image problem in bid to be next Michigan governor
"Cherry, 58, is the kind of guy who gets angry if you don't call him John"
"Cherry, 58, is the kind of guy who gets angry if you don't call him John"
Classic
Classic - Jonah Goldberg
A Democratic Underground dweller buys a doohickey so he can turn off Fox News in any public place he finds it. So courageous.
'It's time to get aggressive when it comes to people playing FOX News in businesses, doctor's offices and other public places.'"
A Democratic Underground dweller buys a doohickey so he can turn off Fox News in any public place he finds it. So courageous.
'It's time to get aggressive when it comes to people playing FOX News in businesses, doctor's offices and other public places.'"
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