With it's current amendment introduced in House Bill 4306 forcing our public school systems to "contract out" all food, custodial and transportation services by June 30, 2012. That in a nutshell means that here in Springport our community will no longer be in charge of our public school's service programs. Instead these services will be managed by "Private Companies" question is what quality of service would we receive for these services from a private company? Which private company would service us? How many jobs would be lost? What will happen to our buses? Our school cafeterias? How clean will the schools be?
Why is it that our State Representatives think that getting private companies to provide these services is better than our school providing these services, they've provided for as long as I can remember (at least since I was in school in the '60s).
Representative Shirkey and Senator Nofs are both for this bill! While this policy may be ok for the bigger urban areas, this could be too costly for us here in Springport, our area is way too rural for any contracting out of these services. Now when will these government officials truly get some common sense? What happened to allowing our local governments to control how they manage their public school system should be left locally, not part of a rule or law set by the State.
Also, what happened to the "Lottery" funds that were supposed to be used to help fund our school systems? Where is that money going? Instead of punishing the service workers by forcing contract bidding of their jobs, let's start getting those companies that are providing products to our schools to stop overcharging us!
Also, Rep. Shirkey and Senator Nofs, start looking at your own budget and see where there's waste in your own backyard, who isn't pulling his weight in your own office? How much paper are you buying to print nonsense to flaunt in your debates on the floor? Reign in spending in your own house before you go after the communities you are supposed to represent.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Jackson County is against Women's Rights
If you're sexually assaulted in Jackson County especially in Springport Township don't report it! Women have no rights in Jackson County, around Christmas my niece was "groped" by a friends husband, she managed to free herself and get him out of her home. After the incident the first thing she did was call me crying about what happened, which is when I told her to call the police and report it, now I wish I had told her to just let it go, our illustrious police department made the decision that because he didn't successfully "rape" her that she falsely reported a felony.
She told them she felt he was trying to rape her, he laid his hands on her inappropriately, in my book, that's sexual assault, whether he managed to get beyond that is a mute point. She did not falsely report anything, she told the truth, it was the police department & our court system here that decided she filed a false report, now my question is: How in the HELL can you decide a report is filed falsely w/o interviewing both parties before a court of her peers.
What a crock! A woman in Springport Township hasn't any rights whatsoever, a man can physically "grope" any woman he chooses to w/o fear of repercussions whatsoever. But the woman will be arrested for falsely reporting a felony. Way to go Springport and Jackson County.
From now on, I'll never ever call our local law enforcement for anything, I'd rather die than let one of our local officials intercede. Women are just chattle here in Springport Michigan.
She told them she felt he was trying to rape her, he laid his hands on her inappropriately, in my book, that's sexual assault, whether he managed to get beyond that is a mute point. She did not falsely report anything, she told the truth, it was the police department & our court system here that decided she filed a false report, now my question is: How in the HELL can you decide a report is filed falsely w/o interviewing both parties before a court of her peers.
What a crock! A woman in Springport Township hasn't any rights whatsoever, a man can physically "grope" any woman he chooses to w/o fear of repercussions whatsoever. But the woman will be arrested for falsely reporting a felony. Way to go Springport and Jackson County.
From now on, I'll never ever call our local law enforcement for anything, I'd rather die than let one of our local officials intercede. Women are just chattle here in Springport Michigan.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
My Cissy's Home!
I'm so geeked my best friend and soul sister is finally home from NC I've been so lost without her and having our marathon chats over the phone, we just had a two hour chat fest, talk about feeling happy, elated, and every other word you could think of about feelings and emotions. I have so missed our tete`-tets that I've been slightly depressed, and being one who's basically housebound, the internet and my phone are my two venues of connection with the outside world.
When someone who's been there for you through thick and thin is suddenly not available, you begin to feel lost and alone. Well, I'm no longer lost and alone, I have that one friend who understands what I've been going through back in my life again. Even though she wasn't truly gone, the distance was so great that for 3 months, I couldn't just pick up the phone and call her, I was forced to deal with every crisis in my life w/o a sounding board.
Her life experiences have alway grounded me, I have other friends and family that I connect with but our friendship is truly unique in many ways, I'm so glad that she's home and that we can now get caught up on our news.
When someone who's been there for you through thick and thin is suddenly not available, you begin to feel lost and alone. Well, I'm no longer lost and alone, I have that one friend who understands what I've been going through back in my life again. Even though she wasn't truly gone, the distance was so great that for 3 months, I couldn't just pick up the phone and call her, I was forced to deal with every crisis in my life w/o a sounding board.
Her life experiences have alway grounded me, I have other friends and family that I connect with but our friendship is truly unique in many ways, I'm so glad that she's home and that we can now get caught up on our news.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Rep. Tim Walberg dodges the question
Recently I sent an email to Representative Tim Walberg asking him why he didn't offer a town hall meeting to his Springport constituents in Springport? His response? He had one in Jackson and he had one coming up in Spring Arbor that I could attend. But not one word as to whether he'd have one here in Springport in the future or at all, I guess Springport is just not big enough for him.
Doesn't he feel this his constituents here matter or that we're not as important? Or is it because he's afraid that if he actually saw the conditions here we might change his mind as to what helps and what doesn't help? He seems to think based on his list of youtube videos that cutting spending and giving more tax cuts to the wealthiest will help create jobs.
We can't even get a Dollar General to open its doors here, not only would it create a few jobs here in the community but it would also give us a place more affordable to shop at. The C-Store & Trading Post is very costly to purchase food items from, plus the choices are slim to none, we're still forced to travel at least 10 miles to the nearest grocery store to purchase & unless you can afford to buy more than a week's worth of groceries at one visit the cost to travel to and from at todays fuel prices increases your overall costs to go. While you may not look at it costing you between $3-5 in gasoline to get to and from the store if you only have $50 to spend overall, you'll only be able to buy $45 in groceries, $5 will be going into the gas tank to get you there and back.
And since we don't have anything closer to stretch our food dollars farther we're forced to give up at least $5 of our food money to get just a little more with the $45 we have left to spend. But soon I'm sure it won't matter whether we shop at our 2 local convenience stores or shop at a big grocery store chain, it will cost the same either way. So I guess we'll just be better off shopping locally at our 2 little quickie shops, but we don't have a clothing store, thrift store, etc. so we're still forced to travel for other necessities to daily living.
SAGA why haven't you looked to get a community free health clinic here? Start a community thrift store? We may end up having to go back to the barter system of the 19th, early 20th century. Before we fully became a monetary system.
Let's start a community thrift store, let people bring in old clothing, dishes, etc. we could set it up as a barter system, trade services or other items. Or start a volunteer service for mass transit, so those people who can't drive or afford to hire transportation, offer an alternative to them, if they can offer fresh produce during the growing season, trade produce for rides, or if they can do house cleaning, trade house cleaning for produce, etc. These are just examples to help those less fortunate, and ways to improve the community overall.
Doesn't he feel this his constituents here matter or that we're not as important? Or is it because he's afraid that if he actually saw the conditions here we might change his mind as to what helps and what doesn't help? He seems to think based on his list of youtube videos that cutting spending and giving more tax cuts to the wealthiest will help create jobs.
We can't even get a Dollar General to open its doors here, not only would it create a few jobs here in the community but it would also give us a place more affordable to shop at. The C-Store & Trading Post is very costly to purchase food items from, plus the choices are slim to none, we're still forced to travel at least 10 miles to the nearest grocery store to purchase & unless you can afford to buy more than a week's worth of groceries at one visit the cost to travel to and from at todays fuel prices increases your overall costs to go. While you may not look at it costing you between $3-5 in gasoline to get to and from the store if you only have $50 to spend overall, you'll only be able to buy $45 in groceries, $5 will be going into the gas tank to get you there and back.
And since we don't have anything closer to stretch our food dollars farther we're forced to give up at least $5 of our food money to get just a little more with the $45 we have left to spend. But soon I'm sure it won't matter whether we shop at our 2 local convenience stores or shop at a big grocery store chain, it will cost the same either way. So I guess we'll just be better off shopping locally at our 2 little quickie shops, but we don't have a clothing store, thrift store, etc. so we're still forced to travel for other necessities to daily living.
SAGA why haven't you looked to get a community free health clinic here? Start a community thrift store? We may end up having to go back to the barter system of the 19th, early 20th century. Before we fully became a monetary system.
Let's start a community thrift store, let people bring in old clothing, dishes, etc. we could set it up as a barter system, trade services or other items. Or start a volunteer service for mass transit, so those people who can't drive or afford to hire transportation, offer an alternative to them, if they can offer fresh produce during the growing season, trade produce for rides, or if they can do house cleaning, trade house cleaning for produce, etc. These are just examples to help those less fortunate, and ways to improve the community overall.
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