Pack out tonight’s Lansing’s City Council budget hearing for the community

by Wes Thorp April 12, 2011

Can you make it to tonight’s 6:30 p.m. Lansing City Council community hearing/forum on the city budget for the next fiscal year which starts July 1?  This is probably the most important budget in the history of the city.  City revenues continue to fall with little to no prospect for them improving anytime soon. The [...]

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More on Lansing (MI) and Michigan in the U.S. Civil War

by Wes Thorp April 12, 2011

This is great for home-schooling families and anybody else interested in Lansing’s contribution to the U.S. Civil War. Read this post from Kerry Chartkoff, the Michigan State Capitol historian, in the Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau blog. Kerry has an incredible depth of information about our state and here she shows how our state [...]

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CIVIL WAR ANNIVERSARY: Here’s Lansing’s first volunteer, Charles T. Foster

by Wes Thorp April 12, 2011

As our country’s involvement in a war now seems like a part of everyday life, it’s easy to mentally glide on by today’s anniversary of the U.S. Civil War.  Here’s a great blog post about the city of Lansing’s first volunteer, Charles T. Foster with details about his joining and about his dying.  More than [...]

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Here’s the Lansing City Council info packet for Monday, April 11 meeting

by admin April 9, 2011

Do you follow the Lansing City Council and its Monday night meetings?  Here’s 231-pages of information including the agenda and information about individual items for the next meeting on April 11. What are the items that you feel bear watching?  In the packet from page 7-13 note that there’s a hearing on revising the section [...]

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Here’s the Lansing City Council info packet for March 28

by Wes Thorp March 28, 2011

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Here’s the most recent Churchill Downs Community Association Newsletter

by Wes Thorp March 28, 2011

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City of Lansing loses four percent of its population, U.S. Census says

by Wes Thorp March 22, 2011

The U.S. Census says the city of Lansing lost four percent of its population during the past ten years. Here’s the Lansing State Journal story about the count. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPad]

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Here’s Lansing City Council info packet for March 14 meeting

by Wes Thorp March 14, 2011

Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for March 14

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Some free advice from Capital Area District Library (CADL) blog about finding a job

by Wes Thorp March 7, 2011

Looking for a job?  Here’s a little free insight from the Capital Area District Library and it’s a guest blog post from a local job recruiter who says think karaoke when assessing your job skills.  It’s worth a look.

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Here’s Lansing City Council info packet for March 7 meeting

by Wes Thorp March 7, 2011

Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for March 7 meeting

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