Mark Maynard | 2012 Michigan budget

Snyder stops party from punishing public universities offering benefits to domestic partners

By Mark | May 22, 2011

As you’ve all no doubt heard by now, the State of Michigan ended up taking in quite a bit more in tax revenue this year than was previously estimated. As a result, the State is expected to carry a surplus of $429 million into the fiscal 2012 budget year. And, now it looks as though [...]

Posted in Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged budget cuts, domestic partner benefits, gay demonization, graduated income tax, higher education, homophobic, Jeff Irwin, Mike Cox, Pete Hoekstra, Rick Snyder, Sean Morrison, stem cell research, those anti-science Republicans | 81 Comments

Ypsilanti City Council passes resolution opposing Snyder agenda, calling for statewide tax reform

By Mark | May 6, 2011

At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Ypsilanti City Council, the following resolution was offered by Councilmen Mike Bodary and Dan Vogt. It is, as you will realize when you read it, largely symbolic in nature, but I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiment behind it. Furthermore, I hope that it encourages other communities across Michigan to do [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, budget cuts, Czars, Dan Vogt, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, financial martial law, Headlee, Historic Preservation tax credits, Michigan Business Tax, Mike Bodary, Public Act 4, public education, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, tax cuts, theology of tax cuts, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 5 Comments

Who needs colleges when you can have prisons… Good work, Michigan!

By Mark | May 1, 2011

I haven’t seen the new numbers, but, in 2008, I remember reading that Michigan was one of only four states that spent more on corrections than on higher education. And this, if I’m not mistaken, is happening in spite of the fact that Michigan’s prison population is dropping. I mention this because I just saw [...]

Posted in Michigan, Observations, Rants | Also tagged corrections, Dan Heyns, death row, Department of Corrections, Great Lakes States, higher education, interpreted truth in sentencing, Jerry Brown, Mike Shirkey, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, Rebekah Warren, Rick Snyder, stalactites of human detritus, tough on crime | 11 Comments

Today’s graduation day protest against Rick Snyder

By Mark | April 30, 2011

Our friend Glen was in Ann Arbor this morning for the big protest against the Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, who was the keynote speaker at today’s University of Michigan commencement. Here’s his report. I just returned from Ann Arbor, where I was one of approximately 3000 people (my estimate) who turned out to protest Governor [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics | Also tagged Alexie Salazar, Bob King, budget cuts, Glen S, Koch brothers, Lynn Rivers, Plutocracy, protests, Re-Call Rick, Rebekah Warren, Rick Snyder, the growing gap between rich and poor, unions, University of Michigan | 8 Comments

What Does Gov. Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?

By Mark | March 22, 2011

I spent this evening at a panel discussion at Washtenaw Community College hosted by Michigan State Senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor). The event was called, “What Does Governor Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?”, and joining the Senator were Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schrieber, Superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools Dedrick Martin, Eastern Michigan University Professor and Chair [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Audrey Dowell, collective bargaining, Dedrick Martin, Deficit Elimination Plan, Earned Income Tax Credit, Emergency Financial Manager, graduated income tax, Headlee, homeless, Homestead Property Tax Credit, Howard Bunsis, local income tax, metropolitan authorities, Michigan Business Tax, Michigan League for Human Services, Paul Schreiber, progressive taxation, public employee unions, Rebekah Warren, regressive taxation, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, tax the rich, taxation, taxing the poor, threats to the middle class, union busting, Washtenaw County, What Does Gov. Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 39 Comments

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Snyder stops party from punishing public universities offering benefits to domestic partners

Who needs colleges when you can have prisons… Good work, Michigan!

Today’s graduation day protest against Rick Snyder

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