A little while ago, in an exchange with Jill Morey, the director of the Ypsilanti District Library, the subject came up of what would likely happen to the downtown library building, should an Emergency Financial Manager be appointed to takeover the City of Ypsilanti, and charged with liquidating our communal assets. Thankfully, we were told […]
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Protecting Ypsilanti’s community-owned assets from the Emergency Financial Manger… Have we done everything that we can to prepare?
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, Friends of Rutherford pool, Friends of the Freighthouse, income tax, Jill Morey, local income tax, Parkridge Community Center, Pontiac, Project Grow, public school challenges, Richard Murphy, Riverside Arts Center, Stop City Income Tax, Water Street, Ypsi neighborhood associations, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsi Senior Center, Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Public Schools 27 Comments
Michigan continues to dismantle valuable community infrastructure, shift tax burden to working class, in order to pay for tax breaks for business owners
As you may have read on Eclectablog a few days ago, Joseph Harris, the Emergency Financial Manager installed by the Governor’s office to oversee the dismantling/privatization of Benton Harbor, recently put the City’s small, in-house radio station up for sale on Ebay. Well, Rachel Maddow just picked up on the story. Here’s her report. Visit […]
Posted in Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Benton Harbor, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ebay, Eclectablog, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, Homestead Property Tax Credit, Joseph Harris, Michigan Business Tax, pensions, privatization, Rick Snyder, shifting the tax burden to the working class, tax policy, Tax Time Bomb, taxing the poor, threats to Democracy, WBHC 29 Comments