I had the good fortune a week or so ago to attend the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit. Among the people that I met while there was attorney Alec Gibbs, who, in recent years, has been keeping busy representing retired public employees left without adequate insurance in the wake of the Emergency Manager takeover of […]
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Emergency Manager takeover of Michigan, and how we allowed it to happen
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1990, ACLU, Alec Gibbs, Ardesta, bankruptcy, big banks, busing, Chris Christie, corporate takeover of politics, David Koch, David Sirota, Dayne Walling, Democracy Defense League, Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, Ecorse, Elliott Management Corporation, Emergency Financial Control Board, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Manager, Flint, grand experiment, Greg Kaza, Headlee Amendment, Highland Park, Jennifer Granholm, John Engler, looming receivorship, Louis Schimmel, Mackinac Center, MEDC, MERS, MI Partners LLC, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan Municipal Employees Retirement System, Michigan's aging cities, Miliken v Bradley, money in politics, Municipal Assistance Corporation, Municipal Loan Board, Nayyirah Shariff, NERD fund, New Jersey, New York City, Oakland County, PA 4, pensions, Pontiac, privatization, Public Act 4, Public Act 72, public pension crisis, race and poverty, revenue sharing, RGA Michigan 2010, Rich Baird, Richard Dunn, Rick Snyder, Robert Perry, SAC Capital Advisors, socializing loss and privatizing gains, steel, Steve Cohen, suburbs, The Plot against Pensions, Tom Zernick, unfunded mandates, union busting, venture capital, water, Wendy Baxter 41 Comments
What Ypsi’s leaders will be doing to respond to Snyder’s proposed budget
Last night, I posted something here about Rick Snyder’s proposed budget, and my hope that our City’s leaders were actively working on an aggressive response, perhaps through an organization such as SEMCOG or the Michigan Municipal League. As with our earlier posts on the subject of the budget, it’s led to some good discussion. One […]
Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, Andy Dillon, Bill Rustem, Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, budget cuts, Business Leaders for Michigan, Carol Shafto, Dearborn, Ed Koryzno, Historic Preservation tax credits, Kirk Profit, looming receivorship, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Township Association, Michigan Urban Visioning Workshop, open for business, Paul Schreiber, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, SEMCOG, Southfield, Summer Minnick, Taylor, the Emergency Financial Manager Act, This Is Revenue Stealing, Thomas Mullaney, urban core cities 11 Comments