Tag Archives: Public Act 4

So, what’s the Washtenaw Community Action Team?

By Mark | October 17, 2011

I’d heard mention of the Washtenaw Community Action Team over the past several months or so, but I never really took the time to figure out how they fit into the local ecosystem of left-leaning political organizations, or what their objectives were. Fortunately, however, I had the occasion this past weekend to exchange a few […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, History, Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 40 hour work week, AAUP, Adam Warner, AFL-CIO, America Votes Labor Unity Fund, astroturf, banks, bridges, child labor, civil disobedience, collective bargaining, commencement, corporatocracy, Flint, Graduate Employees Organization, Great Flint Sit Down Strike, Gregg Barak, Howard Bunsis, Ian Robinson, infrastructure, Inside Job, Jane Slaughter, Koch brothers, labor, labor history, Martin Luther King, Maureen Taylor, Mehmet Yaya, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Detroit, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, protests, Right to Teach, right-to-work, Solidarity Forever, Stadium Bridge, Stand Against Snyder, Tom Weisskopf, UM Graduate Research Assistants, UMHS nurses, unions, Wall Street, Washtenaw Community Action Team, WCAT, We Are One, We Are The People, Wisconsin, With Babies and Banners: A Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade | 10 Comments

Petition drive begins to stop Michigan’s Emergency Financial Manager law

By Mark | June 15, 2011

Earlier this evening, I received an email from Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber, asking me to sign a petition calling for the repeal of Public Act 4 (PA4), or, what’s commonly known as, Michigan’s Fiscal Accountability Act. This, as you might recall, is the legislation put forward by Governor Rick Snyder upon taking office, which gives […]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Ann Arbor Education Association, Brit Satchwell, Emergency Financial Manager, financial martial law, Fiscal Accountability Act, Michigan Forward, PA4, Paul Schreiber, petitions, Rebekah Warren, Rick Snyder, threats to Democracy, Water Street | 40 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 2012 Michigan budget, 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 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

David Palmer weighs in on the Emergency Financial Manager Act

By Mark | April 25, 2011

One of your fellow readers, a man by the name of David Palmer, recently attended a State-sanctioned training session for would-be Emergency Financial Managers. He was kind enough to type up his thoughts after attending the session and send them in. You’ll find them below. If you have any questions, just leave a comment, and […]