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Rachel Maddow on the dismal track record of Michigan’s Emergency Managers and the threat they pose to Democracy
Posted in Detroit, Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Benton Harbor, Ecorse, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager Act, foreclosure, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Michael Stampfler, Pastor David Bullock, Pontiac, Rachel Maddow, Rick Snyder, Silverdome, threats to Democracy, Voting Rights Act 9 Comments
The Ypsilanti Income Tax cyber debate… starts now!
As I mentioned earlier, I think there are persuasive arguments both for and against the passing of a personal income tax in Ypsilanti. On the pro side, I like the fact that it would allow us to maintain an acceptable level city services, while delaying our slide into receivorship under the rule of an unelected […]
Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amy Morgan, Curt Waugh, Eastern Michigan University, Emergency Financial Manager, EMU, Glen S, graduated income tax, Headlee, Headlee Override, local income tax, Margaret Wheatley, Rutherford Pool, Save Ypsilanti Yes, SCIT, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax 225 Comments
Mayor Paul Schreiber on Ypsilanti’s budget options
Continuing our discussion of a few days ago about Ypsilanti’s dire financial circumstances, I thought that I’d share this op-ed from today’s AnnArbor.com, in which our Mayor lays out the options before us as he sees them. The city of Ypsilanti is at a fiscal crossroads and must replace lost tax revenues to survive. Falling […]
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged budget deficit, consolidation of services, crime, Emergency Financial Manager, Flint, looming receivorship, millage, Paul Schreiber, property taxes, Ron Granger, storm water utility fee, Township annexation, Water Street, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, Ypsilanti Township 34 Comments
Ypsilanti City Council stares into the budget abyss
As you all know, the city of Ypsilanti has been in a perpetual budget crisis for the past half dozen years, with insolvency looming in the not so distant future the whole time. In spite of this fact, however, we’ve somehow managed to keep on going. Well, it’s looking as though the end may now […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, brownfields, budget cuts, City Manager, domestic partner benefits, Ed Koryzno, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, gay rights, health care costs, health insurance, local income tax, pensions, property tax, property values, Rick Snyder, Stop City Income Tax, Water Street, Ypsilanti City budget, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department 47 Comments
Ypsilanti City Council passes resolution opposing Snyder agenda, calling for statewide tax reform
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 Act 4, public education, Rick Snyder, tax cuts, theology of tax cuts, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Public Schools 5 Comments
