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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

Residents howl at proposed Detroit school closings

By Justin Miller | 04.10.09 | 2:57 pm

Loads of Detroiters protested the plan to close 23 Detroit public schools at a school board meeting Thursday night in Detroit. Most complained that worthwhile schools are being improperly targeted for closure.

The man behind the plan, emergency financial manager Robert Bobb, did not attend the meeting. Bobb has proposed closing the 23 schools and lay off 600 teachers to help close a $306 million deficit. Bobb’s plan also includes $200 million in upgrades for the schools that thousands where children would be transfered.

The Free Press’ Rochelle Riley, who supports Bobb’s plan, writes that the 23 schools have the capacity to hold 19,275 students but now only hold 7,095. For example, Barbour middle school has 310 students in a building designed to hold 1,951.

Even though residents voiced their protests to the school board, the body is powerless to stop Bobb, who was appointed by the state. Its Department of Education has approved Bobb’s plan on April 7.

Comments

  • KingofthePaupers

    Jct: They should borrow enough “Detroit Cheers” dollars to pay all their teachers and expenses which can be used by Detroit residents to pay the taxation for their schools. Another great use for the Detroit Cheers community currency. Everybody would take Cheers if everyone could pay for their children's education with them.
    OR
    When Argentina's government workers were faced with cuts, their unions talked 6 state governments into paying them with small-denomination state bonds which could be used to pay for state services and taxes and which everyone accepted as useful currency. Too bad these 600 teachers can't convince Detroit to let them take bond money too.

    Either way, there is insufficient Federal Reserve money so you'd better set up your own local money fast.
    Best of all, when the local currency is pegged to the Time Standard of Money (how many dollars/hour child labor) Hours earned locally can be intertraded with other timebanks globally!
    In 1999, I paid for 39/40 nights in Europe with an IOU for a night back in Canada worth 5 Hours.
    U.N. Millennium Declaration UNILETS Resolution C6 to governments is for a time-based currency to restructure the global financial architecture.
    See my banking systems engineering analysis at http://youtube.com/kingofthepaupers with an index of articles at http://johnturmel.com/kotp.htm

  • KingofthePaupers

    Jct: They should borrow enough “Detroit Cheers” dollars to pay all their teachers and expenses which can be used by Detroit residents to pay the taxation for their schools. Another great use for the Detroit Cheers community currency. Everybody would take Cheers if everyone could pay for their children's education with them.
    OR
    When Argentina's government workers were faced with cuts, their unions talked 6 state governments into paying them with small-denomination state bonds which could be used to pay for state services and taxes and which everyone accepted as useful currency. Too bad these 600 teachers can't convince Detroit to let them take bond money too.

    Either way, there is insufficient Federal Reserve money so you'd better set up your own local money fast.
    Best of all, when the local currency is pegged to the Time Standard of Money (how many dollars/hour child labor) Hours earned locally can be intertraded with other timebanks globally!
    In 1999, I paid for 39/40 nights in Europe with an IOU for a night back in Canada worth 5 Hours.
    U.N. Millennium Declaration UNILETS Resolution C6 to governments is for a time-based currency to restructure the global financial architecture.
    See my banking systems engineering analysis at http://youtube.com/kingofthepaupers with an index of articles at http://johnturmel.com/kotp.htm

  • KingofthePaupers

    Jct: They should borrow enough “Detroit Cheers” dollars to pay all their teachers and expenses which can be used by Detroit residents to pay the taxation for their schools. Another great use for the Detroit Cheers community currency. Everybody would take Cheers if everyone could pay for their children's education with them.
    OR
    When Argentina's government workers were faced with cuts, their unions talked 6 state governments into paying them with small-denomination state bonds which could be used to pay for state services and taxes and which everyone accepted as useful currency. Too bad these 600 teachers can't convince Detroit to let them take bond money too.

    Either way, there is insufficient Federal Reserve money so you'd better set up your own local money fast.
    Best of all, when the local currency is pegged to the Time Standard of Money (how many dollars/hour child labor) Hours earned locally can be intertraded with other timebanks globally!
    In 1999, I paid for 39/40 nights in Europe with an IOU for a night back in Canada worth 5 Hours.
    U.N. Millennium Declaration UNILETS Resolution C6 to governments is for a time-based currency to restructure the global financial architecture.
    See my banking systems engineering analysis at http://youtube.com/kingofthepaupers with an index of articles at http://johnturmel.com/kotp.htm

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