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 [...]
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.
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.
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.
In his most recent essay, Jack Lessenberry says that the state budget deficit is far worse than most people understand and he calls on the governor to get on television and begin explaining how we got into this situation and what can be done about it.
Lessenberry reports that according to the latest projection by the Senate Fiscal Agency, Michigan is now facing a shortfall of $2.7 billion for next year, and much of the stimulus money received from the federal government will be used to make up for the $1.4 billion deficit we have for the current fiscal year.
He writes that most Michiganders have no idea how severe this crisis is or how it will affect them.
Even if you read a local daily newspaper – something that’s getting harder and harder to do – you aren’t likely to find a lot of coverage about the state‘s economic situation, and virtually nothing that explains how we got in this mess and what we can do about it.
So here’s a suggestion for the governor: What your citizens need is for you to come on statewide TV and take some time to explain all this. You are extremely good at that sort of thing.
Then bring on the legislative leaders and talk about what you are planning on doing about this, and what it means to us.
Facing the edge of a cliff is never fun. But it will be a lot easier to survive if you tell us where we are, and what we can do about it.
That what leaders do. That‘s why, in fact, we elected you.
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