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.
Benton Harbor’s relationship to the development company that turned its public waterfront into part of a golf course is like a bad marriage, City Commissioner Duane L. Seats II said Monday as he introduced a resolution withdrawing city support for the mixed use luxury development that has received millions in grants from the state.
The Herald Palladium reports that commissioners are frustrated that developers have tied into the city water system without paying the city and that jobs promised by Harbor Shores have failed to materialize.
The resolution is part of longstanding resentments of the project by some city residents who see the developers as carpetbaggers who’ve received millions in state tax breaks while not delivering promised jobs. Other residents were angered that the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, scheduled to officially open in August, will include three holes on 21 acres of Jean Klock Park.
A rejected federal lawsuit filed by residents said federal agencies failed to properly assess environmental contamination in the 38 acres swapped for the 21-acre parcel in the park. A separate rejected suit residents filed in state courts challenged the right of the city to lease the parkland to Harbor Shores.
The resolution is a symbolic gesture.
In 2006 the city commission approved a lease that grants Harbor Shores use of the park for 105 years.
City residents have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to reconsider the State Court of Appeals decision that upheld the city’s right to lease parkland to Harbor Shores.
The Friends of Jean Klock Park warn that if the ruling is allowed to stand it will clear the way for further corporate takeovers of public land.
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