As part of the saveMIcity initiative we wanted to make sure you are aware of the effort in the Michigan House to eliminate the state income tax. Let’s face it, nobody likes to pay taxes. But we do like the services…
The City of Romulus has 104 fewer employees than it did a decade ago. It has 17 fewer public safety officers and eight less full-time firefighters. It’s building and grounds program shifted from a full-time, in-house department to a seasonal,…
SaveMIcity's Anthony Minghine continued to spread the message about the state's broken system for funding municipalities by speaking to two statewide organizations last week. Minghine spoke to the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association in Grand Rapids Wednesday, Feb. 1, and…
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The Michigan Municipal League is having a news conference Tuesday (Jan. 24, 2017) related to our saveMIcity work and Governor Rick Snyder's recent State of the State address. We will livestream the news conference and we encourage all League members,…
The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine will be in Lowell Thursday (Jan. 12) to discuss the state's broken system for funding Michigan's municipalities. This Save Michigan Cities event, which is free and open to the public, is 6-8 p.m. in…
The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine has been all over the state discussing Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities and last month he was in Westland. Just before the holiday break, Tony had a great conversation about the saveMicity work…
(View more photos here). The Michigan Municipal League’s saveMIcity initiative has been all over the state and we were in Adrian Monday meeting with area elected officials, the business community, residents and the media. Despite multiple inches of snow falling…
While most of the headlines and talk about Tuesday’s (Nov. 8, 2016) election results involved the Presidential race you may missed the fact that there were more than 300 ballot questions facing voters throughout the state. What’s even more impressive…
The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine continued a statewide tour of Michigan communities Wednesday (Nov. 9, 2016) by being in Flint talking about the state's broken system for funding municipalities. It was the second stop in Flint in less than a…