There's an excellent, well-written article and series in Sunday's St. Joseph Herald-Palladium by John Matuszak about revenue sharing and how the state's system for funding municipalities is broken. This is an in-depth series that should be on the must-read list…
Michigan continues to fall behind in the race to attract talent. While our lawmakers continue to talk about tax cuts and regulations other states are investing in what really matters - communities. Interesting article here in CityLab about Nashville, Tenn.,…
The reform of retiree health care (OPEB) is one of the key topics the Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine discusses during his many SaveMIcity presentations. Reforming this issue is vital to efforts to fix Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities.…
Due to the state’s continual disinvestment in local communities, local taxpayers were once again asked to step up to the plate and approve tax-related proposals during the recent Nov. 7 election. And, according to MIRS News Service, 75 percent of…
The Michigan Municipal League’s saveMIcity initiative recently did two presentations in West Michigan about the state's broken system for funding municipalities. More presentations are planned in Macomb County and Washtenaw County. On Sept. 19, the League’s Anthony Minghine, Deputy Director…
The League's Anthony Minghine and Rosalynn Bliss were part of a very informative panel discussion at the recent Mackinac Policy Conference - Funding Michigan Cities: The Path Forward. The complete session is now available on YouTube. Minghine and Bliss, along with…
The Michigan Municipal League and the saveMIcity initiative was involved in three major events in recent days to spread the word about Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities. League staff and League President Rosalynn Bliss, Mayor of Grand Rapids, attended the Mackinac…
The Michigan Municipal League’s saveMIcity initiative was involved in multiple presentations so far this month in central and west Michigan about the state’s broken system for funding municipalities. The League’s Anthony Minghine spoke to more than 125 people in a string…
(View more photos here on flickr and have SaveMICity come to your community by emailing us at mbach@mml.org.) Six West Michigan cities teamed up with the Michigan Municipal League recently to discuss the state’s funding system for municipalities during a…
The state of Michigan has now diverted more than $8.1 billion in revenue sharing from Michigan municipalities, including cities, villages, townships and counties since 2002. This new figure adds in 2016 financial data and dates back to 2002. Through 2015 the…