There is a fascinating and important guest column in today’s Detroit News with the headline “Revenue sharing boosts Michigan communities.” This column by conservative Hillsdale College Economics Professor Gary Wolfram echoes many of the messages in our saveMIcity municipal reform…
The Michigan Municipal League's Dan Gilmartin has a warning for Michigan's policymakers: The way the state funds its cities is squeezing them dry. An in-depth article jointly posted by Crain's Detroit Business and Bridge Magazine, extensively quotes Gilmartin, the League's…
ROMULUS, Michigan - Upward of 70 people attended a highly successful saveMIcity municipal finance forum in Romulus Thursday involving the Michigan Municipal League, the City of Romulus and Plante Moran. The Community Financial Health Forum featured the League’s Anthony Minghine,…
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 League is excited to release our second report detailing the state of Michigan's communities. This report entitled "Michigan's Broken Municipal Finance Model - Issues and Proposed Actions" lays out compelling evidence that Michigan's communities are struggling to survive under our…
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…