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…
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,…