The SaveMICity Podcast
Understand the financial challenges facing Michigan local governments
Hosted by: Tony Minghine, Deputy Executive Director & COO, Michigan Municipal League
Episode 18 – League Partnership with City of Hamtramck, Schools Works to Restore Historic Stadiums
Guests:
Shanna Draheim, Director, Policy Research Labs, Michigan Municipal League
Kathy Angerer, City Manager, Hamtramck
Episode 17 – New Report Paints Bleak Financial Picture for Michigan Cities
Guest:
Tim Dempsey, Vice President, Public Sector Consultants
Episode 16 – Progress of Headlee Lawsuit
Guest:
John Philo, Executive and Legal Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice; Lead Counsel, Headlee lawsuit
Episode 15 – Municipalities Benefit from University of Michigan’s Annual Public Policy Survey
Guest:
Debra Horner, Project Manager, University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
Episode 14 – Tony Minghine Talks Municipal Finance on The Craig Fahle Show
Guest: Tony Minghine, Deputy Executive Director & COO, Michigan Municipal League
Episode 12 – Flint Councilmember Monica Galloway, One of the First Local Officials to Be Trained as a SaveMiCity Ambassador
Guest: Monica Galloway, Councilmember, Flint
Episode 11 – The Effect of Michigan’s Disinvestment in Communities on the City of Fenton
Guest: Lynn Markland, Michigan Municipal Executives President and Fenton City Manager
Episode 10 – Flint’s Water Crisis
Guest: Anna Clark, author of The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
Tony Minghine sits down with Detroit journalist Anna Clark, who was inspired to chronicle Flint’s water tragedy in her new book, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy. They talk about the people who caused the crisis, the people who suffered from it, and the people who ultimately exposed it.
Episode 9 – Why Michigan Didn’t Get Amazon HQ2
Guest: Khalil Rahal, Executive Director, Economic Development Corporation, Office of the Wayne County Executive
Michigan made a valiant effort to lure Amazon’s second headquarters to our state, but we fell short. Khalil Rahal shares some of the reasons we lost out. Chief among them is the lack of a municipal finance structure that would enable us to provide adequate public transit, workforce development, and many of the other factors necessary to attract businesses and talent.
Episode 8 – Congressman Dan Kildee on the Importance of Federal Investment in Communities
Guest: Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05)
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Tony talks with Congressman Dan Kildee about his ideas for promoting a national agenda around strengthening communities. From the federal standpoint, we should plan for investment in communities and ensure less volatility as the economy goes through up and down cycles.
Episode 7 – Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Supports SaveMICity
Guest: Ridgway White, President, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
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Educating residents and business leaders will be key if we hope to see an improvement to Michigan’s broken municipal finance system. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation understands that. On this episode, we are joined by Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to hear why they have identified this issue as an area of focus and are supporting the SaveMICity effort.
Episode 6 – OPEB/Pension Reforms and Complexities of PA 202
Guest: Brandon Fournier, Partner, Shifman Law
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Tony Minghine talks with Brandon Fournier, a leader in labor and OPEB issues, about the complexities of reforming municipalities’ obligations and funding regarding pensions and OPEB for retired employees. Recent reform efforts have resulted in PA 202, which contains a variety of reporting and corrective action plans that communities are trying to understand and implement.
Episode 5 – Headlee/Prop A Lawsuit Expanded Discussion
Guests:
Steve Duchane, co-founder, Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Government
John Mogk, co-founder, Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Government, and Law Professor, Wayne State University
Bill Mathewson, general counsel, Michigan Municipal League
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Episode 4 – Making Strategic Investments in Local Government
Guest:
Nick Khouri, treasurer, State of Michigan
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Episode 3 – The Business Case for Municipal Finance Reform
Guest:
Kent Wood, director of government relations, Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce
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Episode 2 – Lawsuit Involving Headlee and Prop A Issues
Guest:
Steve Duchane, co-founder, Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Government
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Episode 1 – Financial Challenges that Communities are Facing
Guests:
Shea Charles, city manager, Howell
Richard Lewis, city commissioner, Traverse City
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We Love Where You Live is the Michigan Municipal League’s exciting new venture into the world of podcasting! We’ll be bringing to you insightful interviews on city innovations and politics, delving into the challenges of local government finance, sharing our members’ amazing accomplishments, and taking a fresh look at stories in the League’s magazine. Click here for a listing of all of the League’s podcast topics.