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Almost 9 months after the Governor released her proposed budget, she addressed Michigan regarding what pretty much everyone knows - we're still waiting for a budget agreement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BChmvnnvpY
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop said in his rebuttal that the issues we're facing are not partisan issues and asked the Governor to take the threat of government shutdown [...]
When Things Get Ugly by taterfalls
For the last month, Michigan has been watching the slow-motion train wreck that is our legislature in action as they spin their wheels on a budget deal. Then, two days ago, GM's workers went on strike and it looked like that might be all she wrote for Michigan. Thankfully, the [...]
Rocks off Pyramid Point by Matt Callow
In Bishop's Pawns in the Metro Times, columnist Jack Lessenberry warns that Michigan is heading for a smashup of titanic proportions that will have a huge and devastating effect on your quality of life. Unlike the Federal government, who can pass debt along to taxpayers yet unborn, Michigan is [...]
Summer Night in Old Town by sabatoa
The Model D empire continues its inexorable march to talk about what's going right in Michigan cities with Lansing Area Capital Gains. The first issue includes a feature by managing editor Brad Garmon on the resurgence of Michigan's Capital City that begins:
It doesn't take an urban planner or a [...]
Jason Piasecki's Inside Muskegon podcast - #86 - where does the time go? - features a great interview with Brenda Moore with Clay Avenue Cellars. In addition to profiling a cool winery/gallery in Muskegon, Michigan, the podcast provides a look at an optimistic entrepreneur who took a risk that paid off.
Regarding the building, the Clay [...]
For Sale by John Baird
Celeste Whiting's Our Michigan is a blog that takes a probing look at hard to comprehend mega-issues like the global financial upheaval, simplifies them, and then explores how they relate to life right here in Michigan. Celeste takes that same skill of simplification and applies it to Michigan's political blogosphere.
Speaking [...]
I have to say that as a web developer, I really admire the dynamic ways in which the web team at the Detroit News presents complex information. A great example of this is their interactive teacher pension costs presentation. It makes it point and click simple to see how retirement costs are looming for Michigan's [...]
Morning Light by curlyson
The Detroit Free Press (At last, state has business tax deal), mLive (Finally -- agreement on biz tax) and the Lansing State Journal (Business leaders welcome tax plan) report that Gov. Granholm and leaders of the House and Senate have finally come to a deal to replace the expiring Single Business Tax [...]
Porch of the Grand Hotel by FrancescaM
From the Grand Hotel at the annual Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Mackinac Policy Conference (via their "Fresh Thoughts" email), the Center for Michigan gauges the mood of the attendees:
GENERAL DISDAIN FOR LANSING: Last year, the buzz on the Grand porch was all about the need to get rid [...]
Freaky Capitol by Andy McFarlane
One of the things in the Center for Michigan's weekly email last Friday was a link to Model D's interview with Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt following his talk at Wayne State University.
When we talk about Michigan's economy you hear a lot of terms like one-state recession. There are a lot of [...]
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