An email from the Center


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The Center for Michigan sends a weekly email newsletter that takes a look at Michigan's problems AND potential solutions from a perspective that is neither Republican nor Democrat - ie. the approach that will probably be required to get our partisanly polarized political process back on the rails.

Rather than weigh you down with yet another list of reasons that we are doomed, Fresh Thoughts for Michigan Moderates offers brief summaries and great links for everything from a call by Nolan Finley to make Michigan a Right to Work state to some no-nonsense recommendations by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network:

Michigan's State government is lurching from one political crisis to the next. Imagine better politics. Imagine a better functioning democracy where every voice has equal standing, and every citizen feels the full responsibility of citizenship. Better politics should lead to better public policies and a clearer, more purposeful course for our future.

A Case for Political Reform in Michigan includes rationale for 33 political reforms in the areas of campaign finance, lobbying, ethics, term limits, redistricting, election administration, judicial independence and enforce.

This is quite simply the best email I receive and I cannot recommend it enough - register right here.

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3 Comments

  1. Posted April 16, 2007 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    Also in this edition:

    SHORTCUTS ARE DETOURS
    For years, state leaders have offered temporary patches for a frayed public purse. "Each time you do a one-time fix, it causes a problem," deputy state treasurer Mark Haas told a crowd of more than 200 community leaders at U-M Dearborn's Institute for Local Government on Friday the 13th. A few years ago, the state earned $137 million on its reserves and poured those earnings back into government. This year, the state is paying $90 million in interest on money borrowed simply to pay bills. That's $90 million that can't educate kids, or provide health care for the poor, provide services to business, or fund arts, recreation, or natural resources...

    (link to Haas's PowerPoint)

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  2. Posted April 16, 2007 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

    This is one hell of a great resource. Thank you so much!

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  3. Posted April 16, 2007 at 5:15 pm | Permalink

    You're very welcome, Keith!

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