Comments on: An email from the Center http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/ Dig Michigan! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: farlane http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16427 farlane Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:15:25 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/#comment-16427 You're very welcome, Keith! You're very welcome, Keith!

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]]> By: Keith http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16424 Keith Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:35:39 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/#comment-16424 This is one hell of a great resource. Thank you so much! This is one hell of a great resource. Thank you so much!

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]]> By: farlane http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16410 farlane Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:16:26 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/an-email-from-the-center/#comment-16410 Also in this edition: <blockquote><b>SHORTCUTS ARE DETOURS</b> 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...</blockquote> (link to <a href="http://www.thecenterformichigan.net//website/Portals/0/04_13_07_haascolumn.ppt" rel="nofollow">Haas's PowerPoint</a>) 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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