Inside 208

(View photos from the event here). Municipal managers from throughout Michigan were in Rochester this week (Jan. 29-Feb. 1, 2013) for the 2013 Michigan Local Government Management Association (MLGMA) Winter Institute. The theme of this year’s event was communication and city, village, county and township officials attended a variety of [...]

Plywood under a bridge going over a Michigan expressway. Image from Justfixtheroads.com. This statement is from Linden Mayor David Lossing, president of the Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees. Lossing is commenting on tonight’s State of the State address by Gov. Rick Snyder, who called for new investment in Michigan’s [...]

William Mathewson talks to League members about the Open Meetings Act at an education session Wednesday in Ann Arbor. View more photos here. ANN ARBOR, Michigan – The first of a series of new training weeks kicked off today with sessions on the state’s Freedom of Information Act, Open Meetings [...]

More than 100 municipal leaders attended a live chat hosted by the Michigan Municipal League Tuesday about bills approved in the lame duck session of the Michigan Legislature in recent weeks. During the live chat, led by the League’s Anthony Minghine and Samantha Harkins, Minghine started out explaining that the [...]

LANSING, Michigan – Ignoring pleas from the Michigan Municipal League and other organizations to slow down, the House Tax Policy Committee today pressed forward during this lame duck session to repeal the personal property tax. And now the League needs help from our members and the general public as the [...]

As one of many groups opposed to Proposal 5, the League is urging members to take a stand and speak out locally to urge a no vote on Proposal 5 this November. Proposal 5 would require a two-thirds vote of the both the Michigan House and Senate, or a statewide [...]

The MML Board of Trustees, at a meeting held during convention, voted to oppose Proposal 6 on the November general election ballot. If approved, Proposal 6 would require a statewide vote prior to the state involving itself in the construction of a international bridge. Proposal 6 is the brainchild of billionaire Detroit [...]

LANSING, Michigan – Several municipal attorneys were honored during the 2012 Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys (MAMA) municipal law program in Lansing Oct. 20, 2012. The recipients of the numerous awards were: – William L. Steude Ethics and Civility in Local Government Award went to Ronald Keefe, Marquette city attorney. [...]

At the November 6, 2012 general election a number of ballot initiatives will be presented to Michigan voters. The Citizens Research Council (CRC) has issued a comprehensive review of Proposal 1, the initiative to repeal PA 4 of 2011, the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act. The analysis [...]

A new Detroit Free Press/WXYZ TV-7 poll finds opposition to Proposal 5 growing across the state, and respected Michigan business columnist Rick Haglund uncovers how and why billionaire Detroit bridge owner Matty Moroun’s is involved in the 2/3 tax vote proposal. Proposal 5 would set in the constitution a requirement that a legislative [...]