October 31, 2006 – 1:33 pm
Governor Granholm will be joining me in Leelanau County tomorrow afternoon as part of her Putting Michigan First tour through the state. Our governor has shown vision, leadership, and political courage in diversifying our state economy and leading Michigan as we turn the corner and start moving forward. She deserves four more years to continue [...]
October 17, 2006 – 9:39 am
Tonight at the Manistee County forum hosted by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians I laid out an eight-point economic plan that builds on our strengths and puts local people first.
If we’re going to turn our state around, it’s crucial that we have local-based representatives that are willing to stand up to the Lansing [...]
August 15, 2006 – 10:27 am
Last week, Republicans in the state legislature provided a clear symbol of why change is so desperately needed in Lansing. On Wednesday, the day after the primary, the Republican leadership forced through a vote to repeal the Single Business Tax, creating a $1.9 billion hole in the state’s general fund without offering any details on [...]
I’ve blogged now a couple different times about the political stunts being played by Republicans in the State House with the Single Business Tax.
But don’t just take my word for it. Look at what the Traverse City Record-Eagle has to say. Or the Detroit Free Press. Or the Grand Rapids Press. Or the Muskegon Chronicle. [...]
March 31, 2006 – 11:50 am
As I’ve blogged here and here, Michigan’s Single Business Tax needs an overhaul, an idea that is supported by legislators on both sides of the aisle. This potential bi-partisan consensus makes today’s move by the State House to politics first all the more distressing. This could have been a bi-partisan solution to our state’s business [...]
March 28, 2006 – 11:54 am
Earlier today, Governor Granholm signed legislation that will increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $6.95 in October – and to $7.40 on July 1, 2008. This marks the first time in seven years that Michigan’s minimum wage workers will see an increase, and will result in an increase of $72/ week, or $3,744 over the course [...]
March 18, 2006 – 12:00 pm
Two events on Thursday, happening hundreds of miles away from each other, both made the same point: the Republican Party, which once claimed to be the party of fiscal responsibility, is increasingly irresponsible with our money.
In Michigan, the GOP-controlled State House voted to eliminate the Single Business Tax by the end of 2007. I blogged [...]
March 10, 2006 – 12:06 pm
The debate over Michigan’s Single Business Tax (SBT) is one of the hottest in the state right now, with Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson leading a petition drive to eliminate the SBT in 2007. Yesterday, the State House Tax Policy Committee approved a bill that would do the same thing.
Many of the issues involved [...]
