Press Kit

Media Contact:

Matt Bach
Director of Media Relations
Michigan Municipal League
Email: mbach@mml.org;
P: (734) 669-6317, C: (810) 874-1073

Main Website: saveMIcity.org

Issue Summary: What is all the fuss about?

Online Database: See How Much Money Your Community has Lost in Revenue Sharing Since 2002

Facts and Figures: Charts and graphs detailing the issue.

Press Releases:

Jan. 24, 2017: Michigan Municipal League Offers Solutions for Fixing Broken Municipal Finance System

Jan. 19, 2017: Michigan Municipal League to Discuss Legislative Priorities at News Conference

Jan. 17, 2017: Michigan Municipal League Response to Governor’s State of the State Address

Jan. 12, 2017: Michigan Municipal League Calls on State to Address Municipal Finance Concerns

Oct. 20, 2017: Public Invited to Municipal Finance Panel in Flint

Sept. 20, 2016 – Voters to State Government: Help Our Cities

May 25, 2016 – “New Report Details How State Policies have Damaged Michigan Cities”

May 24, 2016 – Michigan Municipal League Releasing New Report on State Disinvestment in Cities

March 21, 2016 – “League Releases Statewide Database, Census Data Showing State’s Disinvestment in Michigan Communities”

Reports:

NEW (January, 2017): Michigan’s Broken Municipal Finance System: Issues and Proposals

Michigan’s Great Disinvestment: How State Polices Have Forced Our Communities in Fiscal Crisis

Making the Economic Case for Place

Reforming Statutory State Revenue Sharing

System Failure: Michigan’s Broken Municipal Finance Model

Articles, op-eds and other media coverage related to our initiative can be found on our Media page.