Real nice press release by Katy Garavaglia about our SaveMICity tour happening in Traverse City next week. Huge shout out of appreciation to the City of Traverse City, particularly Benjamin Marentette, Mayor Jim Carruthers, Commissioner Richard Lewis, Michigan Municipal League…
The City of Romulus has 104 fewer employees than it did a decade ago. It has 17 fewer public safety officers and eight less full-time firefighters. It’s building and grounds program shifted from a full-time, in-house department to a seasonal,…
The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine has been all over the state discussing Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities and last month he was in Westland. Just before the holiday break, Tony had a great conversation about the saveMicity work…
(View more photos here). The Michigan Municipal League’s saveMIcity initiative has been all over the state and we were in Adrian Monday meeting with area elected officials, the business community, residents and the media. Despite multiple inches of snow falling…
The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine continued a statewide tour of Michigan communities Wednesday (Nov. 9, 2016) by being in Flint talking about the state's broken system for funding municipalities. It was the second stop in Flint in less than a…
Police station bathrooms used as storage closets. Frost collecting on firefighters' beds. Having to clear a building due to fumes from drug evidence stored in a poorly ventilated evidence room. These are some of the regular challenges Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca…
I had the opportunity today to join former state treasurer Robert Kleine, MSU assistant professor Josh Sapotichne, and Battle Creek city manager Rebecca Fleury for a press event to announce the release of an somewhat shocking report titled Michigan's Great…
Update: Check out this related column, "Strong Communities Require Fixing Michigan's Local Funding System," by Wayne County Executive Warren Evans in mlive.com. The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine participated today in the first of a series of statewide panel discussions regarding the…