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A Great (Lake) Decision

… defined the high-water mark as "the point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and action of … edge. In essence, Ohio claimed ownership over all land from the high-water mark to the water, even if … full compensation. Thus when a farmer loses his land for a new highway, compensation is required. But …

MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 9, 2010

… Michigan Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land says in a lawsuit that the practice … Policy filed a brief in support of Land's position, Michigan Public Radio reported. … certificates of deposit in multiple banks, but he allegedly used the money to … reported. DeMiro now faces wire and bank fraud charges in federal court. The …

Making Michigan Safe for Investors

… levied on the ownership of "intangible" property such as stocks, bonds, or land contracts. Calculated for each piece of intangible property, the tax is … are not subject to the intangibles tax such as federal debt instruments, bank certificates of deposit, or Michigan municipal bonds. Eliminating this …

Free-Market Library

… $16 million.   JOURNALS Michigan Capitol Confidential MCC2010-04 Key stories: Ann Arbor budgeting, state audit, government transparency, county land banks.   VIDEO  The School Employee Concession Myth School employees on the whole have not saved taxpayers money through contract concessions and …

March 23, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

… Who Voted "No" House Bill 4803, Sell state fairgrounds: Passed 101 to 7 in the House To transfer the state fairgrounds in Detroit to a Michigan "Land Bank Fast Track Authority" created by the legislature in 2003, which has extensive powers to assemble and dispose of tax reverted property. Alternatively, …

Legislators Propose More Corporate Welfare

… Mackinac Center Education Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding recently wrote about the abuses of one type of such entities, a relatively new one called “land bank” authorities. Fiscal Policy Director Michael LaFaive has written about another proposed tax-borrow-and-spend entity being strongly advanced by Kent …

Government ‘Authorities’ Run Amok

… handouts and bureaucratic empire building are the natural offspring of overgrown government. An example can be seen in recent abuses of local “land bank authorities” created by a 2003 law. Another abuse is seen in the just-passed bill to authorize corporate welfare subsidies for developer Mike Ilitch’s …

Seven Principles of Sound Environmental Policy

Jason Hayes & Todd Myers

… stewardship decisions. Moving land use and management decisions … save water and care for their land — it’s in their own best interest … own their property and can bank on the returns they earn when … mix their labor with their land and resources, they will benefit … endangered species rely on private land for their habitat. Instead …

Endnotes

… Estimates of the Amount of Land Located in Watersheds with … Krupa, "Urbanization of Rural Land in America," USDA, Economic … encourage deforestation. 56World Bank environmental consultant John … Analysis (Washington, D.C.: World Bank Environmental Paper Number … Resource Use Policies: A Reply," Land Economics Vol. 62, no. 3 (1986), …

'Contiguous' to a 'Stream'

… Section 30301(p)(i) a wetland is "... land characterized by the presence of water … river or stream which has definite banks, a bed, and visible evidence of a … with the properties listed ("definite banks, a bed," etc); it never mentions other … other body of water that has definite banks, a bed, and visible evidence of a …

Privatization and Hamtramck

… weekly, "Everything was such a mess.  There were 40 bank accounts.  Financially, nobody knew … untapped capital in the form of idle land.  Under Schimmel, the city is leasing land for a cell-phone tower that now generates … is in the process of selling other land to local commercial enterprises. Before …

Eulogy by the Hon. John Moolenaar

… country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims pride; from … Thee we sing; Long may our land be bright, With freedom’s holy … basketball. Sometimes he would bank a shot off the backboard from …

Hope and Opportunity in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

… the Gulf overflowed their banks, leaving not only water damage … covering topics ranging from land use and other infrastructure … taxpayers in exchange for some land the school wasn’t using anyway. … apartment building on that land, and they are using the revenue … in 2005 and swept across the land to your state as well. ##### …

Michigan: The World Around Us

JoEllen Vinyard

… later "forced" them off their land and out of Michigan. Her description … Chippewa and Sioux battled for land in the Michigan and Wisconsin … fought bravely to defend the land and the freedom that the British … Indians were often paid well for land that had low market value. … These New Deal taxes on income, bank checks, telephones, autos, …

Stadium Subsidies Strike Out

… infrastructure improvements for such things as new roads, sewers, lighting, land acquisition and environmental cleanup. But early this year, citing financial … independently to finance the project. Economist David Littmann of Comerica Bank in Detroit points out that there's no need for the state of Michigan to …

A Grand (Hotel) Lesson in Free Enterprise

… last announced his intention in 1910 to tear down the place and sell the land. A hastily assembled stockholder group dissuaded him, but "the same sad … him financing until his unyielding determination connected him with a new bank headed by cheese magnate James Kraft, who apparently dozed off during Woodfill’s …

Endnotes

… Interview with Nigel Pantling, Assistant Director, Corporate Finance; Schroder's Bank, July 15, 1988. Martyn Booth. Manchester Airport was privatized by the … appendix, in 1988, a DC-10 with 380 passengers will cost an airline $203.24 to land at Metro. A similar domestic flight landing at Gatwick during peak season …

Hangar42 Studios' Incentives Raise Questions

… date. Perhaps the deal was to be financed entirely by the seller through a land contract rather than through a commercial bank with a regular loan. If that is the case, it is effectively seller-financed …

Hangar42 Studios' Incentives Raise Questions

… date. Perhaps the deal was to be financed entirely by the seller through a land contract rather than through a commercial bank with a regular loan. If that is the case, it is effectively seller-financed …

Bills Would Demand More Info From Filmmakers Getting Special Tax Breaks

… Mackinac Center for Public Policy story that looked into a questionable land deal has prompted two politicians to create legislation to bring more transparency … auction of movie memorabilia in Michigan and donated the money to a local food bank in the Grand Rapids area. Catered meals on sets are eligible. The cost …