… Michigan, the government land banks created to address it may … more harm than good. Some land banks have actually blocked private … the state, the Kent County Land Bank caused a stir last summer … auction. By doing so, the land bank blocked would-be buyers from … move cost taxpayers: The land bank spent more than $400,000 …
… of residents to keep private land in private hands is an inspiration … can’t possibly fulfill the land-grab ambitions of groups such … percent of the county’s total land area (190,175 acres) has been … revenue that will result when land values decline following the … farmers and their heirs obtain bank loans for routine operations …
… defined as “the point on the bank or shore up to which the presence … Great Lakes fluctuate.” Thus, land “not immediately and presently … private parties from using land under the water in a manner … commerce or fishing. The submerged land that was thus protected included … day, significant amounts of land are exposed, only to be covered …
… high-water mark as "the point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and … essence, Ohio claimed ownership over all land from the high-water mark to the water, … interest in any privately owned dry land. In making this decision, the Ohio … compensation. Thus, when a farmer loses his land for a new highway, compensation is …
… gins, warehouses, a hotel, a bank, and several general stores. … largest general store and the bank. He built the only church that … moved away. With him went the bank and the general store. With … erosion, the farmers allowed their land to return to forest. Advances … Michigan, is on the northern bank of the St. Joseph River where …
… each other. A 1992 study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia analyzed 28 large metropolitan … arrest urban decline, actions could include, the Bank advises, the "elimination of large differences … lifestyle choices such as family demand for more land away from congested urban areas. Interfering with …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 Woodfills …
