State Legislators Need All the Facts on Film Subsidies Summary: Dear Legislators: It has come to my attention that you will be meeting today to discuss the Michigan film incentive program. As you consider the testimony and documents presented by various parties, be advised that certain items with seemingly pristine pedigrees may be deeply flawed. Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 18, 2009. Type: General Article.
What Price Information? Try $7 million Summary: $6,876,303.90, to be exact. That's what the Michigan Department of State Police is charging for more than two million pages of documentation I requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the state's handling of federal homeland security grant money from 2002 to present. This is definitely a record for Mackinac Center FOIA requests. In fact, this may be a record for any FOIA request. Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 10, 2009. Type: General Article.
Summer of Discontent: Stimulus Money Leads to Payday Mayhem Summary: Hundreds and maybe even thousands of young people in Detroit apparently had to stand in lines and in the rain for up to four hours to receive paychecks for their summer jobs. Others did not know where to find their checks. Still others didn't get their paychecks at all. And on several occasions, police were called in for crowd control. The payday mayhem is just one of the many findings of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 16, 2009. Type: General Article.
