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Millage results vary by region

DETROIT - Voters in Metro Detroit turned down several school millage requests Tuesday, while those in the Lansing area approved them, according to media … in St. Johns, Stockbridge, Portland, Ionia County and Bath all approved millage requests, while Charlotte voters turned down a request there, the Lansing …

District's Millage Urgency Claims Don't Match Facts

Alcona Community Schools official says money needed to stop flow of huge staff cuts

… an effort to drum up support for an upcoming millage, Alcona Community Schools Superintendent Shawn … Alpena News ran its article with the headline: “Millage needs to pass for Alcona Schools” However, state … District is proposing a regional enhancement millage that would raise about $5.6 million for four districts. …

Most school millages defeated

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — School millages fared poorly in voting across the state, as ballot proposals … Genessee County were exceptions, each passing two millages, MIRS reported. Voters said no to a 30-year, … Service Inc., “Voters Recall Local Officials, Local Millages Pass, School Proposals Fail,” Aug. 2, 2011 (Subscription …

The public will be heard: a lesson from Patmos Library

What did we learn from a failed millage for a West Michigan library?

… the Detroit Free Press. What followed was a millage renewal that failed. The public spoke, and it … Library officials will try another, smaller millage in November, but the Freep reports that if that … in it, and then continue to fund it whenever millage-renewal time comes up? Government employees serve …

Reject a Tax Hike? It'll Be Back

Wyoming residents soundly reject millage, school board puts it back on the ballot

… voters and their voice,” he said. Larson said if the voters had passed the millage in November, the school board wouldn’t come back three months later to … get ‘Yes,’” Larson said. Other schools have attempted to get rejected millages back before voters in a matter of months. In Eaton Rapids, 57 percent …

Anti-millage signs removed, replaced

… officer" took down anti-school millage signs in front of a township … a Washtenaw County school millage request next Tuesday. When … confiscated a number of other anti-millage signs, but no signs supporting the millage. City Administrator Roger … bounds by removing anti-school millage signs," Oct. 20, 2009 FURTHER …

Districts take sides on Wayne RESA millage

… against a proposal for a new, countywide school millage in Wayne County, according to media reports. School … President Lynda Scheel said that passing a regional millage would only allow the state to avoid making necessary … "Trenton: School board opposes countywide education millage," April 22, 2010 The Detroit News, "Wayne County …

MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST Sept. 30, 2014

… Genesee ISD suing Flint school district Millage sought to pay off overspending crisis … Fix Flint Schools,” Oct. 8, 2010  Millage Sought to Pay off Overspending Crisis … former Buena Vista district if the millage fails.   “They’re looking for a way … need.” SOURCE: MLive, “November millage renewal sought in former Buena Vista …

Pro-Gas Tax Hike Democrat: Never Seen A Public Willing To Tax Itself

Yet, local voters have approved 549 millages taxing themselves for roads and more

… needed.’” Last year, 549 ongoing property tax millage levies had been approved by local voters, all … revenue to roads. They included 21 additional road tax millages approved by local voters just between 2015 and … local communities voted to approve 36 new school millages for an additional $1.5 billion in revenue.