… ING, Mich. – About 90 percent of millages proposed statewide this summer passed, … an analysis by Bridge Magazine. Millages for transportation, seniors and public … numbers posted by Bridge. However, millages for schools were the least popular, … “Voters Sign Off on 90 Percent of Millage Requests,” Aug. 16, 2012 FURTHER …
A pitch mailed by the Kalamazoo Public Schools to a local nonprofit asking for help passing a millage hike on May 5 included the following: “For many years, the state has underfunded public education, and local school districts have needed to make significant budget cuts as a result.” The letter also …
… visitors to “Vote YES on senior millage renewal.” The Sand Road Senior … advocating for a government millage, on government property. … its Senior Citizens Service Millage, which expired in December. … funds generated from this millage are divided up between the … throughout the county.” Millages are fine. They raise money …
… local police and fire “enhancement” millages on the ballot. These public safety … to approve a general property tax millage increase. Or alternatively, ask voters to approve extra millages for those lowest priority services. … asking for extra police and fire millages. When you buy a car you expect it …
… were relieved in 1994 when Proposal A ended the constant stream of local millage elections. The result was lower property taxes and, at the same time, significant … Vander Veen bill doesn’t explicitly repeal any of Proposal A’s operating millage caps. Therefore, it doesn’t alert the public to its likely outcome. Technically, …
One thing voters did not get to decide in recent school millage elections was whether they wanted to pay higher wages for the construction projects that were approved in districts across the state. Yet that's what will happen because of the state's prevailing wage law, which mandates that union scale …
… Proposal A’s restrictions on new millage requests. According to a 2009 … expanding the use of sinking fund millages have been introduced, both by … type covered by Proposal A millage limitations. Three weeks … in debt for technology. "A millage for school security or technology … future debt. A sinking fund millage raises X amount each year …
… any communication to residents that mentions an upcoming property tax millage election within 60 days of the vote.” Gov. Snyder has yet to sign the … to say the district was “asking voters to renew” a multimillion-dollar millage. Saline High School posted a video on its website in 2011 that featured …
