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Prop 2 Supporters Say States Without Unionized Teachers ‘Among the Worst’ On Standardized Tests — Michigan Scores Lower Than Them All

… previous site. The group supporting Proposal 2, the collective bargaining ballot … based on just one variable like Proposal 2's proponents are doing is misleading … — far higher than the states the Proposal 2 supporters attempt to make a comparison … as "false." ~~~~~ See also: Proposal 2: The 'Collective Bargaining' Ame …

Election RECAP

Mackinac Center analysts’ personal takeaways on ballot proposals

… ballot were defeated, but Proposals 2 and 4, both heavily backed … the presidential election, Proposal 2 was organized labor’s first … on November ballots. The proposal would have upheaved representative … went so far as to call the Proposal 2 defeat “an embarrassing … was the sound defeat of Proposal 2, discussed elsewhere in …

Michigan Ballot Proposals

… compiled analysis and commentary on the following proposals expected to appear on the statewide ballot in … post additional material regarding these ballot proposals as Center analysts develop new content in the … Election Update! "Emergency Manager" law repealed Prop 2: Election Update! "Collective Bargaining" Amendment …

Commentary: Prop 4 Supporters Promise Programs That Already Exist

Home-based caregiver proposal would lock SEIU unionization scheme into state constitution

… the unions telling people what Proposal 2 won’t do instead of what it will … recovery. Monette then says that Proposal 4 ensures that will continue. Guess … continue without the passage of Proposal 4. The federal Home Help Program … care already exists in Michigan. Proposal 4 does nothing to keep people any …

Prop 2 Supporters Misled on Other States

The proponents of Proposal 2 made the rounds claiming that collective … constitutions and therefore Proposal 2 was nothing new or radical. … agencies, their grievances and proposals through representatives of … Article 13, Sections 1 and 2 of Hawaii’s Constitution allow … with Michigan’s now failed Proposal 2, the states that put private-sector …

Sunshine Review Touts LaFaive Op-Ed on Prop 2

… government transparency is promoting a Detroit News Op-Ed written by Michael LaFaive, director of the Center’s Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, about how Proposal 2 could negatively impact Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act. Sunshine Review, an independent organization that evaluates government websites …

Property Tax Protections Assaulted Again by House

Eleven GOP members vote to undermine Proposal A

… as a result of passage of Proposal A in 1994, school district … November election days." Under Proposal A, school districts may hold … original justification for Proposal A, approved by 69 percent … money at the state level. Proposal A's constitutional protections … those districts levy less than 2 mills, rather than the 5 mill …

Prop 2 Would Change at Least 170 Laws

… is reporting that proponents of Proposal 2 claim the constitutional amendment … by the amendment. The lawyer for Proposal 2, Andrew Nickelhoff, didn’t contradict … issues at the bargaining table, [Proposal 2] would overturn that.' "  In short, if Proposal 2 were to pass, a local bargaining …

How Michigan can have term limits and lifetime service

A modest proposal to bring the best of both worlds to Lansing

… of 3-two-year House terms and 2-four-year Senate terms – has … service? Why not have both? My proposal: Let them serve, as long … talk like that. There is a proposal on the November ballot to … two. As a sweetener, the proposal carries a transparency measure, … “overwhelming support” for the proposal. Under my plan, Bolger could …

Analysis

… up millage rates. Tax Increases on One Class of Property Although the proposal does not state so explicitly, the HJR H could allow increases in millage … tax base, that would mean a nominal 1% increase would be transformed into a 2% increase in SEV – and therefore in effective tax rates – for all non-homestead …