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Speedway Assistance: Public Safety or Corporate Welfare?

Senate budget appropriates $800K for traffic control at Michigan International Speedway

… assist Michigan International Speedway has become a tradition at … at Michigan International Speedway (MIS). If that appropriation … traffic control around the speedway, particularly for a couple … pedestrian safety at the speedway. The stated goal of the credit … spokesman for MIS, said the speedway has not asked for anything …

House Passes On Chance To ‘Fix The Roads’ With New Spending Bill

But money for Capitol security cameras, Michigan Speedway traffic control, tourism marketing and much more

… $500,000 for city of Lansing security cameras around the state Capitol. $500,000 for traffic control services benefiting Michigan International Speedway. When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave the nationally televised Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, she spoke about …

Budget Reform Ideas for 2015 and Beyond

… the “one-time” appropriation of $831,900 for the Michigan International Speedway for traffic control that seems to occur every year. The speedway is not the only one-time expenditure in the state budget. Others include …

Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway

… special tax favor for Michigan International Speedway was approved by the Michigan House on June 10 … to apply to capital improvements at the super speedway, such as renovations to the grandstands and infield. … FAVOR of extending a special tax perk for a super speedway: HOUSE REPUBLICANS Agema Ball Bolger Booher …

Super Speedway Notches Second State Subsidy

Michigan International Speedway is now a two-time winner when it comes to state subsidies. The state’s official tourism site announced it was hosting the Pure Michigan NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at MIS on Aug. 21. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation paid $972,500 for the one-year sponsorship …

Not Training Staff On COVID Symptoms And More Earns Speedway Station $6,300 Fine

… the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) monitoring compliance by businesses with COVID-19 executive order requirements. A Speedway gas station in Waterford was fined $6,300 by an inspector for nine violations, including: - The employer allowed employees to inadequately wear …

Super Speedway Perks Live On: State Tax Credits to MIS Total $18.1 Million

Future deals uncertain under new administration, say two GOP lawmakers

… to Michigan International Speedway over the past three years. … automatically giving the speedway some more dollars next year, … credit is called the NASCAR Speedway Credit, which was a credit … parent company — International Speedway Corporation of Florida — … — the $1.2 million NASCAR Speedway credit — still exists because …

Michigan Capitol Confidential Vote History

… MichCapCon Profile: The 12th State Senate District Primary June 2010 "Super Speedway" - Lawmakers voting on whether TO EXTEND A SPECIAL TAX PERK for a super speedway. "Driver Responsibility Fees" - Lawmakers voting on whether TO IMPOSE …

Going in Circles

A recent story in Michigan Capitol Confidential about Michigan International Speedway receiving more than $18 million in taxpayer subsidies is highlighted in a Detroit News editorial today that calls for an end to what it calls “special deals in the tax code.” For more information on the “NASCAR” subsidy, …

Center Cited on Tourism Subsidies

… up Pure Michigan tourism subsidies is noted in Crain’s Detroit Business. Crain’s also cited taxpayer money being given to Michigan International Speedway, which hosts NASCAR races. Michigan Capitol Confidential addressed this issue almost six months ago.

Sheriff Questions Racetrack's $800,000 State Police Subsidy

Other venues pay for the service; state taxpayers pick up NASCAR track's tab

… support at Michigan International Speedway. In separate letters sent to House … for state police patrols at the speedway. “I wholeheartedly believe that … disappointment about the state subsidy of speedway events. Bouchard said that concert … reimbursed us,” Shaw said. The speedway is the only venue included in the …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Summer 2013 Edition

… Viewers How Taxpayers Are Funding Political Lobbying Michigan Company Billed $465,774 for Teamsters Pension After Laying Off Its Last Unionized Trucker Speedway Assistance: Public Safety or Corporate Welfare? Michigan’s Craziest Laws: Don’t Seduce an Unmarried Woman or Dance to the National Anthem Proposed …

Kansas City Star Boilermakers Investigation

… The union even spent $43,000 to send Newton’s 23-year-old son to film school in British Columbia. The union also maintained a suite at the Kansas Speedway racetrack, which cost $40,000 per year.[25]

MichiganVotes.org June 11 Weekly Roll Call Report

… Complete Roll Call Vote Tally House Bill 6235, Extend Michigan International Speedway tax break, passed in the House (92 to 12) To push back from 2012 to 2017 the year by which Michigan International Speedway must make certain infrastructure improvements for which the state will …

Government Backs out of State Fair Land Deal

… hotels. Then the cities of Detroit, Ferndale, Huntington Woods and Pleasant Ridge filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court to stop construction of the speedway and amphitheater. This was enough to make Nederlander give up on the idea and sell the land. Even though the deal with the government hadn't been …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Summer 2011 Edition

… Government-Mandated Beer Contracts: Harder to Escape Than Marriage? Ann Arbor Schools Find and Oust 200 Ineligible Dependents from District Health Plan Super Speedway Notches Second State Subsidy Lawmaker Seeks More Transparency for SWAT Team Raids Ineligible Dependents on Ann Arbor Schools’ Health Plan Cost District …

Medical Pot Bringing $8.8M, 48 New Positions to Michigan State Police

They’ll enforce licensure mandates imposed by a ‘seed to sale’ regulatory regime authorized last year

… includes specific police training program additions ($1 million), a student safety hotline ($608,300) and traffic control at the Michigan International Speedway ($800,000). Matt Abel, the executive director of Michigan NORML, an organization that works to end state prohibitions on marijuana, said he wasn’t …

Authorize “Choose Life” and Pro-Sports License Plates; Ban Police Sex with Prostitutes and Lasing Aircraft

April 28, 2017 MichiganVotes weekly roll call report

… plate for professional sports teams, including the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Tigers and the Michigan International Speedway. Proceeds from the sale of the plates would go to charitable organizations created by these entities. Note: The facilities used by these operations …

Whitmer's 'Enhanced' Executive Order Penalties Appear Outside The Law And Constitution

State sidestepping state of emergency law by pulling sanctions from a different law

… cause, death or serious physical harm to the employee. A general duty clause citation carries a fine of up to $7,000.” For example, the state cited a Speedway gas station in Waterford where employees were inadequately wearing face masks under the nose, and that was not providing face coverings to employees …

Thirty-One MEDC Salaries Top $100K

… Economic Central Planning Agency Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway State Taxpayers Eat $350K Loan for East Lansing Property Purchase Google Jobs Lacking, Yet Some Locals Still Consider It a 'Badge of Honor' for …

MEGA Careful?

… Embattled State Agency Analysis: Michigan Taxpayers to Write $100 Million Check to Korean Battery Maker Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway Analysis: MEDC Letter an Admission of Failure Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics State Taxpayers Eat $350K Loan …

Owner of "One Dollar" Race Track Property Was Not Sent Tax Bills for Two Years

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

Senator Says MEDC Should Stop Believing Its Own Press Releases

… Economic Central Planning Agency Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway State Taxpayers Eat $350K Loan for East Lansing Property Purchase Google Jobs Lacking, Yet Some Locals Still Consider It a 'Badge of Honor' for …

Horse Race Track Says Wayne County “Perfectly Comfortable” With Controversial Land Deal

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

‘Upper Hand’ Michigan Economy Not Enough to Help Jeff Daniels’ Theatre

… elsewhere is our own advertisement.” ~~~~~ See also: State’s Economic Central Planning Agency Behaving Differently Under New Leadership Super Speedway Notches Second State Subsidy State Taxpayers May Eat $1.6 Million Loan for Defunct Green Bus Company State Loans Often Losers Filmmaker Tax Subsidy …

May 29, 2015 MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call

‘ABLE accounts,’ private prisons, fee hikes and more

… plate for professional sports teams, including the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Tigers and the Michigan International Speedway. Proceeds from the sale of the plates would go to charitable organizations created by these entities. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" House …

Give MDOT a Potty Break: Privatize State Rest Areas

… Many of these properties are in ideal locations that would be coveted by for-profit companies. A developer could bring in a Pizza Hut restaurant, Speedway gas station, and Starbucks coffee shop — and the developer would be responsible for maintaining the lavatories, lawn, parking facilities and every …

Privatization in Michigan State Parks

… characteristics. Hayes State Park. Hayes does contain three lakes, but much of the visitation is due to the park’s proximity to Michigan International Speedway and other tourist attractions. Hoeft State Park, 301 acres. Hoeft is a stopover for visitors to the Mackinac Straits area. Interlochen State Park, …

Patterson: Blow Up the Single Business Tax

… likely. This proposal died as one potential victim after another testified about how much more they would pay: Spartan Stores, Michigan International Speedway, the financial services industry, small businesses, etc. Feeling the need to "do something," legislative Republicans and the governor compromised …

Candidate Questionnaire for Tea Party Activists: 2009-2010 Edition

Hard-to-dodge questions that suggest whether a candidate for the Michigan Legislature actually supports limited government principles

… controlling interest in a Michigan insurance company. A bill to extend a business tax credit for capital improvements at the Michigan International Speedway. A bill imposing new regulations and registration requirements on home personal care services providers who were the subjects of a "stealth unionization" …

Lawmaker Says Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'

… Economic Central Planning Agency Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway State Taxpayers Eat $350K Loan for East Lansing Property Purchase Google Jobs Lacking, Yet Some Locals Still Consider It a 'Badge of Honor' for …

Voter Scorecard Designed to 'Make Lansing Listen'

… a controlling interest in a Michigan insurance company. A bill to extend a business tax credit for capital improvements at the Michigan International Speedway. A bill imposing new regulations and registration requirements on home personal care services providers who were the subjects of a "stealth unionization" …

Lawmaker Lobbies Against Lobbyist

… Economic Central Planning Agency Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway State Taxpayers Eat $350K Loan for East Lansing Property Purchase Google Jobs Lacking, Yet Some Locals Still Consider It a 'Badge of Honor' for …

Predictions of Success Are Public - Failures Are Secret?

Michigan Economic Development Corp. very open with predictions of success, growing more secretive with news of failure

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

State Budget Has Low-Hanging Fruit, Too

… expensive bureaucracy in the hope it might help select individuals and institutions. One-time Appropriation (Section 106) — Michigan International Motor Speedway: $831,900. MIS receives a “one-time” subsidy each year to provide traffic control around the venue. This is another in Michigan’s vast array of corporate …

Secrecy enables pork barrel waste

The mystery of anonymous earmarks: WhoSpentIt?

… budget office, the legislature and the governor’s office in 2014, but was stymied at every turn. The private, for-profit Michigan International Speedway has also been a direct beneficiary of multiple one-time grants to underwrite traffic control at their events. The system of secretive grant making …

Secrecy Enables Pork Barrel Waste

The mystery of anonymous earmarks: WhoSpentIt?

… budget office, the legislature and the governor’s office in 2014, but was stymied at every turn. The private, for-profit Michigan International Speedway has also been a direct beneficiary of multiple one-time grants to underwrite traffic control at their events. The system of secretive grantmaking …

$2.1 Billion in Michigan Budget Reforms

… too, such as with the Michigan International Speedway, mentioned further below and still others we … (Section 106) — Michigan International Motor Speedway: $831,900. MIS seems to receive a “one-time” … business enjoying its benefits. As an aside, the speedway also received up to $18.1 million in special …

MichCapCon Profile: The 3rd Congressional District Primary

… Republicans have split away. A recent example took place in June when a new law was approved that granted a special tax perk for the owners of a super speedway in Michigan (see: www.MichCapCon.com/12990). Amash and three other Republicans were amongst only a dozen legislators in the House to vote against …

MEDC-Endorsed Bet on Horse Track Now Under Investigation by Wayne Co.

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

'Schizophrenic' State Planning

Horse racing industry is both victim of state efforts to kill gambling and beneficiary of state efforts to subsidize gambling

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

An 'Expensive Game' Providing the 'Illusion of Creating Jobs'

State economic development czars trusted the job projections provided by horse race track seeking special tax treatment

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

Troubles for Track Were Known to State Before It Granted Special Tax Deal

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

July 22, 2016 MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call Report

Plates for me, plates for thee, plates for the man behind the tree

… plate for professional sports teams, including the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Tigers and the Michigan International Speedway. Proceeds from the sale of the license plates would go to charitable organizations created by these entities. Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate on May …

Bouchard 'Would Not Hesitate' to End State's Economic Central Planning Agency

… each voted for it. ~~~~~ See also: Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway State Taxpayers Eat $350K Loan for East Lansing Property Purchase Google Jobs Lacking, Yet Some Locals Still Consider It a 'Badge of Honor' for …

State Officials 'Stretch' the Law to Award Special Tax Deal to Troubled Business

… Special Tax Favors Are 'Cronyism'  Embattled Agency in Charge of Special Tax Favors Snaps at Critics Critics Shoot at Special Tax Deal for Super Speedway No Audits for Ten Years on Companies Getting Special Tax Breaks from State Lawmaker Says $150 Million in Unearned Tax Credits Given Out by State …

The State Budget and Civil Society

… You Can’t Be Serious!” There are other “one-time” appropriations that deserve the readers’ attention, too, such as with the Michigan International Speedway, mentioned further below and still others we have excluded from this letter.  End multicultural integration services: $1.9 million. This line item …