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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 …