… repeatedly reminded of the MEDC’s foot-dragging this year for … from those FOIA requests that MEDC staffers extolled the agency’s … Detroit News in January. The MEDC staff asked JoAnn Crary, then … Jan. 15. One email from the MEDC’s communications director read, … night.” The “team” even included MEDC CEO Quentin Messer, who had …
… political spectrum calling for the MEDC to be reformed, defunded or … Legislature just zeroed out the MEDC’s Strategic Outreach and Attraction … Legislature should defund the MEDC, at least temporarily. This … the attorney general raided MEDC offices because the agency … Mike Cox would dismantle the MEDC. Former House Speaker Tom Leonard …
… to do with the functions the MEDC provides. Most likely the duties … taxpayers’ money. Within the MEDC annual report’s 135 pages you … too much to expect that the MEDC’s programs will drive the state … reasons, a reassessment of the MEDC ought to conclude that its … agency. Author's Note: The MEDC passed an amendment that extended …
… Corporation to more sunshine. The MEDC is the state’s department of … bureaucracy. The failure of MEDC programs to create and maintain … to keep its records secret. MEDC officials routinely stymie … I’ve recommended before, the MEDC should be shut down in its … spends their tax dollars. The MEDC employs a dark methodology …
… reminded this viewer why the MEDC needs more transparency and accountability. The MEDC’s chief operating officer, Amanda … described reviews of the MSF-MEDC by the Michigan Office of the Auditor General of Michigan. The MEDC has made a history of cheering … her opening statement, the MEDC’s COO said, “To date the Good …
… suffer if the state sacked the MEDC. The reality is that the states … admits in the piece, “[The MEDC’s] overall impact on job creation … their core mission. While the MEDC and MEGA started as small, … harm than good. It’s good that MEDC has shrunk – but that doesn’t … it will stay that way. The MEDC does more political development …
… but refusing to show you their report card. The MEDC, the state agency responsible for Pure Michigan, … the tourism economy fared no better. Unlike the MEDC’s contractor we used publicly available data sources. … the scene, this is a great opportunity for the MEDC to demonstrate the confidence it has in its program. …
… The latest salvo against the MEDC was inspired, at least in part, … obtain information from the MEDC. “I don’t think the Legislature … Joseph Rivet actually argued the MEDC should lose its funding over … try to hold these guys at the MEDC accountable to taxpayers, they … who also are troubled by the MEDC's lack of transparency and accountability. …
… transportation infrastructure. The MEDC is the state’s corporate welfare … construction and maintenance. The MEDC does not want its funding cut … Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), said the plan "severely limits … the press release from the MEDC, the media reports soon followed. … not nearly as valuable as the MEDC says, but it is undoubtedly …
… need for more investment in MEDC programs. Specifically, the … of Kentucky involving the MEDC’s winning bidder, a firm called … submitted in response to an MEDC request for proposal looks … a recycled version of the MEDC’s own deeply flawed RFP. There’s … conforming to those sought by the MEDC. Pleasing a client is not …
