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What the Emergency Manager Referendum is About

… a referendum on the emergency manager law, believe that if … whether to support the emergency manager law or whether to revert to the state’s older emergency financial manager law. The idea of a referendum … the action. PA 4, the emergency manager law, was signed in 2011 … more

Detroit: Possibility of Real Privatization, Savings

Emergency manager's plan filed in bankruptcy court

… of cuts. Page 116 of the Disclosure document makes it clear that Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is prepared to contract out for some if not all the operations … have accrued $360 million in savings by now. Additionally, the emergency manager's report alludes to the possibility of outsourcing city airport work … more

What the Emergency Manager Referendum is About

… the referendum on the emergency manager law believe that if Public … support the current emergency manager law, or whether to revert to the state's older emergency financial manager law. This is also the opinion … the action. PA 4, the emergency manager law, was signed in 2011 … more

All Five Constitutional Amendments Soundly Defeated

Emergency manager law repealed

… Contacts: Ted O'Neil, Media Relations Manager 989-631-0900 or 989-513-3970 MIDLAND … Proposal 1, a referendum on the emergency manager law, also lost, meaning that … “With the defeat of Proposal 1, the emergency financial manager law that was put in place in 1990 … more

State Lawmakers Invite a Local Emergency Manager by Disregarding Michigan’s History

… headlines by requesting a state financial review team from the Michigan Department of Treasury — a step that could lead to the city’s takeover by an emergency manager. Allen Park’s previous leadership deserves blame for bringing the city to this juncture, but the state Legislature deserves some as well. By … more

City Has Been Paying $10,000 A Month To Light Vacant Garage

Pontiac emergency manager wants Phoenix Center demolished

… member of Pontiac's emergency manager team. "Ten thousand a … $60,000 per year. Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel has been … Under Michigan's original emergency financial manager law, enacted under former … Blanchard in the 1990s, emergency managers are sent in to Michigan … more

Ideas For Fixing the Financial Manager Law

… rejected the state's emergency manager law, Public Act 4 of … This reinstates the older emergency financial manager law, Public Act 72 of 1990, … newer law was allowing emergency managers to unilaterally amend … message as being against emergency managers more than the difference … more

Emergency Manager Law Makes Pontiac Reforms Possible

… gives local government emergency managers powers not found under the previous emergency financial manager law, known as Public Act 72. … was the ability for an emergency manager to — with the state Treasury’s … why PA 4 is needed. Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel took over … more

Acts of God

Don't like the EFM law? There's an alternative: Rein in government employee unions

… and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb continue to struggle … benefit from a strengthened emergency financial manager statute that among other things … hence the need to equip emergency managers with broad authority … more

Benefit Costs Sunk Benton Harbor's Finances

… state Auditor General Joseph Harris as the emergency manager in April of 2010. Benton Harbor was in the … seeking comment. ~~~~~ See also: Are Michigan's Emergency Financial Managers Overpaid? Local Government Bankruptcies May … more

Understand the Emergency Manager Law Before Changing It

Making sure that local governments meet their financial obligations

… discuss reforms to the emergency manager law. Any attempt to change … insolvency. When it appoints an emergency manner, it takes the last … also may appoint an emergency manager, enter into a “neutral … statewide referendum on the emergency manager law, the only way a local … also say it does not give managers a “revenue option” — the … more

Pontiac Turnaround Stories: City Vs. Schools

While the school district struggles, the city sees light at the end of the tunnel thanks to emergency manager reforms

… recovers thanks to a strong emergency manager. In spite of its own … now being run by an emergency manager, and Benton Harbor. Neither … Schimmel, Pontiac's emergency manager (who was director of … shows the value of an emergency manager. "Our emergency manager … provide law enforcement, emergency dispatch, assessing, animal … more

Prop 1 Defeat a Loss for Struggling School Districts

Stronger Law Used to Help Clean Up DPS' Spending

… Michigan's stronger emergency manager law.  It remains to … trigger Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Roy Roberts' resignation. Just … unclarified and weaker emergency manager law. The older law does … that has greatly helped emergency managers save DPS money. When Prop … more

DPS Emergency Manager Could Make Big Changes

Steps in the right direction are possible without changing laws

… change. With a state emergency manager already overseeing DPS, … educating students. Emergency managers of both the Highland … Highland Park, the emergency manager's operating plan for the … and Muskegon Heights emergency managers were able to make such … district has been under emergency management for years, and … more

City Spends $8 Million on Theater — Sells It Eight Years Later for $135,000

Despite expensive renovations, Pontiac emergency manager says, 'How the money was spent was hard to see'

… for $135,000. Pontiac Emergency Manager Louis Schimmel said the … appointed as the city's emergency financial manager in September 2011, said he … Vacant Garage Before Emergency Manager, Pontiac Had 87 Different … 1: Referendum on the Emergency Manager Law more

Contracting Helps Cash-Strapped City Add More Police Officers For Less Money — And Better Service

Emergency manager action 'best thing that has happened in the city of Pontiac in a long time'

… part of the reason why an emergency financial manager was appointed in 2009. In August 2011, Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel worked out … 1: Referendum on the Emergency Manager Law City Spends $8 Million … Vacant Garage Before Emergency Manager, Pontiac Had 87 Different … more

Financial Emergency Over: Elected Government Returns to Pontiac

Ready to operate 'like a professionally managed city'

In March, after years of emergency management, the city of Pontiac … from a state-appointed emergency manager to the elected mayor … Lou Schimmel, who was emergency manager of the city from 2011 … advisory board amended one emergency manager order and repealed another, … past emergency financial managers and emergency managers have … more

Ecorse: Regaining Control

Taxpayers benefit from emergency manager actions

… selected Joyce Parker as Ecorse's emergency manager. Parker helped privatize most … Public Act 4, which redefined the emergency manager law and gave Parker and other emergency managers the power to set aside union … about Commentary: Contracts Show, Manager Law 'Chemo' for Cancerous Fiscal … more

Fiscal Problems Not Stopping Flint From Pursuing $2.4M Hydrogen Bus

City has 18 percent unemployment and an emergency manager

… rate near 18 percent and a fiscal situation so bad it requires an emergency manager, the Flint Mass Transportation Authority is trying to buy a hydrogen … vehicle and hope to purchase one in the near future," Ed Benning, general manager of the Flint MTA said in an email. The MTA is requesting that it be able … more

Yes, The Legislature Changed Its Emergency Manager Policies to Reflect the Referendum

And the new law gives local governments more control

… voters by passing a new emergency manager law after voters rejected a previous emergency manager law. But the new legislation … The vote rejected the emergency manager law and reinstalled the state's older emergency financial manager law. As I wrote after the … more