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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2012 Media Contact: WardHill Omni Media LaToya Henry (313) 447-6404 Tonie Bell (313) 802-1817 Official Press Statement from Michigan Forward Chairman and CEO Brandon Jessup Effective Monday, April 2, 2012 I, Brandon [...] Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law has sparked debate, national news coverage, and a petition drive to put the issue on the ballot this November. Join Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry as we discuss this controversial measure at our next Issues & Ale [...] Michigan’s new “Emergency Manager” law (Public Act 4 of 2011, the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act) has garnered national attention and ignited debate on fundamental issues of democratic governance. Among the law’s most controversial aspects is [...] A judge has ruled that the state violated the Open Meetings Act in appointing emergency manager Michael Brown. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina invalidated Brown’s appointment and also reinstated the authority of Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and the [...] Michigan Deputy State Treasurer Roger Fraser said his research on the effects of bankruptcy on local communities led him to talk last fall with the city manager in Ventura, Calif. Fraser said Ventura is now a little bit less than five years [...] State officials and policy experts convened yesterday at the Ford School of Public Policy for a panel discussion on Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law. Panelists discussed the impacts of Public Act 4, which was enacted in March 2011 by Republican [...] 
Michigan’s Controversial Emergency Manager Law: A Panel Discussion On Fundamental Issues of Governance Monday, March 19, 2012 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Annenberg Auditorium 735 S. State Street 1120 Weill Hall Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free [...]
On Monday, March 19 from 4pm-5:30pm, the U-M Detroit Center will simulcast, Michigan’s Controversial Emergency Manager Law: A Panel Discussion on Fundamental Issues of Governance, live from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on the campus of the [...] Brandon Jessup is not shy about sharing his thoughts on Public Act 4, the Michigan law that allows state-appointed emergency managers to run cash-strapped cities and school districts. “The fact is that Public Act 4 is bad public policy,” Jessup [...]
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