dajafi wrote:Crimea and Putinishment
(drops mic)
Doll Is Mine wrote:This Ellen DeGeneres look alike on ESPN is annoying. Who the hell is he?
swishnicholson wrote:
even Putin on the Ritz
td11 wrote:man Crimea River is unoriginal and only sorta funny but FINE
jerseyhoya wrote:It's Time to Stop Putin
jerseyhoya wrote:It's Time to Stop Putin
LANSING, MI -- Michigan communities have missed out on some $6.2 billion in statutory revenue sharing payments over the past decade as lawmakers and governors diverted funds to fill holes in the state budget, according to a new report from the Michigan Municipal League highlighting losses by community.
Detroit, the state's largest city, lost out on $732 million in revenue sharing between 2003 and 2013, according to the report. Twenty two other cities -- from Grand Rapids to Wyandotte -- saw the state divert at least $10 million in sales tax revenue that local leaders believe they should have been entitled to.
That's money that would have helped local governments provide essential services -- including police and fire, water systems, road maintenance, parks, libraries -- and may have allowed some of them to avoid financial emergencies requiring state intervention.
"It is sad. It is wrong," Utica Mayor Jacqueline Noonan said Tuesday at a media roundtable. "The institutional memory in the state (Legislature) is non-existent. They don't care what happens to local governments. I'm furious."
The Michigan Constitution requires requires a portion of the state sales tax be distributed to local communities. Lawmakers cannot revise that formula.
However, local leaders say the state has not honored a statutory provision (see: law) that requires it to appropriate additional sales tax dollars to communities based on a standard formula. Over the course of the past decade, those "raids" have added up
thephan wrote:pacino's posting is one of the more important things revealed in weeks.
Calvinball wrote:Pacino was right.
thephan wrote:pacino's posting is one of the more important things revealed in weeks.
Calvinball wrote:Pacino was right.
td11 wrote:ahahah Russia has declared it's own sanctions against Caroline Atkinson, Daniel Pfiffer, Benjamin Rode, Harry Reed, John Boehner, Robert Menéndez, Mary Landreau, John McCain, Daniel Coats.
Werthless wrote:td11 wrote:ahahah Russia has declared it's own sanctions against Caroline Atkinson, Daniel Pfiffer, Benjamin Rode, Harry Reed, John Boehner, Robert Menéndez, Mary Landreau, John McCain, Daniel Coats.
About as focused a list as Obama's initial sanctions.