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Gloomy Michigan economy focus of GOP panel
“The Michigan political class is often flying blind,” Ken Braun of the Midland-based Mackinac Policy Center, said.
“Both political parties are equally culpable for the jam we’re in,” Phil Power, founder of the Center for Michigan, added.
“Party politics have superceded public policy,” said John Rakolta, a prominent Republican benefactor and owner of the Walbridge Aldinger development [...]
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Meet a believer in Michigan's future
BY RON DZWONKOWSKI
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
There are those who would say Michigan’s best days are done and that these peninsulas are destined to become a postindustrial wasteland, littered with empty factories and old, overweight people wondering what became of their pensions.
And then there is Phil Power.
“I want a successful, thriving Michigan,” he said. “But I don’t [...]
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Pluses, minuses of Dillon's plan
The same dynamic (politician-not-playing-to-expectation) has engendered significant support for the Dillon plan outside Lansing, notably from newspaper editorial pages, including the Free Press, and good government advocates like the Center for Michigan.
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Biz to Gov., Cherry: Oppose Dem plans
Phil Power, president of the Ann Arbor-based Center for Michigan, said that the issues targeted in the ballot proposals aren’t what have risen to the top in gatherings the center has convened in communities throughout the state over the last year and a half, in which some 5,000 people have participated.
He said state support for [...]
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23 participate in Conversation
CASSOPOLIS – Twenty-three Cass County leaders took part Wednesday evening in a two-hour “Community Conversation” designed to make their voices heard by legislators at Michigan’s Defining Moment, or MDM.
Sponsored by The Center for Michigan to develop a “common ground agenda for Michigan’s transformation,” participants heard that the state faces enormous challenges demanding far-reaching solutions and [...]
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Hey Michigan, can we talk?
Thursday morning in Pleasant Ridge I attended the latest in a series of conversations being conducted around the state by the Center for Michigan, the “think and do tank” established by Ann Arbor business leader/philanthropist Phil Power to build consensus on the state’s future.
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State budgets: Times are tough all over
The nonpartisan Center for Michigan has identified about $1.5 billion in savings. But much of that relies on slashing prison costs, and we’ve seen the hysteria that’s ensued with the governor’s very limited cuts to date. Senate Republicans are aggressively looking at a host of government efficiencies, but many of these won’t pay out in [...]
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Capital Chronicles – May 23, 2008
What’s the Matter with Michigan by Susan Demas
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Oakland Business Review – June 12, 2008
Guest Opinion: Globalization and knowledge – our future
by Tom Watkins
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Detroit Free Press – May 29, 2008
Leaders emphasize need to retain younger grads
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