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Crain's Detroit Business – June 2, 2008
A Call to Action – click to read full article
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Crain's Detroit Business – June 2, 2008
Phil Power Aims for Centrist Public Policy – click to read full article
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Observer & Eccentric – Center Seeks a Path for State's Prosperity
Michigan is broken, and Phil Power has a plan to fix it.
The former owner of the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers laid it out Wednesday to members of the American Association of University Women at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Township.
“The interests of 10 million people in Michigan are being sacrificed for the [...]
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Record Eagle – Effort Attempts to Inspire Change Statewide
TRAVERSE CITY — Phil Power is tired of hearing about a Michigan government that just can’t seem to get anything done.
A partial shutdown of state departments in October lasted four hours, and occurred because
legislators failed to adopt a new budget in time. Cuts to higher education and natural resources, he said, mean scaling back on [...]
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Hour Detroit – Power for the People
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Power for the People
A media mogul with a forceful name is seeking grassroots support for political moderation
by George Bullard
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Saginaw News – "Group Believes Citizens have Power to Change Michigan"
After selling his successful suburban Detroit community newspaper company two years ago, Phil Power probably could have lived anywhere he liked and done anything he wanted.
But instead of quietly retiring to some ocean-side villa in the tropics, Power is trying to mobilize a citizens movement he hopes will lead Michigan out [...]
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Detroit Free Press – "Budget Outcome: Spending Grows"
LANSING — Gov. Jennifer Granholm and 148 lawmakers ended nine months of haggling over the state’s budget crisis by essentially agreeing to preserve the status quo.
They settled early Wednesday on a $9.8-billion general fund budget, up $760 million from the previous budget year. After agreeing Oct. 1 to raise $1.3 billion [...]
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Lansing State Journal – "State Leaders Aim to Create Agenda"
Compromise isn’t a four-letter word.
At least that’s the view of a group of state leaders mostly outside of government who are hoping to build a bipartisan, citizen-based agenda that trumps the polarization and partisan bickering dominating the Capitol today.
The Center for Michigan has begun convening “community conversations” around the state as part [...]
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Michigan Radio – "DNR May Close Parks, Layoff Staff"
A recent report from Michigan’s Auditor General says the Department of Natural Resources is not collecting enough in hunting and fishing license fees to support its operations.
The DNR says without more money, the state will be forced to close parks, shutdown wildlife management programs, and lay off conservation officers.
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