We are writing to express support for your editorial supporting renewal of the special education tax millage, a tax equal on an annual basis to about .05% (one twentieth of one percent) of the market value of homes. As parents of a daughter who attends Ann Arbor public schools and ...
One in seven students in Washtenaw County receives special education services, such as overcoming learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, or more severe physical, mental, or emotional problems. The Washtenaw Intermediate School District provides special education funds to the 10 school districts in the county through a millage which helps pay for these programs. That millage has expired and WISD is seeking a seven-year renewal on May 3.
Ypsilanti District Library users, I urge you to assure your library’s continued excellent services and book collections. Vote yes on Nov. 2 to reinstate the .38 millage funds lost because of Headlee rollbacks and decreased property taxes.
A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington calls Michigan's tax structure "horribly regressive" and lends credence to the Detroit Free Press's call Sunday for tax reform, a Friday editorial says.
A package of bills introduced by State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, represents a sensible start toward reforming Michigan's antiquated tax structure, The Detroit Free Press says in an editorial today. "Meadows' proposals would reduce the state sales tax to 5%, extend it to most services, and repeal an onerous ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the public schools are seeking a regional enhancement millage. All of the money generated from this millage — 100 percent of it — will be used in Washtenaw County public school districts to help maintain quality programs.
I retired from teaching at Pioneer High School in June of 2008, but have stayed involved in our public schools in various ways. In the last few years of my teaching, the district was forced to cut millions of dollars from the budget due to decreased revenues from the state ...
I’d like to write to encourage everyone living in Washtenaw County to vote in favor of the Enhancement Millage for public schools on Nov. 3. I know that many people are not currently parents of children in public schools — you do not have children, your children are grown, or ...
Thank goodness for Mr. Seelig and the Washtenaw County Republican Party ("Now is not the time for a tax increase in Washtenaw County"). Now I think Newt Gingrich lowered the bar for party politics over public interest to the lowest level possible, but someone needs to challenge the fear-mongering of ...
I disagree with Wyckham Seelig's comments concerning a tax increase for schools. If he opposes a millage increase that is his prerogative but don't hide behind the Washtenaw County Republican Party tag unless you have polled each one of us individually.
Health care providers around the state and Ann Arbor are reacting with mixed feelings about a measure moving through the state legislature that's being called the "physician's tax." A bill passed by the Michigan House earlier this month would tack a 3 percent tax on the gross revenue of physicians' offices to ...
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority officials today announced plans to conduct a community survey to gauge interest in expanding transit services throughout Washtenaw County - possibly with a new countywide millage to go before voters. Local transportation officials have been discussing the option of layering a countywide 1-mill property tax on ...
Local voters will get a chance to vote on approving extra money for traditional school districts when they head to the polls in November. The Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s school board formally voted Tuesday morning to place a 2-mill enhancement millage on the November ballot. The WISD’s action followed each ...
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