David Z | May 14, 2010
In 2009, the State of Michigan spent approximately $12M for a national advertising campaign to promote tourism to Michigan, called Pure Michigan. Currently, the State legislature is considering reducing the funding for the program to only $5M for 2010.
David Z | November 19, 2009
This week, the City of Pontiac (MI) accepted a bid to purchase the Silverdome, nestled among 127 sprawling acres of crumbling concrete and lightpots, on the outskirts of 20.2 square miles of blight known as the “City of Pontiac”, for $583,000.
David Z | September 26, 2009
When I first read the story yesterday, I was taken aback by a few of the comments although I should not have been so surprised by the outright rent-seeking. It’s also a modern-day witch hunt. Snyder will have to defend herself against whatever frivolous charges the State and the DHS dream up, all because some jackass accused her of running an unlicensed day care facility, despite all the evidence and common sense to the contrary.
David Z | March 7, 2009
Yesterday afternoon I replied to Joseph Marohl’s post about the profit motive. FSK says I should stop wasting my time “debating with idiots.” I’m not so quick to brand people; perhaps my “idiot detector” is more finely calibrated than his, or perhaps I just like to give people the benefit of the doubt. [...]
