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  • Detroit pension proposal would shut out new hires

    09/27/2013 6:49:11 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 5 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Sep 27, 2013 5:42 PM EDT | Corey Williams
    State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr wants to overhaul Detroit’s two pension systems by shutting out new workers and freezing benefits for current members. … In July, Orr made Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection. …
  • Benton Harbor Turnaround

    09/26/2011 6:01:46 AM PDT · by jenk · 19 replies
    jenkuznicki.com ^ | 9/26/11 | Jen Kuznicki
    I watched Off The Record this weekend, a half-hour political talk show in Michigan, hosted by Michigan political reporter, Tim Skubic. Usually liberal and fast-paced, Off The Record deals with the downstate politics that rule the rest of us. Part of the discussion was with Representative Al Pscholka, the new Republican representative of Benton Harbor, who took some grilling about the emergency financial manager that has now turned Benton Harbor around in 6 short months. A controversial law was passed in April, criticized by liberals and libertarians alike, that allowed for the State to take over local control of municipalities...