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POLITICS
Cover Model: Abraham Lincoln 16th President of United States of America
detroit Metro
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FREE VOLUME ii, EDITION Vii
MCMACHEN BUYS$4.7MILLION INFORECLOSURES
HOMES
SPORTS
LIONS -V-PACKERS &THE BEARS
A LOOK AT THE BALLOTMACOMB COUNTY PRIMARY
TAKE ONE!
CONCERTS FESTIVALS PEOPLE&PETS
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VOTE FOR ARMAND VELARDO FORMACOMB COUNTY PROBATE COURT JUDGE ON AUGUST 7th
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Many locals were on site to watch as the offices of Westview Orchard & Cider Mill, which were located within the 1921 farm house pictured above, were transported on a trailer up the side of a hill on the or-chard’s property facing VanDyke road.
“It was a way to preserve a building that’s been a part of the nearly two hun-dred year old property since 1921 while giving us more parking for customers and a better view of the mill.” said a worker inside Westview’s street side store which offers a variety of fresh fruits
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We spoke with Katrina Schumach-er, one of the owners of the fam-ily owned orchard recently. She told us, “We’ll be a Bicentennial Farm in 2013 celebrating 200 years of serving the Romeo and Metro Detroit Area! “
Deciding to keep the old farm house which serves as the offices of West-view Orchard is an example of why this farmland has remained in tact as a functioning orchard amidst the area’s commercial growth and residential building booms. Pres-ervation and conservation are what keeps tradition and history alive..To watch a video of this unique business move, visit us at www.yesdetroit.com.
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to pet her. Knowing this, you can show your dog what she must do to earn your attention. Keep your attention and your hands away from your dog unless her front feet are on the floor. Two things to remember:1) Immediately give your dog attention and petting the instant her front feet land on the floor. For instance, when you enter a door and your dog jumps up on you, ignore her. Don’t tell her to get off you and don’t push her away. Instead, stand up straight and look over her head. If you move your arms and hands at all, pull them up toward your chest. If she continues jumping all over you, turn away. She’ll have to put her front paws on the floor to follow you. 2) The instant her front paws touch the floor, melt into the wonderful loving owner that you are, and say “Good girl” quietly and pet her head. If she jumps up at your touch, just pull your hand away, stand up straight like before, and ignore her until her feet find the floor once again. The moment her feet touch the floor, pet her. Your attention and your touch are the words that you can use to let your dog how she needs to act to get your attention.Never withhold attention when your dog’s feet finally do touch the floor—even if you’re
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Because teaching your dog not to jump can be challenging, don’t hesitate to enlist the help of a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT) in your area. A professional trainer will offer group or private classes that can give you and your dog lots of help with jump-ing issues. Please see our article, Find-ing Professional Help, to locate a CPDT.
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Referred to as a “state-of-the-art operations and communications center,” this facility will serve as a central office for the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office dispatch (911 calls), the Department of Roads Traffic Operations Center, the Information Technology Data Center and the county’s Emergency Man-agement & Communications Department.
By consolidating these four elements of public safety and their various technolo-gies in a single place, Emergency Man-agement Coordinator Vicki Wolber said the county should be able to “reduce and eliminate redundant systems,” while im-proving the county’s emergency response.
Renovations focus on state-of-the-art technol-ogy. Rather than construct a new building, the roughly 25,000-square-foot center will be built inside the older section of the Macomb County Department of Roads (MCDOR) building on Groesbeck. Renovations will begin in the next few months and Hackel said the new facility should be up and running by this time next year.
Proposed renovations include a 20-by-40-foot video wall that will be accessible to all units in the building, an emergency power genera-tor, eight traffic monitoring positions, 24 dis-patch positions, office/conference space and room to accommodate more than 70 staff.
Architectural mock-ups of the $11 mil-lion facility depict a two-story structure that
vaguely resembles a NASA control room. The video wall, containing 54 70-foot moni-tors, will be the focal point of the center, vis-ible from both floors and able to project mul-tiple images ranging from Doppler radar to real-time video shot by cameras currently found in intersections throughout the county.
Funding for this project will come from a va-riety of sources, including roughly 10 percent ($770,500) from drug forfeitures made by the sheriff’s department. The Michigan Depart-ment of Roads/Federal Highway Administra-tion will supply $3.98 million, while the county’s capital improvement budget will add another $3.57 million. Federal grant programs will cov-er almost $2 million and if Macomb County’s state representatives are successful in obtain-ing a grant from the state’s Economic Vitality Incentive Program (EVIP), another $2 million will be available for additional renovations.
For taxpayers concerned about cost, Hack-el says, “We’re not looking for money, or bonds or increasing taxes … we’re going to utilize current staff” whose salaries are covered by the monies currently allocated their respective departments. Year-to-year operational costs will be covered by the budgets approved for the sheriff’s office, emergency management, MCDOR and IT.“We don’t anticipate having to go out for more money,” Hackel said.Cities encouraged to consoli-date own dispatch with county
And while the center’s primary purpose is to consolidate county services, Hackel said any municipalities wishing to partner with the county to enhance their own emergency services are welcome to do so. This facility is being built for purposes of Macomb County,”
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Macomb County Set to Build $11 Million Facility to Merge
Public Safety ServicesMacomb County has plans to house the Ma-comb County Sheriff’s Office dispatch, De-partment of Roads Traffic Operations Center, Information Technology Data Center and Emer-gency Management & Communications De-partment under one one state-of-the-art roof. Think high tech, NASA Space Center facility.Emergency Management Coordinator Vicki Wolber, Sheriff Anthony Wickersham and Ma-comb County Executive Mark Hackel share plans for the $11 million state-of-the-art op-erations and communications center that will combine communication between several Ma-comb County departments such as the Sher-iff’s Office dispatch, the Roads Department Traffic Operations Center, the Information Technology Data Center and the Emergency Management & Communications Department.
“Consolidation” was County Executive Mark Hackel’s catchword Wednesday as he unveiled plans for an $11 million facility to house the coun-ty’s chief players in public safety in one location.“We’re going to bring together (county ser-
Hackel said. “We're not trying to reach out and take over somebody else’s dis-patch center. We want to partner if they’re interested, but only if they’re interested.”
So far, Shelby Township, Clinton Town-ship and Sterling Heights have ex-pressed interest in this partnership.“The 911 center is the backbone of law en-forcement operations,” said Sheriff Anthony Wickersham. “Dispatchers have first con-tact with our citizens that are in need, pro-viding real-time information to responding public safety personnel is going to make our job a lot easier and safer, providing better services to the citizens we protect. This center will provide that environment today and for many decades to come.”
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FOR MACOMB COUNTY FORECLOSED PROPERTYHOMES McMachen Pays $4.7 MILLION at AUCTIONMcMachen, the owner of a Ma-comb County marina on Lake St. Clair surprised hundreds of inves-tors at a county property auction during the last week of July, when he walked in and offered $4.7 mil-lion for more than 650 foreclosed-upon parcels, county officials said.
Bill McMachen, known throughout Macomb County as the owner and founder of MacRay Harbor Resort, arrived at the county Treasurer's Of-fice tax auction just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 31 and, on behalf of a handful of other investors, bought all 657 residential, vacant, industrial and commercial properties, Macomb County Treasurer Ted Wahby told us on Thursday. "Clearly the mar-ket in Macomb County is attractive enough for someone to pay upwards of $4 million to invest in," Wahby said.
The large-scale bid, the biggest of its kind, came as welcome news
to the Treasurer's Office. Some 300 investors hoping to bid one-by-one on the properties were refunded the $500 they deposited in order to register for the annual auction.
Local news stations are reporting Mc-Machen can hardly keep up with the flood of emails from property management companies, would-be investors, families and folks looking to make a fresh start, all looking to get a piece of his purchase of some 650 foreclosed properties.
Real estate brokers seeking homes to flip and single mothers and families with loved ones with disabilities in search of affordable housing are just a few of the emails McMachen has sifted through after news broke of his purchase..
All want to strike a deal with the man who on Tuesday walked into Macomb Coun-ty’s tax foreclosure auction at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights and left after
buying all the properties for $4.9 million.
The purchase surprised many and frustrated some three hundred other investors who waited hours at the auction but were turned away, their $500 registration deposits in hand. McMachen’s purchase has set the wheels in motion for a very busy future. “It’s overwhelming,” McMachen said Thursday, from his desk inside a cluttered cubicle that he uses in his son’s Harrison Township boat dealership. “I’m having a hard time keeping up with them all.”
McMachen, co-founder of the up-scale MacRay Harbor Resort in Har-rison Township, contacted treasury officials a month ago to let them know that he was thinking about making the large-scale purchase, the biggest of its kind in the county.
His interest was piqued by friends who made good money flipping
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Treasurer Ted Wahby said a few others expressed interest in purchasing all the properties, and that county officials con-ducting the auction knew McMachen’s intentions when he walked in the door.
“Clearly the market in Macomb County is attractive enough for someone to pay up-wards of $4 million to invest in,” Wahby said after the auction.
Records obtained from the Ma-comb County Treasurers office show that the bulk of the proper-ties — 392 — are in Warren, where 7 percent of its 52,190 housing units were foreclosed upon since 2008.
McMachen plans to appraise each prop-erty as-is and sell them at fair market val-ue. The properties he is unable to sell, he intends to fix up, with the hopes that home improvements will result in sales.
McMachen, known as a visionary philanthropist and business manworked for GM at the Gear and Axle plant with a friend named Connie Ray. It was there that Connie Ray shared with McMachen that he could put car engines in boats. When Connie said that, Bill told him he’d be his first deal-er (and he opened the first Sea Ray Dealership on Van Dyke in Warren.)
It’s well known that McMachen’s ca-reer was defined by building one of the best Sea Ray Dealerships in the country until the fall of 2002, when the economy went sour and he sold his rights to sell Sea Ray to Beauregard of Colony Marine and bought the re-maining share of MacRay Harbor (a marina he’d built with pal Connie Ray, hence MacRay.) Bill lives at the ma-rina within a stones throw of the res-taurant and bar. He continues to be one of Macomb county’s most favored philanthropists and over all “good guy.”
McMachen’s decision to invest in Ma-
comb County, in what’s beingcalled the “biggest transaction of its kind on record” is a true indicator that the
Macomb County real estate market is poised for good things and that our home values are on the rebound.
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About 130 of those jobs are already filled and the rest will be filled as the plant ramps up production on transmissions for the Ford C-MAX Hybrid, C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid, Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.
The Dearborn automaker says it is the only front-wheel drive hybrid transmis-sion to be made in North America. The plant employs about 1,350 workers.
The transmissions are assembled on a new, flexible transmission line that also produces six-speed automatic transmis-sions, part of a $220 million investment.
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MACOMB COUNTY VETERANS’ MILLAGE If approved, this proposal will re-new the .04 mills levied by Ma-comb County from 2008 through 2012 for six years, 2013 through 2018, to con-tinue funding of financial aid and services for Macomb County veterans and to-support the Macomb County Vet-erans’ Services Department and Veterans’ Affairs Commission in provid-ing services and financial aid to veterans. Shall the .04 mills, (4 cents per $1,000 of tax-able value), increase on the limitation on the amount of taxes imposed on taxable property in Macomb County which expires in 2012 be renewed for six (6) years, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to be levied by Macomb County on taxable real and per-sonal property for a period of 6 years, 2013 to 2018, inclusive, for the purpose of providing finan-cial aid and services to veterans and to support the administration of the Macomb County Veter-ans’ Services Department and Ma-comb County Veterans’ Affairs Commission? It is estimated that a levy of .04 mills will raise approximately $984,560 in the first calendar year of the levy.
MACOMB COUNTY ART INSTITUTE AUTHORITY MILLAGE The Macomb County Art Insti-tute Authority was established pur-suant to Public Act 296 of 2010 and formed to allow for continu-ing support of art institute servic-es for the students, residents and visitors of Macomb County. The law allows the Authority to seek authorization from the electors to levy a tax of not more than 0.2 mill (20 cents per $1,000 of taxable value) on real and personal property to provide revenue to an art institute services provider for this purpose. Accordingly, to continue provid-ing art institute services to ben-efit the residents of the County,
shall a 0.2 mill on all of the taxable property lo-cated within the County be imposed for a period of ten (10) years, being years 2012 through 2021? It is estimated that if approved and levied, this new millage would gener-ate approximately $4,877,863.36 in 2012.
EASTPOINTE:Shall the Charter of the City of Eastpointe, Chapter III Sections 14, 15, 17, 26, 27 and 41 be amended; to redefine the orga-nizational structure between the City Council, the City Manager, and the Director of Finance to provide that the City Manager shall appoint the Director of Finance who thereafter shall be immediately responsible to the City Manager for the ad-ministration of the Department of Finance?
Shall the Charter of the City of Eastpointe, Chapter XII Section 22 be amended to allow the City to enter into contracts paid out of money from appropriations for waste removal, recycling services and public works for a period in excess of three years but not to exceed ten years?
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed for library purposes upon taxable property in the City of Eastpointe, Coun-ty of Macomb, State of Michigan, be increased in an amount not to exceed 1.0 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) on the taxable value of all taxable property in the City of Eastpointe beginning with the 2012 levy, for a period of 5 years, in order to provide funds for the opera-tion and maintenance of the City’s public library known as the Eastpointe Memorial Library? If approved and levied in its entirety, this millage would raise an estimated additional amount of $464,503.00 for the Library in 2012.
NEW BALTIMOREShall a Charter Commission be elect-ed to propose a revised Charter, originally adopted in 1973, to be voted on by the electorate?
WARRENMILLAGE FOR POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY PROTECTION Shall the Charter of the City of Warren be amend-ed to authorize the levy of an additional 4.9 mills on each dollar of taxable value -conti --
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SPORTS SCENE | LIONS SEASON 2012: Ahead of The PACK & The BEARS
The Detroit Lions are Aces High in every 2012 NFC North matchup—from talent where their opponents are weak to more stability on the coaching staff. The Lions are a team to contend with in 2012,
The 2012 Detroit Lions’ roster, uses several extremely high draft picks to get players like QB Matthew Stafford, WR Calvin Johnson and DT Ndamukong Suh.The Lions drafted Stafford with the No. 1 overall pick, and they selected Johnson and Suh with the No. 2 overall pick. They’ve done a great job of not missing on these players at the top of the draft, but they’ve also drafted playerss late that are producing for them, and they’re using free agency to bring in point-makers on offense and defense. General manager Martin Mayhew has done a super job of bringing in playmakers at every point of the draft, and free agency.
The Lions key is a stable coaching staff, as head coach Jim Schwartz, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan and defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham have been together since the 2009 NFL season. The entire staff returning means players know what the coaches want and they can prepare well for all future expectations.
Comparing them against THE BEARS & the PACK: The Chicago Bears are a team with a ton of challenges before them. New offense, a new offensive coordinator and an entire new group of starting receivers for quarterback Jay Cutler. It’s rare for teams to perform consistently with so many new things happening around them.
Some NFL experts predict the Bears will be playoff contenders in 2012, but reality is no one knows what the offense is going to look like. Mad scientist Mike Martz is out as offensive coordinator and Mike Tice replaces him. This new offense needs more balance, and there needs to be more of an effort to protect the quarterback.
It’ll take time for the Bears to get their offense clicking. It’s fair to make the argument that they’ll have moments where they look dynamic, but the reality is that on offense, the Bears are going to struggle. Passing game will most likely be inconsistent for long stretches.Newly acquired WR Brandon Marshall gets reunited with QB Jay Cutler, as the pair played in Denver from 2006-2008. In Denver, they had great success, but it won’t be as easy as just picking up where they left off. Three seasons have passed since Cutler and Marshall played together.
The Bears added WR Alshon Jeffery in Round 2 of the 2012 NFL draft. Jeffery has
enormous potential, but he needs to develop, as it’s difficult for rookie receivers to make a significant impact in their first year. Jeffery possesses incredible talent, and NFC North teams should fear this passing game in the future, just not in 2012.
The offense is going to need some time to work out the kinks. More importantly, Cutler and the receivers need to develop synergy on the field. It’ll be surprising if the Bears are able to throw the ball consistently in 2012.
The Bears had issues with their offensive line, and they’ve struggled to protect the QB. These issues remain, leading to a big question; Who’s starting at left tackle for the Bears? They have to solve this problem, or they’re going to have significant problems staying competitive with the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.
The Lions have the same personnel as in 2011. With that comes a large amount of familiarity for QB Matthew Stafford. The Lions’ offensive line did an extremely solid job in 2012.These are areas that the Lions have significant advantages over the Bears. The Bears will struggle to understand their new offense, and they need to develop synergy in the passing game. While the Lions hum on all cylinders.
The Green Bay Packers possess a roster considered to be the deepest and most talented in the NFL. There’s one exception, and it could turn into a major problem if an injury were to hit their starting quarterback.
The backup QB position is a serious weakness for the Pack. If Aaron Rodgers gets injured and misses any time at all, the Pack would be in a sticky spot. The Pack has a lot of veteran leadership, and wouldn’t go belly-up, but they’d not dominate opponents the way they do with Rodgers either.Aaron Rodgers is truly the best quarterback in the NFL.He’s a devastating player that NFL defenses have not been able to stop. The drop-off in play from an elite Rodgers to an unproven Graham Harrell would be something that would sharply damage the Pack. Harrell is untested at the NFL level, and the Pack’s reluctance to add an experienced backup is realistically the only knock that can be made on the entire makeup of their team.
The Packers were solid with Matt Flynn backing up Rodgers over the past few years, but the Seattle Seahawks signed him in free agency. As excellent as GM Ted Thompson has been, it seems that the Packers have overlooked what an inexperienced backup QB would do to their team.
The Lions have a proven NFL player in place to back up starting QB Matthew Stafford. Shaun Hill started games in the NFL, and he makes throws that the Lions would need him to make if Stafford misses any time. There’d be a drop-off, but it wouldn’t be nearly as drastic as what the Pack would face.
The Lions would be biz as usual on offense with Hill, but they’d not be nearly
as potent as with Stafford. With Harrell taking snaps under center, the Pack would have a big hole at the position, and that hole could take a team that is elite and make it average.
The Packers don’t have an elite player like Johnson in their group of WR(s). With exceptional depth and a remarkably solid stable of playmakers for Rodgers. The Lions hold an advantage in this area, as they have one of the best playmakers in the NFL on their roster.
The Pack struggled to get any pressure on the QB in 2012, and lack of pressure led to a poor showing from their secondary. QB pressure and secondary play work together, as pressure
on the QB leads to great secondary play.This lack of pressure exposes the secondary and leads to poor play. According to NFL.com, the Pack finished last in the NFL in pass yards allowed in the 2011 season.
The Pack registered only 29 sacks in 2011, and that’s not where they want to be from a defensive perspective. They finished near the bottom of the NFL in this category, tied with four other teams at No. 27 in the NFL. The Lions hold an advantage in sacking the QB as they tallied 41 sacks last year.
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MACOMB POLITICS | -CONTINUED from pg 18 - for five (5) years dedicated to preserving police and fire safety protection at the 2012 level? The millage would result in the collection of an estimated $16,065,530 of new revenues in the first year the millage is lev-ied, beginning with the tax levy in December, 2012.
BRUCE TOWNSHIP MILLAGE RENEWAL FOR OPERATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION Shall the constitutional limitation upon the to-tal amount of taxes which may be levied on all taxable real and personal property in the Town-ship of Bruce, Macomb County, Michigan be increased by three-quarters (3/4) of one (1) mill for each one ($1.00) dollar ($0.75 for each $1,000.00) of the taxable val-ue of such property for a period of four (4) years commencing 2012 and ending 2015, for the operation of parks and recreation pursuant to 1917 PA 156? The estimated revenue to be collected in the first year that the millage is authorized and levied is $318,000.00. This proposed mill-age is a renewal of a previous-ly authorized millage and does not constitute new additional millage. No taxes will be levied unless the above question is approved by the electors of both Bruce and Washington Townships.
MILLAGE RENEWAL FOR SENIOR CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION (STAR) Shall the constitutional limitation upon the to-tal amount of taxes which may be levied on all taxable real and personal property in the Town-ship of Bruce, Macomb County, Michigan be increased by one-quarter (1/4) of one (1) mill for each one ($1.00) dollar ($0.25 for each $1,000.00) of the taxable val-ue of such property for a period of four (4) years commencing 2012 and ending 2015, for the purpose of providing funds for senior citi-zens and permanently disabled transportation services. The es-timated revenue to be collected in the first year that the millage is authorized and levied is $106,000.00. This proposed millage is a renewal of a previously authorized millage and does not constitute new additional millage. No taxes will be levied unless the above question is approved by the electors of both Bruce and Washington Townships.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP RENEWAL MILLAGE FOR POLICE AND FIREOPERATIONS: A PROPOSAL TO RENEW FOR ONE YEAR THE 6.6700 MILLAGE RATE OF LAST YEAR (2012) TO SUPPORT AND FUND THE OPERA-TIONS FOR POLICE AND FIRE, WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP FOR Y2013. Shall the authorized Charter Mill-age for the Charter Township of Harrison, County of Macomb,
be renewed at up to 6.6876 mills ($6.68 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon real and tangible personal property for the Year 2013 of which 5.0435 mills shall be allocated for fire protection services, including vehicles, ap-paratus, equipment, housing, per-sonnel, and emergency medical and ambulance service; and up to 1.6265 mills for police protec-tion services, which will generate an estimated $5,639,121?
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPMILLAGE RENEWAL FOR POLICE PROTECTION Shall the constitutional limitation upon the to-tal amount of taxes which may be levied on all taxable real and personal prop-erty in the unincorporated area of the Township of Washington, Macomb County, Michigan be increased by one (1) mill for each one ($1.00) dollar ($1.00 for each $1,000.00) of the taxable value of such property, as finally equalized, pursuant to 33 PA 1951, as amended, for a peri-od of four (4) years (2014 through 2017 inclusive) for the purpose of providing police protection? The estimated revenue to be collected in the first year that the millage is authorized and lev-ied is $1,037,241.00. The pro-posed millage is a renewal of a previously authorized millage and does not constitute new additional millage.
MILLAGE RENEWAL FOR OPERA-TION OF PARKS AND RECREATION Shall the constitutional limitation upon the to-tal amount of taxes which may be levied on all taxable real and personal prop-erty in the Township of Washing-ton, Macomb County, Michigan be increased by three-quarters (3/4) of one (1) mill for each one ($1.00) dollar ($0.75 for each $1,000.00) of the taxable val-ue of such property for a period of four (4) years commencing 2012 and ending 2015, for the operation of Parks and Recreation pursuant to 1917 PA 156? The estimated revenue to be collected in the first year that the millage is authorized and levied is $819,646.00. This proposed mill-age is a renewal of a previous-ly authorized millage and does not constitute new additional millage. No taxes will be levied unless the above question is approved by the electors of both Bruce and Washington Townships.
MILLAGE RENEWAL FOR SENIOR CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION (STAR) Shall the constitutional limitation upon the to-tal amount of taxes which may be levied on all taxable real and personal prop-erty in the Township of Washing-ton, Macomb County, Michigan be increased by one-quarter (1/4) of one (1) mill for each one ($1.00) dollar ($0.25 for each $1,000.00) of the taxable val-ue of such property for a period of
four (4) years commencing 2012 and ending 2015, for the purpose of providing funds for senior citi-zens and permanently disabled transportation services? The es-timated revenue to be collected in the first year that the millage is authorized and levied is $273,215.00. This proposed millage is a renewal of a previously authorized millage and does not constitute new additional millage. No taxes will be levied unless the above question is approved by the electors of both Bruce and Washington Townships.
VILLAGE OF NEW HAVENShall the Village of New Haven be authorized to levy new additional millage of 3.0 mills ($3.00 per $1,000.00) on taxable value of property lo-cated in the Village of New Haven for a period of 5 years from 2013-2017 both inclusive, which will raise in the first year of such levy an estimated revenue of $235,658.00 for the pur-pose of providing police protection and police services within the Village of New Haven to be used for the purpose of providing revenues to contribute to the total costs of police services?
Macomb County Chamber of Commerce Rates 2012 CandidatesMOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (July 26, 2012) –The Macomb County Chamber has released its evaluation of candidates running for of-fice in the primary election on August 7. As the voice of business in Macomb County, the Macomb County Chamber rates candidates based on their knowledge of issues relating to economic development, business envi-ronment and the future of Macomb County. The Chamber sends out a questionnaire to all county and state candidates each elec-tion cycle and also invites them to interview with members of the Chamber’s Public Policy Committee and Board of Directors. “Our evaluation process is truly bi-partisan,” said Grace Shore, CEO. “This process is not about party affiliation. Our committee looks for individuals with the skill set and innova-tion to move our state and county forward.”
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