Articles tagged: tax
Opinion: Renewing special ed millage will help all students in Washtenaw County
Posted: Apr 24, 2011We 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 ... Read more »
Q&A with WISD officials: Why the special education millage renewal is so important
Posted: Apr 23, 2011One 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. Read more »
Opinion: Millage is small price to pay to protect services at Ypsilanti District Library
Posted: Oct 28, 2010Ypsilanti 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 ... Read more »
Detroit Free Press: Drumming up support for a graduated income tax
Posted: Nov 20, 2009A 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. Read more »
Detroit Free Press: Sales tax proposal is a good start toward reforming Michigan's antiquated system
Posted: Oct 27, 2009A 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 ... Read more »
Proposed millage critical for continuing educational programs
Posted: Oct 20, 2009On 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 ... Read more »
Without millage, schools will be forced to make more painful cuts
Posted: Oct 20, 2009I 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 ... Read more »
Consider welfare of school children and vote for millage
Posted: Oct 20, 2009I’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 ... Read more »
Schools using fear-mongering to get millage passed
Posted: Oct 20, 2009Thank 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 ... Read more »
School enhancement millage is needed
Posted: Oct 20, 2009I 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 ... Read more »
Detroit Free Press: Providers concerned over 'physician's tax' moving through state legislature
Posted: Oct 13, 2009Health 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 ... Read more »
WITH POLL: AATA conducting survey to gauge interest in expanding transit service in Washtenaw County with new tax
Posted: Sep 23, 2009Ann 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 ... Read more »
Washtenaw Intermediate School District board votes to place enhancement millage on ballot
Posted: Aug 04, 2009Local 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 ... Read more »
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