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12/17/202 A free market monetary system
12/2/2024 Federal Reserve holds largest hunk of national debt
11/11/2024 New legislation allows union to take percentage of Home Help worker pay
10/15/2024 Should We Withhold the Price of Freedom?
9/24/2024 BWL's 2023 "return on equity" payment to Lansing was $26,428,992
9/19/2024 Student loan? Blame Reagan
9/13/202 Employee payoffs are Board of Water & Light tradition
9/7/2024 A New Idea on School Shootings
9/2/2024 Will Americans Pay for Right to IVF?
8/28/2024 JFK Would Not Approve
8/24/2024 Compassion Helped Win '68 Oscar
8/21/2024 Holding Women Back: Michigan's Jane Could Have Been Astronaut
8/14/2024 Anonymous emailer criticizes BWL rate increases
8/4/2024 How Christian Nationalism Kills Women Around the World
7/30/2024 Open letter to Ingham County Probate Court Judge Richard J. Garcia
7/16/2024 Neighborhood Watched
7/15/2024 This is Immigration
7/9/2024 The Enabling Act of 2024
6/8/2024 Library doesn't answer questions
5/7/2024 Coverup of (more) MEDC fraud
4/16/2024 City attorney can't seem to deliver FOIAed materials
4/5/2024 Board of Water and Light: 2023 employee wages
3/8/2024 City of Lansing payroll exposed!
1/7/2024 Taxpayers bail out underfunded CADL pension fund
   
12/11/2023 Complicit in mass murder
10/28/2023 Lansing gets $11,551,892 state grant
10/25/2023

Lansing has beavers

9/19/2023

After 30 years, half of 1992 early retirees still drawing pension

8/21/2023

Ethics complaint against state official to get hearing

7/31/2023

Smiertka tries to deceive city council

6/27/2023

Schor's leadership fund

5/11/2020

City of Lansing 2022 Payroll

4/26/2023

Code Compliance relies on neighbor ratting out neighbor

4/20/2023

Union, Democratic leaders go after public employees

4/17/2023

Nessel defends violation of the Open Meetings Act

4/11/2023

Revenge of the Democrats

4/5/2023

Democrats want taxpayers to fund unions

3/15/2023

CATA employee wages for 2022

2/4/2023

Board of Water and Light: 2022 employee wages

   

12/31/2022

The letter to the editor that inspired Michigan's pension tax and created $4.7 billion in revenue (so far)

12/1/2022

City attorney interfered, lied in Tammie Arend case

11/2/2022

Despicable city employees

10/19/2022

O'Boyle email gets nothing right; Castillo terrorizes Lansing's east side

10/18/2022

A win for the people: attorney-client privilege claim rejected

10/14/2022

Minimal services for homeless adults at Holy Cross

10/3/2022

BWL employee wages for 2021

9/16/2022

City attorney violates state law

8/30/2022

A witness to Tammie Arend's situation

8/26/2022

Development Office bullshits City Council

8/22/2022

City attorney needs 3 weeks to find email from assistant city attorney

8/11/2022

City lies to HUD; Lansing Mayor Schor should resign

8/8/2022

Inspector misses Tammie Arend's roof ventilation problem

8/3/2022

Estimate for repair of botched roof replacement: $150,000

7/15/2022

Lansing's Development Office: incompetent, corrupt or both?

7/10/2022

Scott Frederickson ruins Lansing home, City pays him $12,900

6/30/2022

John Kelsey exonerated by victim's father

6/22/2022

HUD slaps Lansing's Development Office

6/9/2022

New study of Lansing's troubled fire department

6/2/2022

What doesn't cause inflation

5/16/2022

The Case Against Collective Bargaining

4/6/2022

Shame on the West for not defending Ukraine

3/27/2022

Why we need direct democracy

3/5/2022

We need to join the fight for Ukraine

1/30/2022

Whitmer to spend $half billion on tax break for wealthy

   

12/21/2021

Tammie won't last another winter

12/15/2021

Dumb exemption to Freedom of Information Act

12/9/2021

How to evict a tenant without going to court

11/19/2021

Are Schor's advisory board actions legal without minutes?

11/16/2021

How to stop inflation

11/13/2021

Stabenow: Only union workers are "hard-working"

11/4/2021

Transparency lacking with Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Board

10/25/2021

Schor campaign has $222,153.49 to spend

10/23/2021

Andy Schor: For the people or the unions?

9/30/2021

John Kelsey nears 7 years in prison

8/23/2021

Who's in charge here, the people or the unions?

8/9/2021

Former chief Green's salary + pension = $235,000

7/30/2021

Schor is a lousy mayor, but a great campaigner

7/20/2021

Retirement board meeting minutes gone missing

7/18/2021

The upside of coronavirus

6/30/2021

Ambulance service is a revenue source for cities

6/22/2021

Schor is a master at raising money

6/12/2021

I was wrong about FOIA appeals

6/6/2021

Andy Schor isn't fit to be mayor

6/1/2021

Plumber finds more damage from roof replacement

4/5/2021

CATA promptly provides 2020 salary info

3/29/2021

Lansing City Attorney mishandles FOIA appeals

3/16/2021

City denies access to employee wage info

2/28/2021

The persecution of Tammie Arend

2/26/2021

Lansing fumbles FOIA requests

2/2/2021

Bernero forced campaign staffers to commit perjury

1/30/2021

Bernero is back!

   

12/22/2020

Defect may have caused crash that killed Deputy Grant Whitaker

12/5/2020

Police unions bite Democrats

11/27/2020

Unethical practices at Wickstrom drug rehabs

11/18/2020

City Development Office has another unhappy customer

11/13/2020

Trump's ridiculous trade wars

10/24/2020

Michigan: Let's ban open carry

10/21/2020

BWL employees continue to get paid to leave

10/13/2020

Republicans resist ban on guns in Capitol

10/7/2020

Your authority on collective bargaining

10/5/2020

Botched roof replacement ruins Lansing home

9/27/2020

Protect the unborn: vote for the rapist

8/24/2020

BWL union members get $500 to extend contract

8/14/2020

2019 BWL employee wages...and some questions

7/31/2020

Beware of the Board of Water and Light

7/27/2020

$86,810 pension supplements $112,905 salary

7/24/2020

FOIA does not require a public body to answer questions

7/16/2020

Schor spent $24,650 from 527 account in one day

7/12/2020

We're going to need a wealth tax

6/22/2020

Subsequent legislation ruins Michigan's pension tax

6/17/2020

Most police and firefighters avoid pension tax

6/8/2020

Police unions stand in way of reform

5/30/2020

I saved Michigan $320 $500 million a year (about $4.2 billion so far)

5/18/2020

Repeal the Public Employment Relations Act

5/2/2020

Give that $2400 to someone who needs it

4/14/2020

I just signed a petition online!

3/24/2020

Where will that $2 trillion come from?

3/21/2020

The 2nd Amendment doesn't keep government from limiting gun ownership

2/1/2020

Pay for 7 police union executives exceeds $100,000

1/28/2020

Police union is in bed with telemarketer

1/20/2020

Lansing's unfunded pension liabilities grow by $27.2 million

1/16/2020

Lansing firefighter fights termination

   

12/10/2019

42 years ago: Gene Weingarten in Lansing

12/7/2019

Trump donor/Scientologist owes IRS over $1 million

12/3/2019

City council ratifies "tentative" labor contracts

11/13/2019

TLO gives Lansing police access to a lot of information

11/11/2019

Schor finally submits a real 527 report to IRS

11/1/2019

Melinn questions Schlichting's stated reason for resigning

10/30/2019

Public access to City of Lansing labor contracts

10/28/2019

Lansing city council campaign contributions

10/11/2019

Two civic organizations lose City of Lansing recognition

10/7/2019

Union contract supersedes city charter

10/1/2019

Let's put some new people on Lansing city council

9/1/2019

Stop tax subsidies for criminal religious organizations

8/4/2019

City council campaign finance reports

7/22/2019

MERS denies FOIA request for Rick Jones' pension amount

7/11/2019

Blame Carol Wood for $700 million pension/retiree health care funding shortfall

6/30/2019

Michigan Supreme Court decision on retiree health care backs Lansing City Attorney

6/5/2019

Pensioners Rick Jones, Tom Reich vie for Eaton sheriff job

4/30/2019

City Council members Wood and Spitzley must be replaced

4/27/2019

CATA's retiree health care system is underfunded

4/14/2019

More CATA transparency: Fringe benefits for CATA employees

4/6/2019

Raise money for roads by increasing the income tax rate

3/27/2019

$600 billion stolen from U.S. taxpayers yearly

3/14/2019

Wage transparency at CATA

3/8/2019

Open Letter from Former Lansing Fire Chief Randall Talifarro

3/6/2019

The rest of us will pay for pension tax repeal

2/15/2019

John Kelsey is serving a 20-year sentence for a 2-year offense

1/25/2019

IAFF controls Lansing fire department

1/15/2019

Free those unlucky enough to get caught

1/4/2019

We don't need no stinkin' legislature

   

12/23/2018

Bill drafted to allow Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan

12/8/2018

Trump win in 2016 may have been due to voter suppression

12/4/2018

Republicans are a bigger threat to democracy than Russia

11/21/2018

Get the attorney-client privilege exemption out of the FOIA

10/26/2018

Pension discrepancies need to be explained

10/21/2018

No legal basis for City's attorney-client privilege claim

9/25/2018

Failed FOIA lawsuit costs me $3,376.62

8/15/2018

"Hooker" Rossman-McKinney wants to replace "loser" Rick Jones

8/8/2018

Policies proposed 10 years ago have been realized

7/25/2018

Get retiree health care insurance out of the collective bargaining process

7/20/2018

McIntyre disagreed with Bernero on retiree health insurance premiums

6/24/2018

Drug rehab fraud in Michigan

6/12/2018

Another City of Lansing retiree starts second career

4/11/2018

Overkill: Candidate Schor outspent Brown Clarke by over $200,000

3/31/2018

Ranked choice voting would have kept out Macomb's unfit clerk

3/19/2018

Prevailing wage is not good for Michigan

3/9/2018

My continuing pursuit of true pension amounts

2/2/2018

Ranked Choice Voting for Lansing?

1/24/2018

Police union rips off senior citizens

1/17/2018

The policeman is not your friend

1/7/2018

How the state can help local governments with underfunded pensions, retiree health care

   

12/21/2017

City gives State Journal incorrect pension amounts

11/20/2017

How much tax is paid on dividends?

11/3/2017

Observations on the Lansing election

10/12/2017

Union PACs lead all other contributors in Lansing election

9/22/2017

Andy Shor campaign has $137,139.95 to spend

9/15/2017

Online campaign finance reporting

8/25/2017

Are public employee pension amounts exempt from FOIA?

7/27/2017

Freshman state representative wants to get rid of senate

7/5/2017

Management information

7/3/2017

Wrong about police, firefighter pensions exceeding $100,000

6/15/2017

City of Lansing violates Freedom of Information Act

5/31/2017

Cutting retiree health insurance

5/13/2017

Corrections officers "underappreciated"

4/15/17

CATA denies access to overtime information

4/7/2017

Is it hypocritical for a pension recipient to attack pensions?

3/29/2017

Not sure about Schor

2/20/2017

Michigan couple pays $6.875 million for home on Tampa Bay

1/27/2017

Ingham County Commission upholds denial of FOIA request for Sheriff pursuit policy

   

12/15/2016

Overkill: Avenging the Death of Deputy Grant Whitaker

11/15/2016

White women disappoint

10/5/2016

Ingham County vs. the FOP in 1997: a Public Act 312 story

8/25/2016

PERA undermines democracy

8/18/2016

End collective bargaining for public employees

8/9/2016

Bernero mayoral campaign account grows to $109,260

8/1/2016

Pension debt: A public policy disaster

7/24/2016

Circuit court reporters charge outrageous fees for transcripts

7/15/2016

How Lansing can attract police & firefighter recruits

6/19/2016

Hiding behind attorney-client privilege

5/19/2016

Jones Property Development gives Bernero $5,000

5/1/2016

Police unions prey on public

2/20/2016

GM pays veteran employees $60,000 to retire

2/2/2016

Eliminating the payroll tax

   

11/16/2015

Big funeral for bad lieutenant

11/4/2015

A source of extra revenue for Michigan cities

10/26/2015

Campaign reports from the Lansing city council race

10/15/2015

Bernero campaign fund grows by $20,354 in first half of 2015

10/3/2015

Government compensates survivors unequally

9/26/2015

Campaign reports from the Lansing city council primary

9/9/2015

No ordinary motorcycle death

8/29/2015

Legislators: Please fix this!

8/15/2015

Replacing Lansing's mayor with a city manager

7/27/2015

God's servant pays ultimate price, parents get $400,000

7/20/2015

How to oust Bernero

7/15/2015

Eight years on the job gets you a pension

7/9/2015

Lansing's "structural deficit" may exceed $16,000 per household

6/25/2015

Lansing's UAAL may require selling the BWL

6/9/2015

Is placement of FOIA exemption unconstitutional?

4/16/2015

Stop special tax treatment of capital gains and dividends

4/6/2015

Plan B: If road funding proposal fails, increase income tax

3/16/2015

A cloud over Sunshine Week

3/9/2015

Civil asset forfeiture: Justice, or revenue enhancement?

2/19/2015

It's time to revisit the National Labor Relations Act

2/13/2015

High pay of "elite" auto workers causes low pay, unemployment elsewhere

2/7/2015

Bernero's City Administrative Account takes in another $8,500 in last half of 2014

1/22/2015

Problems with J. Peter Lark seen as early as 2009

1/13/2015

Who killed Deputy Grant Whitaker?

1/2/2015

Support of collective bargaining is immoral

   

12/11/2014

See what military equipment your local law enforcement agency got

12/6/2014

New IAFF contract cuts pension benefits for new Lansing firefighters

11/30/2014

80% of contributions to police union PAC goes to telemarketer

11/18/2014

Lansing subsidizes second careers for police and firefighters

10/29/2014

Auto dealers get what they pay for

10/9/2014

Elderly state retiree defends pension tax

9/26/2014

Why death "in line of duty" matters: $333,604.68

9/21/2014

How dangerous is firefighting?

9/8/2014

Do City, BWL managers contribute voluntarily?

8/31/2014

Bernero sends a message

8/25/2014

Ingham, Eaton, Clinton counties get lots of free military stuff
8/11/2014 Protesters violated rights
7/12/2014 Taxing corporate income
7/18/2014 Is $66,000 too much for unskilled labor?
7/29/2014 Non-candidate Virg Bernero rakes in $41,300 at breakfast
7/2/2014 Public unions lead to privatization
5/25/2014 Fund road repairs by increasing the income tax
5/16/2014 Freedom vs. democracy
5/14/2014 Lark is being paid too much for shoddy management
4/15/2014 Salary confidentiality in American business
3/1/2014 Strike 3 for Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III?
2/19/2014 Open up Lansing government
1/30/2014 Free Kosgar Lado; fire Stuart Dunnings III
   
12/21/2013 Whatever happened to the SERS and MPSERS 13th check?
12/10/2013 Some observations on Lansing's November election
11/19/2013 We must help our financially-troubled cities
11/7/2013 Campaign finance update
10/11/2013 Online democracy
8/8/2013 Virg's money machine
8/3/2013 Who wins with prevailing wage?
7/28/2013 Here we go again: Ingham County jails another innocent man
7/19/2013 Why is this woman laughing?
7/9/2013 A council member responds
7/3/2013 Can we afford another union supporter on City Council?
5/15/2013 Retirement board meeting minutes online
5/2/2013 Sorry, you have NO right to know
4/14/2013 No pensions for new City employees
4/8/2013 LPD could use list of old cases to organize its work
2/10/2013 Free the retailer from credit card costs
1/22/2013 Expand access to information
   
12/21/2012 New law denies access to public pension information
11/20/2012 Breaking away from unions
11/9/2012 Sadly, this is what democracy looks like
7/30/2012 Mayor Bernero an Embarrassment
6/14/2012 A Collective Bargaining Triumph
4/17/2012 How unions stole $35 million from Michigan's in-home child care and home help providers
3/28/2012 Open up collective bargaining sessions
3/23/2012 City supplements $103,000 salary with $73,000 pension
2/29/2012 Virg Bernero's fund raising and spending
2/12/2012 The Democratic mayor's dilemma
1/24/2012 A Challenge to Fans of Collective Bargaining
1/4/2012 Do Lansing Leaders Favor Unions over Citizens?
   
12/23/2011 A Counter-productive Pension System
12/10/2011 Taxing Seniors
11/8/2011 Collective Bargaining is Destroying Us
10/26/2011 Do we pay police and firefighters too much?
10/6/2011 Hefty Pensions for City of Lansing Retirees
9/29/2011 Police and Fire Pensions Exceed Salaries
8/1/2011 Lansing Booster Club Rakes in $24,081 in First Half of 2011
7/25/2011 Unions are struggling to hold power
4/20/2011 Dirty Money
4/11/2011 Taxing Pensions
   
11/27/2008 Institutionalized extortion
   

Before steveharrypublicpolicy.com, I sent letters to the Lansing State Journal.