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City of Lansing:

• Report of Lansing Financial Health Team

• Retirement Systems and Pensions

• Mayor Bernero's Fundraising and Spending

• 2010 Employee Wages

• Union Contracts and Benefit Descriptions

• Union Dues

• PAC Contributions to City of Lansing Candidates

• Early Retirement of 1992

• Early Retirement of 1985

Board of Water and Light:

• 2008 Employee Wages

• Other Employee Benefits

• J. Peter Lark Compensation

• BWL Campaign Contributions to Mayor Bernero

• The July 2007 Massacre

• Rate Increases and BWL Extravagance

Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS)

• Recent Turmoil updated 3/4/2013

• Ex-employee Group of 2008

• Mersdirt (2004-2005)

Campaign Finance

• PAC Contributions to City of Lansing Candidates

• PAC Contributions to Ingham County Commissioners

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield PAC: Contributions and Expenditures

• Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers PAC: Contributions and Expenditures

• BWL Campaign Contributions to Mayor Bernero

Other Stories

• How unions stole $35 million from Michigan's in-home child care and home help providers

• How to do a Ballot Initiative

State Issues:

• Eliminate the State Senate
• Eliminate the Budget Process
• Repeal the Prevailing Wage Law
• Taxing Pensions
• Repeal the City Income Tax Act
• Stop the Pension Fund Give-away
• Shut Down the Lottery
• Keep Abortion Legal
• Legalize Gay Marriage
• Abolish the Parole Board
• Abolish the Liquor Control Commission
• Expand Access to Information

National Issues:

• Obstructing Democracy in the U.S.
• The Case Against Collective Bargaining
• Reform the Tax System
• Guarantee Universal Health Care
• Reform Social Security
• Stop Subsidizing the Ad Industry
• Stop Subsidizing Credit Card Users
• Direct Democracy

   Essays and Letters to the Editor