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untanglingwebs
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FROM THE MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Revenue Sharing Talking Points
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The Legislature must stop voting to slash revenue sharing — cuts that are endangering the health, public safety and welfare of Michigan citizens.
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The Legislature has cut revenue sharing to local governments by $4 billion in the last 10 years and plans more major cuts in the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 state budget.
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Since revenue sharing cuts began in 2001, Michigan has lost more than 2,000 police officers and nearly 2,400 firefighters. Fewer officers on the streets endangers public safety and local economies and is devastating to the state.
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People do not want to live (and companies do not want to locate) in communities that cannot provide public safety, adequate roads and bridges, sewer systems and other essential services. Revenue sharing cuts are bleeding local government budgets and diminishing the quality of life across the state.
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At the same time the Legislature is cutting revenue sharing, the state collected billions of dollars in emergency “stimulus” funds from the federal government. The funds were appropriated, in part, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
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The state kept almost all of the ARRA funds, even though federal law specifically stated that the funds were supposed to be used to relieve fiscal stress in local governments too. So at the same time the state is cutting revenue sharing, it also kept funds the ARRA says is supposed to go to local governments to avoid essential service reductions and local tax increases.
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It’s time for the Legislature and governor stop making cuts that damage local communities and their ability to create the kinds of safe, vibrant places that attract jobs and employers and keep our college students home. |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:05 pm |
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What is Revenue Sharing?
• Local governments use state funding, called revenue sharing, to pay for services
that make our communities the types of places where people want to live and
businesses want to locate.
• Revenue sharing was promised to local communities in the Michigan Constitution
to help pay for core government services such as police protection, fire services,
roads, water, sewer and garbage collection services.
• It started in the 1920s when the State of Michigan promised communities it would
streamline tax collection by eliminating local taxes and replacing them with state
taxes. The State collects and records these taxes and is suppose to reimburse local
jurisdictions to off set the general budgets of local communities.
• In every budget since 2000, the State has not fully returned revenue sharing as
required by statute. Ten consecutive years of cuts have left local communities more
than $4 billion short on revenue sharing.
• The Michigan Legislature needs to recognize the connection between the
essential services provided by local communities as it relates to quality of life
and the economic vitality of our state.
• Local communities are the foundation of successful economic development in
Michigan. Safe streets and functioning infrastructure are critical to attracting and
maintaining businesses.
• Communities have reduced their services, eliminated public safety positions and
consolidated services to deal with lost revenue.
• According to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, there are
1,800 fewer police officers on the streets of Michigan since 2001.
• Michigan’s Fire Marshall Office reports 2,400 fewer fire fighters since 2001.
• Senior, recreation and public library programs have been drastically cut or eliminated.
• Local governments cannot continue to provide essential services if funding is continually redistributed to other budget priorities. |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:07 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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Revenue Sharing - Michigan Municipal League
www.mml.org/advocacy/funding.html - Similarto Revenue Sharing - Michigan Municipal League
Funding Michigan's Communities. What's New. For the most recent information about revenue sharing, visit Inside 208. FY 2009-10 Key Votes. The Legislature ...
[ More results from www.mml.org ] |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:10 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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sharing was promised to local communities in the Michigan Constitution
to help pay for core government services such as police protection, fire services,
roads, water, sewer and garbage collection services.
• It started in the 1920s when the State of Michigan promised communities it would
streamline tax collection by eliminating local taxes and replacing them with state
taxes. The State collects and records these taxes and is suppose to reimburse local
jurisdictions to off set the general budgets of local communities
THE LOSS F OF REVENUE SHARING SEVERELY IMPACTS THE LOCAL GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND INCREASES THE DEFICIT. |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:13 pm |
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Adam
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| Didn't some rural areas see an increase in revenue sharing? It looks to me like Republicans are funding the job creating areas of the state instead of the tried and failed job losing areas of the state. |
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Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:25 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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| It appears to me that Flint is only receiving about one-third of the revenue sharing that it received in 2008. |
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Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:48 pm |
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Adam
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Republicans scaled back the special revenue sharing that poor Democrat cities like Flint and Detroit were getting.
Grand Blanc Township receives increased revenue sharing
Snyder's budget calls for the elimination of statutory (welfare) revenue sharing, but an increase in constitutional revenue sharing. |
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Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:49 am |
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