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Carl Giordano - Tuesday, March 02, 2010   Rebuilding Michigan:Michigan's New Leaf Vision Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 2.9 (137 votes cast) sustainable community development planning around Eastern Market, City of Detroit and Dundee, MI. See You Tube Presentation Only 4min- 5 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBZy3ghdFfg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3LjRasehf8

Shari Prevost - Tuesday, March 02, 2010   Small Business Break Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (129 votes cast) Michigan needs jobs right now, taxing and taxing small business is suffocating our economy. By simply giving small business a 5 year hiatus from state and local taxes or a 5 year tax deduction if you bring your business to Michigan. This will promote our economy and get the that demographic back to work! I look at small business like an unused room at a hotel; unused, the revenue is nothing...at a discount rate, people still come, still spend money on other things in the economy. This would not be a permanent fix but a boost to get us rolling again! By the time the five years are up the economy should be on an up swing!

Timothy S. Evans - Sunday, February 21, 2010   Prisons Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 2.9 (158 votes cast) I think that the Govenor has a good idea to reduce prison population. However the prisoners need to earn the early release. It is obvious that Detroit is a bg drain on the economy of the entire state of Michigan. It is also obvious that Detroit is in a state of absolute collapse. Over 1/3 of the housing in Detroit is vacant. The median single-family home price is below $12,000. The infrastucture is failing, the number of buildings that need to be razed is astronomical. Give the inmates an incentive to get out of prison. Take the non violent offenders to Detroit to get rid of the structures that need to be torn down. Have them remove the delapidated sidewalks, streets that aren't used, buildings that are hazardous and other things. Give them early release for good behavior and HARD work. Do not GIVE them early release, make them EARN early release. Have them live in tent cities from April through September like the famous Sheriff in Arizona. They live in the city and clean it up. They can create vast farms for the folks in Detoit, which is already happening. For those in prison, who will not be leaving they are detriments to society. They, like in Arizona, should get a bowl of cereal for breakfast every day, bologna sandwiches for lunch every day and bologna steak every night for dinner. Food service providers basically eliminated, they can provide their own food service. As long as there is one citizen in Michigan who cannot afford cable TV there should be no cable TV in prison. The can have TV if someone provides it for them (family member) and they get ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and PBS just like most of us had when we grew up.

Timothy S. Evans - Sunday, February 21, 2010   There is too much local government Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (138 votes cast) In my county of 155,000 people we have at least 22 governing bodies. There are 15 townships, two cities, and five villages. Each of these governing bodies has a treasurer, a clerk, a building department, an assessor office, a zoning officer, a building to heat, cool and maintain, etc. There are so many duplications of services it is absoultely insane. Other state (west of here) have COUNTY governments, not townships. There is one county treasurer office (not 22 to heat, cool and maintain), one assessor office with a staff, one clerk's office, one building department, one zoning office, etc. I would guess there are over 2,000 governing bodies in that state of Michigan where there should only be about 200. If a city has more that 100,000 people then they need the local government, but when a township has 10,000 people it is insane to support a township office and the staff that is needed to run it. There are days where the number of phone calls to these governing offices is in the single digits. This is the biggest waste of money in the state. The township system was developed some 200 years ago. It is time to get to 2010. Furthermore, the services these governing authorities provides is sometimes terrible. The assessor is in the office on Tuesday from 8-12, or the building inspector works from 9-3 every other Thursday. A county wide system would provide much better services five days a week rather than on certain days at certain hours. There are many states that do this and they do not have to tax their residents for a governing body for every 7,000 people.

Suanne Cline - Sunday, February 21, 2010   Economy recovery Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (147 votes cast) When the auto industry fell we lost our jobs and working families buying power. Lets penalize the non support of the american automobile. Charge anyone who is driving or buying a foreign car (Toyota -Honda- etc) $50.00 dollars more for the yearly license plate. Giving anyone who buys american $50.00 credit on the license plate purchase. This should include the state worker and government level. This money could be put to use for education both for the k-12 program College program or the retraining of the unemployed. It is time we hit the people who have put us in this spot. It is worth a try Sue Cline