History suggests Detroit bid to avoid state takeover is futile - Yahoo! News
Looks like it's a done deal. The city will have a state appointed manager who will oversee the financies for the city to get it back into shape and/or make it file for bankrupty. If it files for B it will be the...
Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) wants to create a government database of children's weight so he can combat their obesity problems. When the governor gives an order, doctors are supposed to listen and comply.
Michigan to require BMI reports on kids
Michigan is going through an economic crisis of its. It needs to be handled, but the process must be honored in doing so. The governor's idea to handle the crisis is to fire locally elected officials and replace them with his own handpicked financial managers (read czars). It even mentions...
This is a handmade knife, I'm not sure if I'd call it a custom, but it's a beautiful knife made by Hess Knife Works out of Gladstone, Michigan, I picked it up a couple summers ago, I'm not even exactly sure what kind of knife it is, maybe somebody here will be able to give me some more info, but...
I may have a need to travel to Detroit before year's end. Anyone ever CC with their Indiana LTCH in the Motor City?
I read a couple of posts here and have learned that Michigan will respect the Indiana LTCH and that if pulled over for whatever reason, I'd be obligated to notify.
Anything else...
MSNBC.com
Property Tax Battle Brewing In Troy
Millage Put To Vote Tuesday
ClickonDetroit.com
updated 1:19 a.m. ET, Tues., Feb. 23, 2010
TROY, Mich. - A property tax battle is brewing in Oakland County's Troy community.
Watch:
Troy Wants To Hike Property Taxes
City leaders want to hike property...
I received this in an e-mail this morning. . . .interesting read!
Detroit
For 15 years, from the mid 1970s to 1990, I worked in Detroit, Michigan. I watched it descend into the abyss of crime, debauchery, gun play, drugs, school truancy, car-jacking, gangs and human depravity. I...
I will be going to Michigan for thanksgiving and just wanted to make
sure I'm carrying legally. I know that they honor Indiana ltch and I believe
I'm not allowed to carry anywhere that alcohol is served, is that correct?
Also are there any other Michigan carry laws I need to be aware of...
From The Times
November 21, 2009
Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair
Tim Reid in Detroit
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;} The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe...
Chaos at Cobo: Detroiters turn out for federal help
Charlie LeDuff, George Hunter and Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News
Detroit -- Thousands hoping to get applications for federal help on rent and utility bills turned Cobo Center into a chaotic scene today.
They came by foot, wheelchair...
I'm traveling to Michigan next weekend so I have been researching their handgun laws. I've found the basics, i.e. concealed only, no alcohol, don't take it to church, etc. I'm sure there are more I am missing.
Awhile back I saw a website linked here that had the laws listed for all 50...