46F 46F 46F s an at .4fl C41 '43 1 v < t 's. .. michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 22, 2010 * ELECTION 2010 City business * leaders hope Snyder's plans will boost A2 Republican's tax revamp will attract businesses to Ann Arbor, officials say By ELYANA TWIGGS Daily StaffReporter "Optimistic" is the word that Kyle Mazurek, the vice president of government affairs for the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, uses to describe the feelings most Ann Arbor business owners have about governor-elect Rick Sny- der taking office on Jan. 1. "We are doing everything we can to support him," Mazurek said. "We want to see him suc- ceed, and we want to see the state succeed." Business owners throughout the city say they're excited for Snyder to take office because they anticipate his business experience and potential tax pol- icies could draw new businesses to the area and boost Ann Arbor's economy. "The bottom line for every- body is getting Michigan mov- ing in the right direction," Mazurek said. However, Mazurek said he isn't sure if Snyder's promises on the campaign trail will come to fruition during his term. "We are at a point in time where he is coming off the elec- tion cycle and campaign and starting to fully flesh out some of the ideas he talked about in a broad sense during the cam- paign," he said. One of Snyder's ideas is to eliminate the current corporate business income tax and replace it with a new six-percent flat corporate income tax. The tax would exclude some small busi- nesses and reduce business taxes by about $1.5 billion. Mazurek said this proposed policy is one of the reasons peo- ple in the business community voted for Snyder. Though Snyder's ideas to stim- ulate the economy are currently conceptual, Mazurek said Snyder has a plan to create a more effi- cient government so that citizens get "more bang for (their) tax- payer dollar." He added that Snyder's lack of political experience helped him win votes. See SNYDER, Page 7A JAKt FROMM/Daily Michigan safety Jordan Kovacs (32), Michigan linebacker Kenny Demens (25), and Michigan safety Courtney Avery (5) play against Wisconsin at the Big Hose Satardayy The Badgers beat the Wolverines in the last home game of the season 48-28. For more on the game, see SportsMonday, inside. Why it's OK to feel sorry Poor Rich Standi after the team's 48-28 los senior day, the c gling to answer about his team's thereof. Well, that's n coach wasn't str answer the quer the answer. Rea it all season. He of it after JT Tu for Rich Rodriguez Rodriguez. Emilien left years," Rodriguez said. "I've never wouldn't be touci ng at the podium the team this had a year where I've had this with a 39.5-foot p Michigan football summer, and many guys at key positions and they're starting. s to Wisconsin on after senior certain spots (get injured)." 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SUDENT GOVRnMN Turnout in fall elections up slightly from last year Election director says he hoped for more than 10.2 percent turnout By RACHEL BRUSSTAR Daily StaffReporter After collaborative efforts between the Michigan Student Assembly, LSA Student Govern- ment and University of Michigan Engineering Council, voter turn- out in student government elec- tions last week was up from last year - though student govern- ment officials say they'd like to see an even bigger increase next election cycle. Fall student government elec- tions, which took place last week, saw an increase in voter turn out, rising from 8.9 percent to 10.2 percent. While the different student governments across campus have previously campaigned for their individual elections, MSA, LSA-SG and UMEC decided to combine budgets and campaign efforts in an attempt to get more students to the online polls. In an interview yesterday, Sagar Deshpande, MSA elections director, spoke about the assem- bly's reaction to the voter turnout in this election in comparison to other years. "While the increase isn't as largeas we hoped, we are glad to see anincrease," Deshpande said. See ELECTION, Page 8A LSA senior Kate Pawlukiewicz said she keeps her mutt Aliein her home on Packard Street that allows pets. For many students, owning a pet is worth breaking landlord's rules 'U' economists: Downturn's worst over Landlords, animal experts say balance between college, furry friends difficult By DAVID BUCCILLI Daily StaffReporter While some students engage in illegal activities like under- age drinking and drug use, others break the rules in order to cuddle up with a furry friend. Students living in off-campus housing say they've hid their pets from landlords with no-pet poli- cies. Though these students say the benefits of owning a pet are great- er than the punishment of being caught, landlords, animal experts and student pet owners say balanc- ing a college lifestyle with raising a pet can often be difficult. "I just wish that more landlords would be open to having dogs," said one LSA sophomore dog owner who asked to remain annony- mous because the owner is illegally keeping a yellow lab named Trap- per in an apartment. The owner said hiding the dog is "worth the risk" of repercussions. According to a sample lease posted on the website of Prime Student Housing, tenants found with unauthorized pets will be considered "in default of the lease." In addition, tenants found with pets will be charged $50 the first time the landlord spots the petand any subsequent sightings. Tenants See PETS, Page 7A At panel, economists also talk future of U.S. economy By AUSTINWORDELL For the Daily The worst of the recession is over, according to economists from the University, think tanks and government organizations who spoke at a two-day confer- ence held at Rackham late last week. Economists expressed a mod- est yet hopeful outlook on the economy at the University of Michigan's 58th Annual Eco- nomic Outlook Conference spon- sored by the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. The conference took place all day Thursday and Friday morning and attracted dozens of attendees from various industries and sec- tors. Economists Joan Crary, Daniil Manaenkov and Stanley Sedo - all assistant research scientists at the RSQE - presented The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2011-2012. In their report, the economists predicted that the U.S. economy would add 900,000 jobs by the end of 2010 and another 1.5 mil- lion jobs in 2011 - along with 2.4 million jobs in 2012. Nearly all forecasts at the conference pre- dicted job growth in the next few years, but experts said the gains still wouldn't offset the 8 million jobs lost between the end of 2007 See ECONOMY, Page 7A WEATHER HI: 47 TOMORROW Lo :27 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail Mich. football great Rob Lytle dies at age 56. news michigandaily.com and letus know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE GAME INDEX NEWS............ .....2A ARTS ...............................SA Vol. CXXI, No. 53 SUDOKU.U...........................3A CLASSIFIEDS,............ . 6A '2lThMchiganDaly OPINION .... 4A SPORTSMONDAY................,18 and you're in the know Text EY Edge to 58592 for insights into who we are, what we do and how you can get in on the fun. 1 11 J ERNST&YOUNG Up to 2 msgs/mo. Message and Data Rates May Apply. Text HELP foroquestions or STOP to quit. Visit mms.us/ey for full terms. 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