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After bipartisan pressure,
the Michigan state legislature
modified its initial proposal
from
one
which
would
completely
eliminate
the
state’s 4.25-percent income
tax to one that will gradually
lower the tax to 3.9 percent
over four years.
This change occurred after
nine
university
presidents
from public schools across
the
state,
including
Mark
Schlissel, president of the
University
of
Michigan,
gathered Tuesday morning in
front of the House chamber
to lobby against the original
proposal.
The university presidents
were
concerned
the
elimination of the income tax
would lead to constraints in
the state’s budget, potentially
a gap of more than $1 billion
in the first fiscal year and
subsequently
decrease
university
funding.
The
presidents
cited
concerns
such
as
higher
education
inaccessibility and the rising
cost of a college education as
reasons for opposing the bill.
Schlissel
expressed
concern the tax cuts would
prevent
universities
from
providing higher education
at a manageable cost for
families across the state. He
also said the proposal would
negatively affect community
infrastructure.
“Our fear is that if the
resources available to state
government are constrained
by such a large tax cut, we
won’t be able to maintain
accessibility to a great higher
education at the same cost
now,” Schlissel said to the
Detroit Free Press. “Families
are already struggling to pay
for college, and we don’t want
to
make
those
challenges
greater. It’s not just higher
ed, it’s community colleges,
it’s schools, it’s infrastructure
we’ve promised our fellow
citizens we’re going to take
care of. It’s the aid we return
to our cities that allows them
to provide services to our
fellow citizens.”
According to the Detroit
Free Press, Gov. Rick Snyder
had also expressed concern
over the original tax plan and
the loss of revenue, remarking
that the situation should be
researched more thoroughly.
“The governor is always
open
to
new
ideas
and
welcomes the discussion on
tax reform,” Anna Heaton,
Snyder’s
press
secretary,
told the Free Press. “For this
particular proposal, there
would need to be concrete
data to demonstrate that
there is adequate revenue
from sources besides the
income
tax
to
ensure
services for residents and
investing in our statewide
infrastructure would not be
adversely affected.”
In
a
press
release
following the announcement
of
the
change
Synder
expressed his pleasure with
the change.
“I appreciate that House
leadership took seriously
my concerns about the long-
term impact of the proposal,
but I still have a billion
dollars worth of concerns
because there has been no
plan presented as to how
this will affect residents
and
their
communities
statewide.”
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Last week at a trail leading into
Nichols Arboretum, University of
Michigan medical student Daniel
Nadelman stumbled upon a dead
deer. Nadelman told MLive that
at first glance the deer appeared
to have been shot as a part of the
city’s cull from Jan. 30 to Feb. 6.
However, city officials say it was
not killed during the cull.
The Ann Arbor cull sparked
opposition from many residents.
At a City Council meeting
last January, many residents
chanted, “Stop the shoot,” and
organized a number of protests
and demonstrations against the
planned shoot. The latest cull
removed 96 deer from parks
and nature areas on University
properties, with an additional
54 female deer being sterilized,
according to an article on the city
of Ann Arbor’s website.
The remaining carcass
appeared to be partially eaten,
according to Nadelman. Tom
Crawford, Ann Arbor’s chief
financial officer, who oversaw the
deer cull, said each deer killed
during the cull was removed last
Thursday, leading him to believe
this one died of other causes.
Because of the dead deer’s
proximity to the train tracks, it
might have been hit by a train, yet
other possibilities still remain.
The deer could also have been
attacked by a predator or shot by
an outsider.
Nadelman also speculated
this was the same doe he had
seen before in the Arb with three
fawns.
“Several months ago, three
fawns were born in the Arboretum
and I watched them with their
mother every day until the hunt
began,” Nadelman said in the
MLive article.
- KEVIN BIGLIN
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