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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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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Poetry Reading

WHAT: Author Amorak Huey, 
a Grand Valley State University 
professor, will read from his 
poetry collection “Ha Ha Ha 
Thump.” 

WHO: Crazy Wisdom Poetry 
Circle

WHEN: 7 p.m.

WHERE: 114 S. Main St.

Kotaro Fukuma Guest 
Recital

WHAT: Kotaro Fukuma, an 
award-winning international 
concert pianist, will perform a 
“Home Country” set.

WHO: School of Music, Theatre 
& Dance

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Earl V. Moore, Britton 
Recital Hall

Social Area Brown Bag

WHAT: Join Daniel Molden, 
a visiting professor from 
Northwestern, presents on 
understanding self-regulation 
failure based on recent research.

WHO: Department of 
Psychology

WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: East Hall, Room 4464

Holocaust Survivor 
Speech

 

WHAT: Holocaust survivor 
Roma Solent will give a talk 
on his memories from the 
Holocaust.

WHO: Jewish Graduate Student 
Union

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Munger Graduate 
Residences

University Symphony 
Orchestra

WHAT: Conductor Christopher 
Kendall will lead a performance 
of two works by Arthur Honneger. 
The winners of a concerto 
competition will also perform.
WHO: School of Music, Theatre 
& Dance

WHEN: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

WHERE: Hill Auditorium

Science Cafe

WHAT: This month’s cafe will 
discuss our climates of the 
past and future and discuss the 
mechanisms of these changes 
with Environmental Science 
Professor Chris Poulsen

WHO: Science Cafes

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Conor O’Neill’s Pub, 318 
S. Main St. 

Faculty Author 
Celebration

WHAT: Faculty who wrote 
monographs published last year 
will present their work and be 
honored. 

WHO: University Library
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WHERE: Hatcher Graduate 
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RC Community Forum

WHAT: An open space to inform 
students and faculty about 
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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

ON THE DAILY: DEATH OF DOE REMAINS A MYSTERY

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Independent scholar Ekaterina Mishina discusses the relationship between Presidents 
Trump and Putin at a U.S.–Russia relations panel at the School of Social Work on Tuesday.

U. S . AND RUSSIA

MI legislation to reduce rate of 
income tax following opposition

Plan to reduce income tax to 3.8 percent after university presidents vocalize concerns

KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter 

See TAX, Page 3A

