Excerpt: The library faces a $275,000 shortfall this year because its 3.4-mill levy will only collect $2.3 million due to declining property values. In 2009, the millage collected $4.7 million.
Nearly 90 percent of the Flint Public Library revenue comes from the local millage. Library officials previously said there’s been no discussion about increasing the millage.
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Related posts:
Flint Michigan: From Vehicle City to Dodge City. (7/6/2011)
Take another look at library consolidation. (6/6/2011)
Reactions to closing of West Flint branch. (5/17/2011)
Library not likely to send a thank-you note to GM. (12/3/2010)
Citizens launch "Keep our Library" campaign. (6/13/2010)
Related article:
US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive. (The Telegraph, 6/12/2009)
Excerpt: The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature.
Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area.
The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint. (Kildee, a Democrat, now represent Michigan's 5th Congressional District.)
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