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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Location! Location! Location!


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 03:33:59 AM EST
    Tags: Our Tax Dollars At Work, University of Michigan, Regents, Julia Donovan Darlow, Laurence B. Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, unionization, Students, Researchers, Progressives (all tags)

    $361/sq ft?  I don't want to hear whining about tuition hikes ever again.

    After receiving approval from the University of Michigan Board of Regents today, U-M is planning to purchase a .14-acre parcel near the Law Quad by the end of the month.

    The $730,000 price tag is more than triple the property's assessed value.

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    Location! Location! Location! | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 hidden)
    I can't help but wonder... (none / 0) (#1)
    by KG One on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 07:07:42 AM EST
    ...if the guv will don his green eyeshades, whip out that old Burroughs adding machine of his and deduct from their Lansing entitlement the difference between the assessed value and the price actually paid by U of M for that property?

    This would be a great opportunity for the fiscal conservatives in the legislature to chime in.

    C'mon, guys!

    You know who you are. Let's see some leadership for a change.

    Looking at the location (none / 0) (#2)
    by JGillman on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 07:25:52 AM EST
    it makes sense they would want to bring together the complex as a whole.

    BUT

    The sad part is they will (as government is prone) never look to sell off loose pieces.

    More more more - Hand out for operating expenses - More more more

    They have (none / 0) (#3)
    by grannynanny on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 11:14:35 AM EST
    been good learners from their bro's over at the state - where they pay $16,000/month for rental of a building for a state police post.  The building cost $276,000 to build.  They police post has been there for 12 yrs.  

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