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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Open Thread - Unfunded Mandates


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jul 05, 2010 at 10:33:33 PM EST
    Tags: Complete streets, Lansing, HB6151, Unfunded mandates (all tags)

    The Michigan house recently passed HB 6151.  Complete streets.  It requires a particular TOP DOWN approach to local roads and planning for streets and roads to make them "livable."

    If I read this correctly, its ONE way that the legislature would require local road commissions and municipalities to spend on things they might not otherwise.  It also will likely leave the funding mechanism to the local governments to handle as well.
    So rather that FIX certain roads, some will be left to fall apart because the repair or renovation will require more spent on the process than is available to the local government.

    This is my example..  Whats yours?  What is your favorite unfunded directive from Lansing?  In what ways are the Lansing critters bankrupting YOUR local government?

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    Smoke if ya' got em... (none / 0) (#1)
    by sailingconservatively on Tue Jul 06, 2010 at 10:14:22 AM EST
    Well here is a doozy!   Who is funding the additional "staff" necessary to monitor and administrate this new law?    Ready, shoot, aim...

    We have a whopper here in our town as well.   Local moms groups decided that their children are too fragile and that a MANDATED HELMET LAW(bikes,scooters, rollerblades,etc) be implemented and enforced for all youth 16 or under.   NO funding for this of course, just well intended.   It's not going so well.

    Sound familiar?

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