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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Transportation and Driving</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/17.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2012 House Bill 5303 (Road funding increase and reform package )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286660.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:40:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286660</guid><dc:creator>isabelleelise</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286660.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=17&amp;PostID=286660</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;No new taxes. &amp;nbsp;All of Michigan is taxed enough already.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2012 House Bill 5303 (Road funding increase and reform package )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284160.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:14:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:284160</guid><dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284160.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=17&amp;PostID=284160</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Governor Snyder and his BFF from the &amp;quot;civic&amp;quot; group Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) are getting their ducks in a row. The BLF have two main initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. University Research Corridor&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. The Aerotropolis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Reprentative Alberta Tinsley Talabi (D) Detroit is evidently playing in the Back Yard with Snyder and BLM. Don&amp;#39;t think they will be out on the front portch anytime soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Aerotropolis is nominally the Detroit Metro Airport and All forms of Transportation going to and from. The main deal however, is to build Snyder&amp;#39;s bridge to Canada, and to develope the so called Pinnacle Property near the airport - using money confiscated from citizens in the form of higer taxes and fees. The Pinnacle Property scheme was put into place by former Governor Engler and Wayne County Executive McNamera. Governor Granholm and current Wayne County Executive passed out $36,000,000 of tax dollars for a failed Horse Racing Track. Government&amp;nbsp;spin is that the property now has infrastructure ready for further developement. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Representative Tinsley Talabi&amp;#39;s spin is that she is for citizens in her District. Never mind that Snyder and the Republican Caucus have been putting the screws to citizens thoughout all of Detroit and the entire State.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5303 (Road funding increase and reform package )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284157.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:40:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:284157</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284157.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=17&amp;PostID=284157</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on January 26, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5303'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>