[nfbmi-talk] ot but important

[Fred wurtzel]

Hi,

Sorry!  that is funny, my screen reader read O T as a word which I heard as
odd which, to me, changed the whole meaning of the subject line.  I get it,
now.  I'm still giggling.

Warm Regards,

Fred

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OT./..Stands for "off topic"....


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] ot but important


> I'm not disputing your subject line.  I am trying to understand why this 
> is
> either odd or important to the NFB of Michigan.  This is certainly 
> important
> to Flint and to all Michiganders, not seeing a NFB connection.  In
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of joe harcz Comcast
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:54 PM
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] ot but important
>
> Ex-acting mayor named Flint's emergency manager
>
>
>
> Karen Bouffard/ Detroit News Lansing Bureau
>
>
>
> Lansing- Michael Brown, who served as acting mayor for the city of Flint 
> in
> 2009, has been named the city's emergency manager, Gov. Rick Snyder
> announced
>
> Tuesday.
>
>
>
> Brown, who will start his position on Thursday, is now president of the
> Lansing-based Prima Civitas Foundation and director of the Flint Area
> Reinvestment
>
> Office. He was acting mayor of Flint for six months in 2009.
>
>
>
> "Michael Brown has a strong track record of serving the Flint-area
> community," Snyder said. "Given his experience in public, private, and
> non-profit settings,
>
> I'm confident he is well equipped to take on this critical post."
>
>
>
> Brown's appointment follows the unanimous recommendation of an 
> eight-member
>
> financial
>
> review team. Snyder concurred with the team's recommendation.
>
>
>
> Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the Detroit City Council are working this week
> to avoid the appointment of a similar review team, which is the first step
> in
>
> the process that can lead to appointment of an emergency manager.
>
>
>
> The Republican-controlled Legislature this year passed new legislation 
> that
> grants emergency managers sweeping powers to cancel union contracts and
> overrule
>
> elected boards and city officials.
>
>
>
> The Flint review team was appointed by Snyder on Sept. 30. The team 
> included
> financial management
>
> experts
>
> from the public and private sectors. A preliminary review of the city's
> finances found failure to follow deficit elimination plans, general fund
> operating
>
> losses for the last several years, recurring cash shortages and other
> problems.
>
>
>
> "We can
>
> work together
>
> to resolve Flint's financial emergency," Brown said in a press release 
> from
> the governor's office. "This is my hometown, so this is a personal task.
> With
>
> the available tools, I am optimistic we can work cooperatively to restore
> fiscal stability to Flint."
>
>
>
> kbouffard at detnews.com
>
>
>
> (517) 371-3660
>
>
http://www.detnews.com/article/20111129/METRO/111290439/1361/Ex-acting-mayor
> -named-Flint-s-emergency-manager
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