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Public Response

If You Believe A Free Exchange Of Ideas Is Important For Democracy

Public Response was born as a community email newsletter to encourage transparency of government and to cultivate communication. Your confidence in the action of public thought will secure a place for public opinion in our society and in that of our children. Our children will live in the shadows of our negligence or in the wisdom and brilliance of our actions.

• Responsible and Irresponsible Bond Financing for Public Works Eliot Singer 01/18/18 new
• City Still Shirking Responsibility for Financial Woes Eliot Singer 01/09/18 new
• Technical Analysis of Non-Recourse Tax-Increment Bonds in Reference to Lot 1 Bond Eliot Singer 01/07/18 new
• Center City District Addendum Questions Alice Dreger 12/02/17 new
• When Will They Ever Learn, When Will They Ever Learn? Eliot Singer 12/02/17 new
• History of Changed Plans in East Lansing Tax-incentivized Development Projects Eliot Singer 11/27/17 new
• One Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Lotto 1 Seniors Eliot Singer 11/20/17 new
• Context is Credibility Gap Eliot Singer 06/28/17 new
• City of SNAFUS (ad nauseam) Eliot Singer 06/25/17 new
• Approve Loot 1, Kiss Tax Increases Goodbye Eliot Singer 05/06/17 new
• For Publication: Response to Ms. McElmurry on What to Do Eliot Singer 05/06/17 new
• Lotto 1 Development: Anything to Avoid a Public Vote Eliot Singer 05/04/17 new
• Project Formerly Known As: Snake Oil Finance Again Eliot Singer 04/27/17 new
• Lot 1 Target PR Stunt: Credibility Sinks Even Lower Eliot Singer 04/13/17 new
• Correct, Meadows used $700 figure not $800 Eliot Singer 04/01/17 new
• Lot 1 Credibility Gap 2.0: Revenue Accounting 101 Eliot Singer 04/01/17 new
• Re: Reply to Eliot Singer Amy Maldonado 03/27/17 new
• Reply to Eliot Singer Roberta M. McElmurry 03/26/17 new
• Rough Pro Forma for Lot 1 (because someone has to do it, urgently) Elliot Singer 03/26/17 new
• Can someone answer these questions for me: Susan Masten 03/26/17 new
• Response to Susan Masten Elliot Singer 03/26/17 new
• EDR, Core Campus, Harbor Bay All In Bed Together Elliot Singer 03/24/17 new
• Re: Lot 1 Redevelopment (again) Don Bosman 03/23/17 new
• Lot 1 Redevelopment (again) Elliot Singer 03/23/17 new
• Not with a Bang but a Whimper Eliot Singer 12/14/16 new
• Message to MEDC and State Legislators Concerning Abuses of Brownfield Redevelopment Eliot Singer 09/10/15 new
• Legacy Costs, Attempt to Quantify (Important: Please Try to Understand My Best Effort to Make Clear) Eliot Singer 09/03/15 new
• Counting Legacy MBT Credits and Brownfield Tax Diversion Before They Are Hatched Eliot Singer 07/25/15 new
• Update on Project Formerly Known as City Center Two Eliot Singer 07/23/15 new
• Response to Don Bosman on Eminent Domain for CC II Properties Eliot Singer 07/09/15 new
• For Publication: Project Formerly Known as City Center II, a.k.a., Park District, Mortgage History Eliot Singer 07/02/15 new
• The NDC Report on PDIG Eliot Singer 06/30/15 new
• Message Sent to East Lansing DDA/BRA with Regards to NDC Financial Report on Park District Investment Group Eliot Singer 06/29/15 new
• Project Formerly Known As City Center II: Morning After Regrets Eliot Singer 01/29/15 new
• A couple of financial tidbits courtesy LSJ Eliot Singer 04/13/14 new
• Parking and other Budget Miscellany Eliot Singer 04/11/14 new
• Michigan Association of Counties Presentation on Tax Capture to House Tax Policy Committee 2-6-14 Eliot Singer 03/18/14 new
• Why the DDA and BRA Have To Go Eliot Singer 10/29/13 new
• DTN, PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Phil Bellfy 07/28/13 new
• I Am Not Amused about No End to Development Fascism Eliot Singer 07/24/13 new
• "Sale of Property For Completion of Park District Development" Thomas M. Yeadon (submitted By Jim Cuddeback) 07/24/13 new
• RISKING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS – A RESPONSE TO TOM YEADON Phil Bellfy 07/24/13 new
• Broke DDA to Spend Money on Another Discretionary Public Works Eliot Singer 06/23/13 new
• Option to Purchase Agreements for Private CC II Properties Eliot Singer 06/15/13 new
• Park District: Facts of Life Eliot Singer 06/04/13 new
• Dangerous Sidewalks Repair Budget Eliot Singer 05/20/13 new
• Ordinance 1287 & 1289: My Recommendations Eliot Singer 05/03/13 new
• Rents on The Residences Eliot Singer 05/02/13 new
• Parking Debt, FY 2014 Style Eliot Singer 04/26/13 new
• Make the DDA Pay Its Fair Share for Public Safety! Eliot Singer 04/23/13 new
• Message to the Park District Review Committee Eliot Singer 04/16/13 new
• "providing services to its constituents"? Phil Bellfy 03/30/13 new
• Responses to Park District Proposal Supplementary Questions Eliot Singer 03/23/13 new
• "You'd be dissenting from the urban planning doctrines" Bill Weckesser 03/21/13 new
• Park District Review Update Eliot Singer 03/17/13 new
• AN UNANSWERED QUESTION Jeffery Hank 03/15/13 new
• The DTN Biggby's/West Village Development Eliot Singer 03/13/13 new
• "What a wasted opportunity" Bert Seyfarth 03/11/13 new
• Correction on Pubic Response Post on DTN Eliot Singer 03/09/13 new
• DTN, and City Hall, Must Play by the Rules Eliot Singer 03/09/13 new
• "The key to a vibrant East Lansing isn’t the downtown." Bill Weckesser 03/08/13 new
• "No Taxpayer Dollars" Development (Not!) Eliot Singer 03/05/13 new
• The Usual Suspects (Park District Review Committee) Eliot Singer 03/01/13 new
• DDA Meeting and Secrecy Eliot Singer 02/27/13 new
• STRATHMORE IN DEFAULT ON "LITTLE BANK BUILDING" DEMOLITION Phil Bellfy 10/30/12 new
• Millage, Further Thoughts Eliot Singer 08/21/12 new
• "... land sales be put on November's ballot..." Phil Bellfy 07/31/12 new
• East Lansing Bonds and Brownfield/Tax Increment Financing Projects Part 2: Concepts Eliot Singer 01/07/12 new
• City Center II: A Distressed Mortgage Does Not Simply Vanish Eliot Singer 10/27/11 new
• City Center II: The Facts about the BANs and the DDA’s Evergreen and 303 Abbot Properties Eliot Singer 10/18/11 new
• "...cuts to public services to pay for a failed real estate speculation,..." Eliot Singer 10/15/11 new
• More City Center II Secrecy Phil Bellfy 10/13/11 new
• Taxpayers ON The Hook? Staton Walks Away! Audio by Scott Boehme interviewing Phil Bellfy 07/14/11 new
• Another Cover-up: Plan for Refinancing the City Center II Bond Anticipation Notes Eliot Singer 05/15/11 new
• Request for Public Review of East Lansing DDA Budget Eliot Singer 05/04/11 new
• For The Public Record Phil Bellfy 06/25/12
• Morally, and Perhaps Soon to Be Financially, Bankrupt Eliot Singer 04/13/12
• Governed By Fairy Tales Phil Bellfy 04/12/12