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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.

• Dangerous Sidewalks Repair Budget Eliot Singer 05/20/13 new
• FIX IT!!!! (Ordinance 1289 Again) Eliot Singer 05/20/13 new
• "...Council member Triplett loves to distract." Alice Dreger 05/10/13 new
• councilman Triplett Bill Weckesser 05/09/13 new
• Dear Councilman Triplett: Bill Weckesser 02/10/13 new
• Triplett's Ordinance 1293 Bill Weckesser 01/26/13 new
• "…he wants to throw out the 50/50 rules on bar sales…" Bill Weckesser 12/16/12 new
• Important City Pulse Article on Consolidation Eliot Singer 11/30/12 new
• Request for Ethics Investigation- City Attorneys overseeing Home Invasions? Failure to Punish? Lying in Court Jeffery Hank 09/18/12 new
• St. Anne Lofts: Safety First Eliot Singer 07/02/12 new
• St. Anne's Loft (collapse) "…flagrant disregard for the rules." Alice Dreger 07/01/12 new
• Due Diligence Questions Eliot Singer 04/24/12 new
• "East Lansing is choking on Mr. Triplett's red herrings." Bill Weckesser 02/21/12 new
• BANs on the Consent Agenda Eliot Singer 01/31/12 new
• City Manager Search Eliot Singer 01/13/12 new
• Council and City Attorney Charged With Open Meetings Violation Phil Bellfy 01/10/12 new
• East Lansing Bonds and Brownfield/Tax Increment Financing Projects Part 2: Concepts Eliot Singer 01/07/12 new
• East Lansing Bonds and Brownfield/Tax Increment Financing Projects Part I: Preface and General Observations (with attached) Eliot Singer 01/04/12 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
• " Mr. Lahanas --The Public is Watching and Waiting. Are you a Staton Clone?" Phil Bellfy 10/16/11 new
• "...cuts to public services to pay for a failed real estate speculation,..." Eliot Singer 10/15/11 new
• More City Center II Secrecy --Still Feeling Like a Mushroom Phil Bellfy 10/14/11 new
• More City Center II Secrecy Phil Bellfy 10/13/11 new
• Strathmore track record Eliot Singer 10/13/11 new
• Rubber Stamping City Council Eliot Singer 08/28/11 new
• Sweetheart Assessments for East Lansing Brownfields Eliot Singer, East Lansing 08/24/11 new
• Technology Innovation Center: Zip for Our Gift Eliot Singer 07/31/11 new
• Taxpayers ON The Hook? Staton Walks Away! Audio by Scott Boehme interviewing Phil Bellfy 07/14/11 new
• "...Can East Lansing afford to give McGinty $500,000 a year?" Phil Bellfy 06/21/11 new
• Response Eliot Singer 05/28/11 new
• CITY CENTER II DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED --THE PROJECT IS DEAD. Phil Bellfy 05/27/11 new
• RE: 05/27/1#1/East Lansing/City Council-2011/"...--THE PROJECT IS DEAD."/Bellfy/Wolf Chris Wolf 05/27/11 new
• Another Cover-up: Plan for Refinancing the City Center II Bond Anticipation Notes Eliot Singer 05/15/11 new
• Reporting from Historic Districts Commission Eliot Singer 05/13/11 new
• East Lansing’s Subsidized "Technology Innovation Center" Eliot Singer 05/12/11 new
• Part of the Public Record Phil Bellfy 05/10/11 new
• Request for Public Review of East Lansing DDA Budget Eliot Singer 05/04/11 new
• Information provided by Bellfy is more than disturbing Scott Boehme (East Lansing, Michigan) 05/02/11 new
• East Lansing City officials and tax fraud Phil Bellfy 04/30/11 new
• Correction Concerning DDA and Taxes Eliot Singer 04/21/11 new
• Correction to Phil's Avondale post Eliot Singer 04/17/11 new
• TED, VIC, --ONCE AGAIN-- IT'S TIME TO GO Phil Bellfy (East Lansing, Michigan) 04/16/11 new
• "...hilariously ironic!" Dugald McMillan 06/30/12
• Non-union Labor at East Lansing Public-Private Developments Eliot Singer 06/29/12
• "Nevertheless, we’re out millions." Bill Weckesser 06/28/12
• Sorry, Mr. Triplett, Self-Financing Is a Lie Eliot Singer 04/26/12
• For (emergency) Publication: Council Work Session to Discuss City Center II Financing Eliot Singer 03/16/12
• Review of Cost of Unwarranted Debt Service Eliot Singer 03/15/12
• The Clandestine Plan to Sell $28.4 Million in City Center II Bonds on October 1, 2011 Eliot Singer 11/11/11
• (City Center II/Risky Developer), with attachments Eliot Singer 10/05/11
• On Nathan Triplett Eliot Singer 05/23/10