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Meisner deserves kudos for filmmaking legislation
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By The Oakland Press
Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:58 AM EST
Sometimes it’s good to give a little credit where credit is due.
Michigan seems to be faring very well, so far, with its incentives to increase movie production in the state. The biggest development was the recent announcement that Motown Motion Pictures will invest $70 million to build its new film studios at a former General Motors plant in Pontiac.
Land bank would help homeowners
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By Rep. Andy Meisner, Special to The Oakland Press
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:57 AM EDT
Einstein said that the definition of insane is trying the same method twice and expecting a different outcome. The incumbent Oakland County treasurer, Patrick M. Dohany, is proposing that we do just that - even as property values plummet and foreclosures skyrocket.
Starting a land bank is a new strategy we can use to protect our property values and prevent the harm of foreclosures on our community, instead of continuing to stand by and watch our downward spiral.
Candidates interview hosted by the Spinal Column
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Interview by Andrew Sawmiller, The Spinal Column
Friday, September 19, 2008
View the Oakland County treasure candidate interview with (left to right) Pat Dohany (R), Spinal Column Newsweekly staff writer Andrew Sawmiller, and Andy Meisner (D). Also participating is Spinal Column Newsweekly editor Tim Dmoch.
Lawmaker wants land bank
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Plan would acquire foreclosed properties to fight blight in county
By Michael P. McConnell, Daily Tribune Staff Writer
Thursday, July 31, 2008
With copper and other thieves ravaging foreclosed and vacant homes in cities such as Hazel Park, Ferndale and Oak Park, state Rep. Andy Meisner says the county needs to create a land bank to curb blight.
Interview with Jack Lessenberry
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Michigan is one of the most restrictive states in the nation when it comes to stem cell research, but that could change this fall.
Recently, Cure Michigan submitted what should be more than enough signatures to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot. If the amendment is passed it would end the ban on stem cell research in the state.
Democrats target candidates in county races
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By Charles Crumm, Journal Register News Service
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
State and local Democrats say the key to their party's fortunes this election year depends on Oakland County.
"This is shaping up to be a watershed year for Democrats across Michigan and certainly here when it comes to Oakland County," said Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer.
"I think Oakland County will be one of the major battlegrounds in the fall."
Film crews rolling into town for tax credit
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By Catherine Kavanaugh of the Daily Tribune
Sunday, May 25, 2008
On Thursday Ruby Dee took a sip of bottled water, waited for her cue and walked to the center of an auditorium stage at Oakland Community College's Royal Oak campus where she is playing a professor in a post-apocalyptic film called "Red and Blue Marbles."
Nominated for an Academy Award in 2007 for her role as Mama Lucas in "American Gangster," the actress is the first of what promises to be many stars helping Michigan shine as the new movie-making Mecca of the United States.
Oakland foreclosures set record
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By Charles Crumm of The Oakland Press
Friday, May 2, 2008
Kevin Majors of Southfield lost his home to foreclosure last week after enduring a family loss and an adjustable rate mortgage that nearly doubled his monthly payments.
He's planning on moving to a small apartment.
"I feel terrible for anyone facing foreclosure," said the 51-year-old retiree. "It's horrible. It affects the whole economy."
Majors' was among the foreclosures recorded in Oakland County in April. He's certainly not alone.
Meisner tries to connect industry with technology
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By Jeremy Adragna, C & G Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
HAZEL PARK - State Rep. Andy Meisner, D-Hazel Park, is hoping a new program at Wayne State University's School of Business Administration will help boost the state's ailing manufacturing industry.
Bills would regulate mortgage loan officers
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By Amy Lane
Monday, February 25, 2008
LANSING - A package of bills to create a registration process for Michigan mortgage loan officers is moving toward final passage as lawmakers continue to address the mortgage loan crisis.
The bills strengthen oversight of the newly renamed Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation and require loan officers to register with the office, undergo a criminal records check, and pass an exam on state and federal regulations on residential mortgage lending.
