dealing with the collapse
Scott begins:
just returned from visiting family in south Florida. They are experiencing a collapse in real estate that, in some measures, is more severe than Detroit. What is troubling for the sunshine destinations is their economy seems to be premised mostly on people moving in. They don’t really make anything in south Florida and this time the troubles in the rust belt are so severe we are not providing the grist for their economy – people with U- Hauls.
Click to read his solution to get both economies humming again.
I find myself thinking more and more about this sad sorry mess that all of us are in and wonder how a paltry $30 billion settlement is going to ever make up for the destruction of our economy. It’s like Wall Street just blew a hole in the Federal Reserve and calmly walked away with our money and the public discussion is whether or not they should have to pay for repairs to the vault.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder kills the Avengers
On Absolute Michigan today I wrote a feature on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s baffling budget that kills the Michigan Film Incentive. Once again, as Mitch Albom so aptly explains, Michigan has gone out, run 1/2 a block and wondered why we haven’t won the marathon.
Either way, he kills the future of the film/TV/video game industry here. With such a low cap, few new projects will come. Many have pulled out in the last few days. Studios just washed millions down the drain. Folks who moved here to be part of a growing industry will leave again.
And we look like fools. Imagine a state that yells, “Come on in!”, leads the nation in a program — then three years later shuts it down. Would you want to do business here?
Sometimes I really feel we are one of the nation’s stupidest states. Click here to read more, check out Rick is Wrong and watch this video from Mitch Albom explaining the inexplicable.
People still got the friendliness through – Traverse City Comedy Fest video #1
What I’m doing this weekend … 2nd annual Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival (Traverse City, Michigan)
Lots more to come…
Imported from Detroit
…OK, Birmingham. Just love this ad – highlight of my Super Bowl.
