Tag: Privatization

Michigan Served As Valuable Lesson Against Government Economic Efforts

Yesterday was Michigan’s birthday. Our state has undergone a great deal of change over the last 175 years, and today can serve well as a history lesson for the country and itself.   Especially given the recent discussion with regard to…

Contracting Savings On School District Support Services

Center’s 2011 School Privatization Survey Shows That for First Time, Majority of Michigan Districts Contract With Private Vendors for Food, Custodial or Transportation Services 295 of 550 districts — 53.6 percent — now contract at least one major service to the…

Kent County School Districts Sued For Privatization Language

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit Against 10 Kent County School Districts, KCEA, on Behalf of Taxpayers Suit seeks to purge illegal “no-privatization” contract language MIDLAND — Patrick J. Wright, director of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, today announced a…