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	Studies [Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
		Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief in Davenport v.
		Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief in Heaphy v.
		Mackinac Center Amicus Curiae Brief in DPG York v.
	www.mackinac.org /studies/s96-04.htm (199 words)

	Mackinac Center for Public Policy
		A reasonable assumption is that parents of about 5 percent of all current public school children in the state (about 85,000 children) would take advantage of the tax credit from the first year.
		First, a point opponents regularly neglect to mention is that when a child transfers from a public school, it’s true that the school district no longer receives the state funding allocated for that child—$6,700 per student in fiscal 2003—but the state and district are also relieved of the cost of educating that child.
		In the end, the charge that choice drains funds from public schools is a red herring designed to obfuscate the real issue: Too many public schools are failing our children and parents are demanding options.
	www.ivbe.org /tbe/mackinac4.htm (765 words)

	One on One Interview: Lawrence Reed, Mackinac Center for Public Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Mackinac's achievements in developing and promoting innovative policy solutions have brought admirers to its doors, wanting to learn the secrets of the organization's success.
		Success means forcing public discussion of issues and perspectives that were not previously on the table and making our case so persuasively that it becomes part of mainstream thinking.
		If the Mackinac Center is judged "successful" five, ten, or twenty years from now, it won't be because people will be saying, "They sure printed a lot of words and held a lot of meetings." It will be because people will be saying, "That place pushed the envelope and shifted the focus of public understanding.
	www.atlasusa.org /highlight_archive/2002/winter2002/winter_5.html (942 words)

	Mackinac Center for Public Policy
		The Mackinac Center is the leading voice for education reform in Michigan, whereas Battaglieri and the MEA are staunch opponents of the reforms proposed by the Center.
		The MEA has suffered a number of public setbacks as a result of the Mackinac Center’s work, and it is perhaps understandable that the union’s leadership might want to lash out at the Center for the pain and embarrassment it has caused them.
		That is one of the reasons the Mackinac Center has called for a “Teacher Bill of Rights” that would restore the right of individual teachers to bargain for their own terms and conditions of employment and free them from the obligation to provide financial support to a union they have no interest in joining.
	ivbe.org /tbe/mackinac2.htm (5381 words)

	Mackinac Center for Public Policy
		Mackinac Center analysts will track and comment on proposed government expansions and limitations in 2007 State of the State address.
		Center legal analyst says, "Justices across the political spectrum were highly skeptical" of the union's views on free speech in oral arguments today.
		Public competition with private enterprise ends up damaging both.
	www.mackinac.org (3795 words)

	Critiquing the Mackinac Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Equally uninformed is the Mackinac Center’s assumption that the collective bargaining model used in Michigan is solely a result of the influence of schoolteachers.
		To suggest, as the Mackinac Center report does, that a typical tenure case involves a convicted felon and costs a school district more than $100,000, is simply pandering to a biased and uninformed point of view.
		The Mackinac Center’s attempt to politicize the issue of public education with socially engineered commentary is a disservice to the institution of public education.
	www.mea.org /design.cfm?p=1512 (2998 words)

	Personal Tributes from Around the Nation and ... [Mackinac Center for Public Policy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Mackinac Center has graciously opened their doors to share their experience and skill across the globe, as we fight our own battles for a better society.
		In 2001 Joe personally brought the Mackinac Center to the assistance of the Arvon Township school board in the Copper Country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, as it struggled to overcome the obstacles to the survival of a small rural district and to improve the quality of education.
		After leaving the Mackinac Center I had the pleasure and honor to continue working with Joe on several of his “brain children,” including the Michigan Legal Foundation, USA Votes, Inc., and Citizen Legislator.
	www.schoolchoiceworks.org /article.asp?ID=5514 (9399 words)

	Michicare faces uphill battle
		Mackinac Center directors Robert Teeter, Richard McLellan and D. Joseph Olson are among those described by Democrats as Engler's "hidden advisers." Teeter is President Bush's campaign strategist and pollster.
		Almost point for point, Engler seems to be following the Mackinac Center's prescription for "downsizing," as spelled out in its policy papers and studies: Cut property taxes and privatize as many of the state's functions as possible, or deregulate or dump on counties or cities what can't be contracted out to private companies.
		Public policy research groups like Mackinac are supposed to stay nonpartisan or they risk losing their tax-exempt status.
	www.metrotimes.com /johnengler/11_22winter.html (2472 words)

	Compassion
		A critic of both the Engler administration and the Mackinac Center, the liberal Berman is nonetheless impressed by the political acumen Engler displayed.
		The Mackinac Center is no exception, publishing dozens of articles in the past eight years on privatizing everything from prisons to water treatment plants.
		In addition to the public lobbying efforts, Dow Chemical, Dow Corning and at least two private foundations spawned by the Dow fortune were also contributing heavily to the Mackinac Center.
	www.metrotimes.com /johnengler/002.html (3943 words)

	Privatization and America Business
		Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Michigan-based think tank dedicated to market oriented education and research.
		Public policy expert Lawrence Reed describes a revolution-in-the-making that is happening around the world but that has received relatively little public attention: the privatization revolution.
		Public employees made money and became proud part owners of new, private firms; the general public enjoyed better services; the British economy became more competitive; and taxpayers saved a bundle of money.
	www.amigospais-guaracabuya.org /oagim002.php (3515 words)

	Florida Alliance for Choices in Education
		The mission of Alliance for School Choice is to improve our nation's system of K-12 education by advancing public policy that empowers parents, particularly in low-income families, to choose the education they determine is best for their children.
		The Mackinac Center is a nonpartisan research and educational organization devoted to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions.
		The Commonwealth Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan, free-market public policy research and educational institute working as the vanguard of freedom and conscience of liberty in the state of Pennsylvania.
	www.flace.org /choice_links.htm (628 words)

	Mackinac Center and Institute for Justice Defend Against Michigan Teachers Union Attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a 14-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research institute that studies state and local policy questions on topics including education, labor law, fiscal policy, economic development and the environment.
		Shortly thereafter, the Mackinac Center received a threatening letter from the MEA’s lawyer, who accused the Center of “distorting” Battaglieri’s views and demanded that the Center turn over a list of anyone who had ever received any solicitation from the Mackinac Center in which Battaglieri’s or the Michigan Education Association’s names were used.
		Public school teaching may be the most highly unionized sector of the American workforce (the private sector is only 9 percent unionized).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/688329/posts (3887 words)

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		Strong, vital public libraries are an essential part of vibrant communities. Public libraries teach children, serve small businesses and the unemployed, assist the investor, support the entrepreneur and contribute to the quality of life for Michigan residents. Successful states have strong public libraries.
		Since our very first constitution the people of Michigan have believed that strong public library service is an essential part of the quality of life and education in our state. Funding for public library service has been a joint state and local responsibility and should remain so.
		The Center's call for privatization of our state's public libraries is bad public policy and is bad for Michigan.
	www.mla.lib.mi.us /files/Appr_2004_Mackinac_Center_for_Public_Policy.doc (174 words)

	Mackinac Center Blog
		The goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision makers to better evaluate policy options.
		The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is broadening the debate on issues that has for many years been dominated by the belief that government intervention should be the standard solution.
		Mackinac Center research recognizes the diversity of Michigan citizens and treats them as individuals with unique backgrounds, circumstances and goals.
	www.newsbull.com /m.asp?id=570 (271 words)

	Message
		Likewise, policies of deficit spending and government growth-while enriching a few at the start-have eaten at the vitals of the nation's economy and moral fiber for decades.
		Policy makers who forget this will do dumb things like jack up taxes on some activity and expect that people will do just as much of it as before, as if they are sheep lining up to be sheared.
		Public policy that dismisses liberty or doesn't preserve or strengthen it should be immediately suspect in the minds of a vigilant people.
	www.zianet.com /NMIRI/e_sevenprinciples.htm (4086 words)

	MichiganScience [Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
		The magazine is available free of charge to members of the media and is being distributed to all Michigan legislators and their staffs; state agency personnel; educators; libraries; civic organizations; and science museum boards of directors.
		MichiganScience is published quarterly by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization devoted to analyzing Michigan public policy issues.
		The content of MichiganScience is reviewed by the Mackinac Center Science Board of Advisors, which is composed of scholars and researchers from various scientific disciplines.
	www.educationreport.org /pubs/msr (264 words)

	Midland Daily News - Mackinac Center starts science policy magazine
		She is the Mackinac Center’s director of science, environment, technology and public policy.
		The Mackinac Center reported that the glossy, four-color magazine is being distributed to all Michigan legislators and their staffs plus state agency personnel, educators, libraries, civic organizations and science museum boards of directors.
		The Mackinac Center describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education institute devoted to promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions.
	www.ourmidland.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17478093&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6 (480 words)

	The Frontier Centre for Public Policy
		The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and educational organization devoted to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions.
		The Reason Foundation is a public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress.
		The Cato Institute is a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.
	www.fcpp.org /links_detail.php?LinkCategoryID=10 (474 words)

	Terms of Use - Michigan Votes
		The Mackinac Center for Public Policy does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site, including the comments section, or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.
		The Mackinac Center for Public Policy does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this site or in third-party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise.
		Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall the Mackinac Center for Public Policy be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, Mackinac Center for Public Policy materials.
	www.michiganvotes.org /Terms.aspx (823 words)

	Michigan Appellate Digest - 245862 Battaglieri v Mackinac Center for Public Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		However, the letter had addressed policy questions and information of public interest and sought to convince readers of certain policies, and the plaintiffs' use of a press conference to address their own formation of a competing organization showed that the plaintiffs also regarded the subjects as matters of public interest.
		The determination whether a publication sufficiently addressed a matter of public interest to be protected from liability for invasion of privacy through appropriation is ordinarily a question of law for the court.
		A claim of invasion of privacy through casting the plaintiff in a false light requires that the defendant's publication attributed to the plaintiff characteristics, conduct or beliefs which were false and placed the plaintiff in a false position.
	courtofappeals.mijud.net /Digest/newHTML/24586221.htm (1011 words)

	John R. La Plante ... PolicyGuy ... Selected Publications
		Policy paper for the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy.
		Public officials who increase spending on schools don't accomplish anything, contrary to the commendation of newspaper editorials.
		Policy brief of the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy.
	www.policyguy.com /pubs/Publications.html (2186 words)

	Libertyguide Job Bank > Mackinac Center for Public Policy > Director of Education Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Michigan-based public policy research and educational institute, is looking for an experienced educator or education policy specialist to serve as Director of Education Policy and help improve the quality of elementary and secondary education in Michigan.
		The Mackinac Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with nearly 30 full-time employees, a fifty-member Board of Scholars, and a $3 million operating budget.
		The Mackinac Center has been at the forefront of nationally recognized education reforms in Michigan.
	www.theihs.org /libertyguide/jobbank/show_viewrecord.php?id=249 (260 words)

	IJ Publications: Liberty & Law
		Carrying the banner of genuine educational reform is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, one of the nation’s most effective and influential state think tanks.
		Mackinac Center studies have shown how various reforms could radically improve Michigan’s public education system while giving teachers and parents far greater freedom and saving millions in taxes.
		The Mackinac Center has been so effective in getting the word out about the benefits of school choice, voluntary unionism, privatization and other reforms, that the MEA decided to create a “think tank” called the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice, whose sole purpose appears to be critiquing the Mackinac Center’s work.
	www.ij.org /publications/liberty/2002/11_4_02_h.html (663 words)

	Lawrence Reed Addresses ERC
		The Center's mission is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision-makers to better evaluate public policy options from a free market perspective.
		Reed explained that the Center is a nonpartisan research and educational organization devoted to broadening the debate on economic issues.
		The Center compared these costs to actual costs borne by a private business, Meijer, and discovered that custodial costs for the 24/7 operation were just 47¢ per foot.
	www.eastside-republican-club.org /reed.htm (1722 words)

	Libertyguide Job Bank > Mackinac Center for Public Policy > Director of Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Description: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Michigan-based public policy research and educational institute, has an immediate opening for a Director of Communications to provide overall management and leadership for the Center’s marketing and public affairs efforts.
		The Mackinac Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institute with 26 full-time employees, a fifty-member Board of Scholars, and an annual operating budget of $3 million.
		The Center is recognized nationally as one of the most effective state-focused public policy institutes in advancing sound principles of political economy.
	www.theihs.org /libertyguide/jobbank/show_viewrecord.php?id=396 (295 words)

	Mackinac VP Overton Killed in Plane Crash - by School Reform News staff - The Heartland Institute
		Joseph P. Overton, 43, senior vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, died on June 30, 2003, as a result of injuries sustained when his single-seat lightweight aircraft crashed after takeoff near Caro in Michigan’s Thumb.
		Overton served as a volunteer for the Center in its early years, eventually joining the staff in 1992 and helping it become the largest of some 40 research institutes of its kind outside Washington, DC.
		“On the policy issue that meant the most to him--education--[Overton] labored tirelessly to expand liberty and opportunity for parents to send their children to the best and safest schools of their choice,” said Lawrence W. Reed, president of the Mackinac Center.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=12750 (289 words)

	Common Cause Magazine: The Michigan experiment - economic reform under Governor John Engler - includes related article ...
		Reed's organization, the Mackinac Center, is in an old department store; neighbors include an antiques store and cappuccino shop.
		Mackinac uses computers, phones and faxes to espouse an upbeat free-market philosophy that reflects Midland itself: Government is inconspicuous, and benevolent corporations, in Midland's case the hometown Dow Corp., meet many civic needs.
		Engler is a New Republican, often mentioned with governors Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin and William Weld of Massachusetts as GOP leaders who endorse free-market solutions to social problems and sidestep the fractious social issues that crippled the GOP in 1992.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1554/is_n1_v20/ai_15148549 (1502 words)

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