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Its a statement of value and who we are. This happens when central values are violated and the institutions step up to certain crimes and behaviors. These were not accidents or small mistakes but according to the indictment look unsophisticated and repeated. That would indicate possible issues in thinking, emotions and choice that lead to a path of taking advantages of others and lying all the way (I have seen similar type of people cause serious chaos and harm for others by just lying over and over.)
I like the way they wrote the quote below. There is a touch of the poetic in it but not so much to make it obvious. Imagery of an entitled person trying to reach a loftier position to make more money. Marching up a staircase and driven by desire. (Its kind of sad if you think about what was going through his head. Why does power and money come to define him? What in his life, psychology/biology would drive him to have this unquenchable need to be special from primarily external validation?)
btw. Notice that you can take things together to create an indictment. Single incidents might be a mistake but repeated incidents are a sign of pathology of behavior. One can often trace back the logic of each one to self gain of our behaviors. i.e. all behavior is goal directed. If one were to put all of these behaviors in a spreadsheet and then analyze their potential benefits and detractors in goal direction it would be possible to map the most likely objective ultimate unstated goal of a person who engaged in a series of certain behaviors. Finding patterns in data and that is what will likely happen with big data as well. We should always be aware that sometimes the ultimate goal isn't self gain. There are a few people in the world who are selfishly unselfishly serving their communities and doing the right things.
This Commissioner Meeting as an important milestone in local government alignment and there has been a shift in the mannerisms that while may not be at first apparent but one can tell that they are drawing a little closer in perspective. There were some acknowledgements on some shared sense of responsibility and some outward adjustments that indicate inner perceptual changes that were important and likely more important in the near future. Some clearing of the air if you will.
First and foremost there was a discussion on the board making decisions in the best interest of the public and there was a discussion on the process by which situations (land annexation) are decided. It is the process that makes the biggest difference. You may read 'Dialogues in Democracy'. It is helpful to conduct activity as transparently as possible to draw in support.
Secondly, we find young people becoming more involved in democracy which could be counter to the trend. As a nation we have suffered from a younger generation that doesn't understand the concept of democracy because we seemed to have fumbled around with the torch a little. We are in a state of transition to becoming something new as a nation and it will have an impact on places like Escanaba as well as other towns across America.
There are some important stats in Endorsing Democracy that we should take heart and think about. We want youth to be aware and we want them to be involved in building out democracy to its next universal stage of development. We want them to contribute even if we as old geezers don't agree 100% in their perception (I tell people this all the time. My generation is the only generation to truly understand when the older chalk board world moved to the digital world. When we are young we had little technology and today we would be hard pressed to recognize all the changes and those changes still to come at a more rapid pace. We are the last of the old, raised in our first years when small family farms were common and no one fathomed a cell phone or had access to the internet. We were the early adaptors of modern tech.) Our goal is to give them something better then when we found it; not the other way around.
You will also find some young activism starting. People are paying attention because this is how democracy functions, its challenges, and its avenues of improvement. It also has triumphs. There are no perfections except in idealism form but moving toward transparency and inclusive governance helps in creating additional democratic engagement.
Lots of stuff going on so watch the video and read some of the notes.
Notes: I try and be accurate but if wrong just post a note and I will correct if it make sense.
-Interviewing new administrator candidates.
-Solar and community issues as it relates to annexation.
-One commissioner talked to Cornell Twp and Escanaba Twp officials and they felt mislead by the petition. A list of issues with the petition. Misrepresentation, dishonesty, and general desire to remove their names. One commissioner might gain from the annexation. A way to let the people vote.
-Another commissioner is starting to investigate/study it but it lands on this board.
-Another commissioner felt there is a strong personal gain for one commissioner and has heard a lot of complaints.
-A fourth commissioner indicated there was information and maps that people could see. The commissioner felt that the signatures are valid and people were not being pressured. Changes moved from county supervisors to county commissioner. Property rights issue. Esc. Twp has had zoning changes. Enforce zoning on some and turn a blind eye on others. Founding fathers and Declaration of Independence and same venue. (I'm a little lost. I think this is a property rights issue.). Indicates the twp opposed the development and in turn cancelled the existing contract with a developer. Wasn't any other developer. They want to stop solar. Solar amendment. They knew about it since 2020. December 2020 was to "lawyer up". Just a few people. Intimidation against land owners. The person who collected these signatures is an honest man. 500 form Esc. Twp. 100 from Cornell Twp. agreed to it. Ad hoc committee that said they are going to not allow owners use their property they want. Regulation is legalized theft. They don't have solar but now we do. You can use solar but not on 10 acres or more. The biggest industry is solar energy in Delta County. (Some people laughed deputy may be asked to step in and remove and/or quiet crowd.) One to two billion investment (That would be cool but I think there is a better way to do this.) Billerud 29 million abatement over 20 years. Feels that we can help solar. People are intimidating people.
(As a side point, I'm not seeing an argument against solar but more about the way in which it is legally created and the transparency in which it is being done. That should be good news for the solar industry that they have support. If we did a shared county/township and tax agreement on the shared property we could probably find a way to rectify this. Large investments can have catered agreements for the land in question. That way no one has to be out taxes, perhaps gain more taxes, and improve the first responder capacity. I would suspect if done correctly, a tax sharing over the property, that Esc. Twp would agree to put in place a letter of agreement with Cornell Twp. Some things to be worked out but I think its possible. Its not up to me, but it is just a perspective.)
Another commissioner indicated he liked solar but think it could be compromised. Annexation is the wrong way.
Discussion continues that proper right owners have been stripped of their proper rights. Change ordinance and change stuff. The twp. officials made it clear that big part of twp. was set aside for housing. They don't care about farms. They don't want their farm to be restricted. He speaks for Delta County landowners and his township of 7600.
Another says that elected officials and others are complaining about the way in which things are being done. Not against solar but against annexation.
A commissioner doesn't like the comments in the paper and he is trying to protect the public. Some are calling him corrupt but no change has actually changed. This is the first board meeting. His vote is to go to where he feels is best for the county. Vote comes forward on the 16th. Free coffee and convo!! Isn't going to resign but can be recalled.
Another commissioner felt that he will not step down but need to be removed.
Another indicate that 80 emails a day are coming in and asking them to resign and be honorable. No plan on resigning.
Resident brought up administrative fees and lots of costs that are not being accounted for. Wants an answer on the money. Wants any contract from Conservation District should be reviewed.
Resident who did tax bills and said a solar farm is not agricultural but is industrial and taxes on those properties will rise. A lot of issues if you move the lines.
DC Just Facts person was banned. Its the judiciary branch makes the decision on Constitutional infringement. Not board.
No constitutional issues.
Solar company will pay for taxes (Another warning on deputy coming in to control crowd groaning).
Admin report: Invited to participate in event by Delta County Chamber to learn about local state government and opportunities. $15 million to housing development by MEDC. Invest UP focused on shovel ready property and relationship to job growth. Show return on investment. Other criterial.
Realignment of job duties by county clerk.
Conservation District comes on record to say they did not do anything wrong. Went back to 2006. You can watch at 1.20. Home Depot bailed but Menards came in and wetlands became productive in terms of revenue generation. Ok this guy has a great memory. In other words, he has been doing this for a long time. 1.4 million in grants was brought in. (There is this guy I found online called Memory Man. There must be a strategy to this memory skill!) He understands why people are questioning the money the way its written.
Discussion on the planning commission, finance committee and open positions. Commissioner (COM) believes that should follow same process and some concerns of recommendations. Likewise, there was a vote and based on groupings it was voted similarly (This means there are some fundamental ideological differences of the two groups. What I will say is that as long as everyone is working in the publics best interest then things will be decided accordingly. What we don't want to get into is destructive conflicts that don't serve a purpose and don't fix anything. Appropriate disagreements are good as long as they have a greater goal in mind. Its not a specific comment but just a thought.) A person has been nominated and rejected by 3 to 2. Finance committee and public. Wants policy.{1.46} Executive session.
Contract should be reviewed by attorney and legal opinion was sent.
They voted to pay their bills! (Yikes paying bills sticks but its a necessity. Kind of funny Al Pays Bills )
Bullet hole in the plaque for the trail. The trail was used by Native Americans, travelers, traders, soldiers, etc. She needs the dates. It takes time to research out history type stuff. this was an ancient trail. (I love hiking! Great activity. Hiking and life motivation.)
DC treasurer investment report and policy. Investment accounts seek to diversify. Most of it isn't in liquid form. $12 million is a lot but its not that much. Economic developing is a wonderful thing. Having more money and investing that wisely is part of fiduciary responsibilities. We can discuss investment portfolios for local governments but we also, like Escanaba, need to grow revenue. This is also why I encourage the county to follow Escanaba's lead and start thinking about development more seriously. Coordination between Delta County, Escanaba, and Gladstone businesses and government can make a huge difference in the trajectory of this area. Here is something I found on growing revenue sources. '8 Local Government Revenue Generation Sources 2023' It includes business investment (Downtown would be a good place for new small tourism micro manufacturing businesses and housing).
Developer interested to develop 28 parcels.
Review of attorneys. I'm pretty sure the local prosecutor isn't going to be happy. In one of the prior meetings there was a discussion on using outside counsel. Based on the comments brought forward it appears they want council beyond the local prosecuting attorney because they want a more specialized skill set. It was also mentioned that there are issues coming up and I'm curious what that means. While I could see attorneys to deal with investors, infrastructure, etc. this appears to be a different kind of issue. Perhaps there is an internal lawsuit based on real or perceived injury (That is speculative so keep it as a possibility based on what other things happened with positions and roles. Speculative is like "Maybe based on these factors but certainly can be something else."). Another commissioner indicates that he is afraid that if we took on the attorney we could then be sued for a million dollars. Commissioner 2 responds that we don't have to use the attorney but we have used the prosecuting attorney 7,8 X in the past 30 to 60 days. We need direct vote of the board (right now there are two camps so a majority is easy to get.) Wants to pay prosecuting attorney more. Here is something to think about. It may or may not be a good idea, but if someone did something wrong or inappropriate and the county is on the legal hook it might make sense for the county to make the case that the action was the individuals issue in direct violation with county policies (Assuming there was an issue...). The last thing the county would want to do is put themselves in a situation where they have to pay someone else's legal expenses that may or may not be acting in/out of their role within the county. If the nature is grotesque and outside a normal expectation of their role it is possible that the prosecuting attorney could make the case that the primary defendant should be the person who caused the problem and not the county who was also a victim of such behaviors. I doubt it would take away the liability for a case but it would shift liability more into the hands of a violator. (Again, this is speculative by nature.). That might require the a good faith effort to investigate, remove, and/or prosecute bad behaviors (I'm not saying that this would be an issue because the attorney need may be a completely different related issue but just discussion for understanding to ensure we are aware of some of the possibilities.)
-Unprofessional comment. Rules are bent if it makes some feel good or follows an agenda.
-One concerned about a packet commissioner brought forward of concerns. Another commissioner then stated they didn't care about these concerns and then went to vote. The taxpayers sign your document. She believe they have been hired to represent ALL of us. She used ALL a number of times. She indicated padded wallets, self interested, get back at people, election campaigns, etc. The word ALL was used again. The caps is the emphasis.
-Issues with Zoom and doesn't feel that they are taking care of ADA. Also concerned about rules of email people and what about criticism of the county. It stifles free speech.
-Do not want annexation. People of Escanaba Twp don't want it. 60 people at meeting to have their signatures removed. They were misrepresented and lied to and upset. No benefit for either twp. A letter Oct 12 2020. to one of the Comm the development from Esc. Twp. indicating while the taxable value goes up they are not interested in the facility and asked if it is possible to annexation and would be more likely to approve solar facility. (I'm not opposed to the facility but would like big things like this to be thoroughly seen, discussed and approved/denied transparently on facts)
The planning commission hired someone with no experience as a recording secretary. (I wonder if that allow for a printed agenda/minutes to be posted by the county? ) 20 questions on how to improve property but was run out of meeting.
-One board member interested in solar farm for long time. Doesn't like annexation. Felt that other people's property rights are being impacted. Packet information should be known by comm. Replace them at ballot box. Solar system temporary jobs (Maybe construction jobs). Vangehoven hills thing???(I might have wrong name. What is this?)
Group on Delta County Citizens for Ethical Leadership. They feel like they want to remove people from positions of power. They are not a silent group. We are actively ensuring removing some members from the board for not serving the public.
You can gain more information about this group on their Facebook Page. They seem like a motivated group. Democracy does rely on our ethical leadership and people willing to encourage that transparency. I like what they have below because they are showing people you can challenge and do so in a polite and reasonable way (Hopefully. That looks like the intent on the page.) 400 current members.
1 Local Politics Only Our group is focused on local politics only. Please keep National politics out of our conversations.
2 Be kind and courteous
We're all in this together to create a Welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required.
3 No promotions or spam Give more than you take in this group. Self-promotion, spam and irrelevant links aren't allowed.
4 No hate speech or bullying Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientatio…
5 Bipartisanship Everyone has their own political ideology and that will be respected. This group is for everyone across the political spectrum as local issues impact …
-Concerned on accounting and handshake deals.
-Soil and erosion and want to know who will manage those contracts. Who does the accounting books for the park. Would like to see who manages the accounting for the books and he believes and has heard there is a conflict of interest with who does those books. (You may be interested in this insightful perspective on Parks and Recs Accounting) {3.12}
-Wanted to clarify a few things. Hand shake are contracts. Conservation district is a contractor. Should not take more then is allowed $200 K is accounted for and $240K {3.15}
-Feels that commissioners are being blindly followed. Feels that some commissioners are being respectful and some are not. Concerned with overall behaviors on different venues and including social media. Using terms like Liptards (I think I got it right. I have no idea what that means. I went and looked it up. There is Liptards and Libtards. Its hard to tell which one.) and RINO. ( What is this word "RINO" that people hurl at each other with such enthusiasm? Republican Increasing New Opportunities? We should be doing that for the next generation. Same for Democrats. RINO-DINO spirit of building a great nation! Sorry probably a dumb idea. 😲 💨). She wants the word tard removed (I agree. Keep things as business acumen as possible.).
Heard one of the contractors say in a few meetings I could have taken it all. $3.5K to 75K. Would like to see the attorney's opinion. Mention of a $500K missing. Want to know what happened with the money?
She felt that the recording secretary didn't have the experience. She was interested in learning as being a secretary and wanting to know more on how to do it. I work for the county. Not planning commission.
-8-12 full time jobs and local contracts. Was contacted by solar company. Can only see building but not windmills. No one every buys local farmer stuff and the solar would help them use their land. I do agree with helping and supporting local farmers. We should have a better venue for farm to table. I wonder if we could have better venues for someone to coordinate places to sell our local food under a county brand (They do that in Italy with wine), offer in store purchases at local stores, and weekly deliveries. Even if they are bigger farmers coordinated marketing can make a big difference.
-Letter 1: The annexation forcibly would dissolve Escanaba Township. Believes others were deceived and falsification of reasons. Wants the annexation dismissed.
-Letter 2: Feels her ADA was violated and we need an attorney general opinion on this. Blatant conflicts of interest. 1 week notification. It appears that the withdrawal of applications shows that. Short term rental issues are need. Houses rented out are hotels and not houses.
-Admirable commissioners and thank you for taking the negative public comments. People only want democracy if its their way. Child or mother were being harassed and attacked and no one said anything.
-Comm stated he talked to different people and apparently the annexation may land on the county board shoulders. Well my opinion is that this is not Santos Method on Congress and I do not believe that you can have all of these questions, accusations of misrepresentation and people trying to remove their names and leave that to a simple board decision. You may have lawsuits such as the one brought forward by Escanaba Twp you may also get one from Cornell Twp and maybe even one from the state. It depends if they feel that the decision appeared to be misrepresented. I'm not opposed to the solar farm and can see some of the benefits but this is a community decision. The only thing board members should do is provide information and let people to make a decision on it. One doesn't just represent people who agree with them.
-Honor flight. Queen voyages is having an open house. Highland Internet Riber cutting (I don't know what this is. It think its Highline Internet) Fire signs. Would like the commission to answer questions from the public.
-Comm went to meeting. A nice commissioner award. Great and congrats.
-CS Lewis, “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”
-We can discuss Zoom on next meeting.
-The offer for coffee is still up. No lattes! Working on self reflection. Sincerity to the table. You have the right to say it, even if I don't like it. Different meetings.
Its important to start with some context. For a long time I had hoped we could avoid having people potentially go to jail (Not knowing the full scope of participation and behaviors). The officers involved didn't stop for 4+ years (I will have to look up the exact date.) and the people who started this didn't just mature overnight and do the right thing. Another person was hurt. Thus, it becomes a moral duty to stand up to such people and their aggressive approaches so as to ensure the local justice system understands their role in society and that they learn to hold people to account at the beginning. For those who started these problems and enriched on these issues, I think there should be some accounting as well.
There is a lot to this story and I'm not sure all the different actors involved know all the other behaviors by other people who became involved (They still engaged so its a problem. That is important to understand to improve in other locations). Either way, I avoided direct challenge because I cared (Yep I'm an empath so I have a caring strain. Interesting study on ProSocial Reasoning in this small demographic. Its sort of true I think. Sometimes people do things that while I understand why they do them, I cannot understand why they are so unaware of where those thoughts and choices come from. Its like they don't know much about themselves and proclaim to know about others.). I recognize sometimes people can be bigots and they can be destructive so I had encouraged them to get help before they hurt more people. However, because they know a few police officers and they are seen as locals ( ethnically, religiously, cultural, socially similar) they were given a free pass (I'm local too but because I have a Muslim sounding name and black kids so I will be targeted. It opens up a can of worms on the local system. I am familiar with how these corrupted systems work when challenged so let us see what the next tool might be. In one incidents they tried to set people up on Good Friday as a sign their religious beliefs will be enforced through local systems. It would be nice if they just fixed their problems but so far over this time I haven't seen it.).
If it was a single incident we might be in a different place. "Fine, no problem a one time event of ignorance". The problem was, it wasn't just a one time event of ignorance. It seemed to morph into a larger more coordinated targeting among a lot of people. It was a "We don't want people like you in town" issue (More of why I say that with the rumor spreading, ostracizing, intimidating, attempted gaslighting and much more. Beyond Steven King creepy and I bet most of these people feel they didn't do anything wrong. That is how hate works, it provides its own justifications for things through the hate narrative. Narratives like this have created atrocities in history by minimizing the immorality of harm on others unrelated to anything they may or may not have done. Remember the Tulsa Massacre where mob mentality ended in a dangerous and destructive path. Wise people de-esculate as much as they can but they are not obligated to sugar coat dangerous behaviors. Its just one of those things we think is in the past but can come back to haunt us over and over without meaningful change.)
The people who started this know the initial officers involved and I would say are more than close friends. As these were more senior leadership in one police department it became quite apparent the culture of the department was toxic (That isn't all, most or any within that department would be influenced by that toxicity.) In my humble opinion that department needs a lot of work to make sure they are not harming the public (I think its possible to poll the culture and make incremental positive change. There are metrics we can use and we can discuss and apply it to them. We are going to explore what some other researchers have done to bust these systems and see if we can sort of apply them to this situation.)
The issues they launched kept spreading to the point I was almost shot once and my kids were pulled over 2X in what appeared to be an attempt to create collective intimidation. (I'm confused as to how these officers goes from A to Z and skip all the steps unless there is a level of extremism, prior bad behavior and justification through rumors. You don't just pick a minority family and go after then like that. BTW the officer that nearly shot me I believe was a descent guy but the rumor mill prompted him to be afraid of us. The rumors started in bias and self gain in what appeared to be an attempt to enrich and deflect prior crimes. In hindsight I'm more than a little sure.)
Their behavior has led to a lot of loss of the community, and I suspect to a lot others. Let us peel back the band aid and see what we find (At least as long as I'm allowed and of course and in context to other intimidation tactics that might get worse. I think those behaviors alone might indicate even bigger problems that I tapped into. Let us see not that we are removing the veal.) If they knew me, took the time to know me, or my kids, none of this would have gone this far. Yet its here and I don't really care what they call me and my kids. This is part of the hate narrative. I call it writing checks they can't actually cash with truth or moral conscious. They are in the wrong on this and likely history and this is a direct challenge to those who I believe violated multiple state, federal, and international laws. It is also challenge to those who would give a free pass for such behaviors and/or not report their fellow officers. (If this is ok, then we are not free. That also doesn't mean I want anyone to go to jail, but some probably should.)
There is a lot to this and there is a lot of work I need to do on this to sort of justify and understand the full breadth of events that have occurred. I'm doing this in honor of two victims those officers and what appears to be extremist leaning friends didn't think about. If they do not have some accounting and reforming it would be dangerous and derelict of duty. As a polite person I will be kind and positive and constructive in my dialogue. We have to fix these dangerous behaviors to ensure we don't hurt more and we respect those who may have been victims in the past (They didn't just invent it this time. It means there are some who are given a free hand to abuse our other fellow citizens.). Its the responsible thing to do (Responsibility is an interesting word. Let us talk about that later as well)
Learning Opportunity
I've learned a lot of lessons in my life and I think I should share some of the things I have learned because they are helpful to others. Furthermore, it is a learning opportunity to understand how corruption might work and how it might not work. If we can find ways to bust corruption using publicly available information that would be interesting. It also helps to ensure that certain values are not well suited to community building. Hate is a destructive force and we should take from that tempest and learn from it. They use this method in other places. Its called Reverse E Learning.
Avoiding Names
At first I'm going to avoid using names because there is always that chance I'm misinterpreting something but also because no one should know what I'm talking about (My opinion is invalid as a extremist group target, a flight of insane fantasy, so there is nothing to respond to, no reasons to park a car outside my house, follow me home, pull over my kids, spread rumors, or all the other stuff. Unless there is much more to this story.). For example, I thought one guy was a participant based upon what I heard in the community but he was not. He still may be guilty of the other things but those are just rumors. For the most part I think it was the other officer that catalyzed the bigotry into what appears to be coordinated ethnic-religious cleansing. I guess if push comes to shove we can use names if necessary but in general its immaterial to what can be learned from this situation for other people, agencies and lower class/caste Americans subject to similar behaviors (The people we often forget about and our politicians often ignore. We call them the 'little people'.).
Let me leave you with a couple of thoughts on third world corruption and first world failures. When these situations happen and they are unable to correct we do need to fix it. It would be immoral on my part to not create the pressures needed for them to solve this problem. Do their duties and protect the entire population and not just their friends or people who they believe are like them (i.e. their clan). While there are many in our country who do not believe in human rights and a unified society there are many I believe still do. Democracy will stumble if we do not stand boldly against hate and their supporters (Be truthful and not reckless. Its about improvement). These are my American principles.
“The Spirit that prevails among Men of all degrees, all ages and sexes is the Spirit of Liberty.”
Universal values and universal application of law is necessary for the good moral health of our society. It is not something we are doing very well at in our present condition. We have some issues we need to overcome and we are dropping the torch. Not all bad and not all good.
Until we begin to see each American as having value and having certain social contract guarantees we will not see fair or universal treatment. It will always be less and justice will be subjective in some places and systems. A sort of fleeting idealist concept.
To me, treating people as though they have value and not judging people by race and religion are an important part of building trust within our institutions. Not engaging in corruption to help one's friends is also another criteria of a trustworthy system. Following up on such behaviors would be another. So on and so forth but we do know this already.
I cannot say everyone believes in our central American ideals. I have seen people rage, enrich, spread dangerous rumors, clans coordinate in aggression, take advantage of the sick and dying, and commit crimes to ensure that opinions (more important fundamental rights) such as these are not expressed publicly or realized.
We do a lot of talking about freedom speech, freedom of religion, and other freedoms. Its mostly talk by most people. The one's who actually believe in that are more rare. They don't need to please their social networks or follow lower order value systems. They strive to be good stewards of public trust and their roles.
While I cannot tell you if our justice system will change enough to protect and value all Americans I can say that its not because millions upon millions of people didn't hope it would. We just never had the political capital to make many worthwhile changes. So until there is a change of the moral compass of our leadership we will continue to see crimes committed, uninvestigated and given a free pass for what appears as third world justifications.
I'm a proof in pudding guy (I'm not rigid I can say I wait, think and let the truth unfold. It may unfold in a different direction then I expect but that is based on mixed positive and negatives experiences that appear to be accurate. I have met so many good officers but also some bad ones so I cant say precisely their values. It's a mixed bad.). It looks like it is what it is and the truth is not a pretty one. There may of course be another proof but I'm like that half of Americans that sort of wonder if what is being said actually has a level of merit or its just election rhetoric and talk. The later often seems more important.
(That also brings forward an idea proposed by a study that people are beginning to trust the general collective conscious as a societal system when compared to individual, group or institution to hold our central values and laws sacred. I guess that makes sense because our institutions function within that collective will but sometimes struggle with the basics of application. Not all systems and of course not all officers and people but enough to make it somewhat subjective and inconsistent. We should work to bring them into alignment and reward those within that system that have steadfast values.)
Reviewing the economic data just released by BLS April 2023 we still see the economy is growing and in turn there are some industries that are going to hire more and some going to hire less. The World Economic Forum indicated that we are going to have some shifts in employment. I believe that to be true as well with a few adjustments. We might think about how to train and add people to the jobs that are core to our functioning and have the highest returns for us as a nation.
I'm looking below to just keep up with the information and trends. I cut and pasted the highlights. Good on mining as we need to have access to materials. I would also believe we need for security reasons to have a functioning system even if we end up obtaining much of the bulk mining from overseas (Yes I prefer mining in the U.S.. but also hedging the diversity for supply chain issues.).
Its interesting because we are in budget discussions and we are adding certain types of jobs in government and social assistance. I'm curious what types of jobs and where. There may be a good reason for it but in my mind anytime we improve government efficiency and effectiveness we can reroute positions into higher paying market driven jobs (All of that depends on the types of jobs. You can see that in the BLS Glossary)
Any entity can improve its focus and improve its best use of taxpayer money. There really is no type of organization that can't have occasional overhauls, updating, and review of internal processes to make them more efficient. Every business and entity will have extra things creep into the processes in order to expand job security, convenience, and solve problems (Its normal but might need a review every 5 years). Investigating the Relationship between Process Management and Organizational Culture: Literature Review and Research Agenda
-The number of persons jobless less than 5 weeks decreased by 406,000 to 1.9 million in April
- professional and business services (+43,000)
health care increased by 40,000 in April
-Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 253,000 in April,
-Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in April +31,000),
-mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction rose by 6,000
-social assistance added 25,000 jobs
-Employment in financial activities increased by 23,000
-Government employment continued its upward trend in April (+23,000)
In April, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 16 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $33.36.
Michigan is seeking to be competitive in the auto market and retain/gain EV manufacturing. I think this is a wise approach considering we lost some of that manufacturing power to other countries. While these were short sighted opportunities of the times they led to our current struggles. I think we have an opportunity to capitalize on the emergence of our nation into the Digital Era (Sorry....silly idea.)
In a best case EV scenario MI. could add 56,000 additional direct, indirect, and induced jobs. In a low competitiveness case MI. would lose 47,000 fewer direct, indirect, and induced jobs in 2030. The report provides an in depth analysis of the potential EV Market. A Road Map for Michigan's Electric Vehicle Future.
You will want to look at the illustration on page 9. When you add jobs you also add taxes and consumer spending. The more a locality can attract, retain and use wisely those resources, the more likely they will maximize opportunities as they unfold. This is why success is a habit through using time, resources and energy wisely to achieve goals.
What I'm going to say is that we should be attracting high technology talent as well as grooming new talent within the state and the nation at large. We also found a similar report by the World Economic Forum that 25% of jobs will change in the near future. That is a significant shift. Expect the possibility of a level of market labor disruptions and transitional issues.
The human capital issue keeps raising its head but we are not really grasping why encouraging the development of our people, applying our laws fairly, and ensuring we are maximizing our human potential is central to our national health and future growth prospects. Talent pool is not only a draw for investment but is what improves the transactions that lead to improved corporate performance. The same principles that apply to growing companies do in part impact the performance of states.
We have some commotion in the banking industry and hopefully that will be resolved soon. We again are dealing with transitions and changes in the market. The interest rate hike didn't really cause the issue so much as to rip the band aid off of what appears to have been an ongoing issue. Sometimes when we put pressure on an system that has issues it causes ripples in the market. There should be an adaptive stage that encourages these banks to adjust their processes to reduce these risks going forward.(Depending on who you talk to it can come from market pressures, regulation pressures or a little of both.)
You may also find that there could be some short selling predatory behaviors as well as potential mismanagement within the organization (Potential). It will take some time for researchers to go in there and see what happened so let us wait a minute. Short selling has caused some chaos in other places as well. I'm not sure if there is a short-term solution to these pile on investing issues.
(On another side note: If any researchers want a pro bono project to fill their evenings being nerdy I have a potential corruption problem in another location. One really can't say until they dig into it but I will say that it looks pretty legit from what I can tell. It could be a good project if you have the back ground skill, justice interest, and have some prior experience. We have a responsibility to society.)
