Post by Logan on Mar 28, 2017 4:28:44 GMT -6
Michigan residents look with deep suspicion on the state's emergency manager law and think it should be reformed, according to a Center for Michigan report released today.
Entitled “Fractured Trust: Lost faith in state government and how to restore it,” the report found that 81 percent of roughly 2,750 state residents engaged in a series of community dialogues across Michigan in 2016 had “low” or “very low” trust in the emergency manager system. A separate telephone survey of 2000 residents found nearly two-thirds had similar lack of trust in the system.
Support for changing how emergency managers operate was substantial, with more than half the people interviewed in community conversations approving of “more checks and balances” and “shared decisions” between emergency managers and local officials. The views were collected over nine months in 2016 at 125 town hall meetings and in a phone survey of 2000 residents across the state.
It is the Center's sixth annual statewide public engagement campaign, with the focus in 2016 on the level of trust residents have in state government to perform a broad range of critical functions. The Center for Michigan, an Ann Arbor-based nonprofit, is devoted to increasing public understanding and involvement in state policy issues. The Center is also home to Bridge Magazine, which conducts independent nonprofit journalism across the state.
Read more: www.bridgemi.com/public-sector/michiganders-say-emergency-managers-wield-too-much-power
Entitled “Fractured Trust: Lost faith in state government and how to restore it,” the report found that 81 percent of roughly 2,750 state residents engaged in a series of community dialogues across Michigan in 2016 had “low” or “very low” trust in the emergency manager system. A separate telephone survey of 2000 residents found nearly two-thirds had similar lack of trust in the system.
Support for changing how emergency managers operate was substantial, with more than half the people interviewed in community conversations approving of “more checks and balances” and “shared decisions” between emergency managers and local officials. The views were collected over nine months in 2016 at 125 town hall meetings and in a phone survey of 2000 residents across the state.
It is the Center's sixth annual statewide public engagement campaign, with the focus in 2016 on the level of trust residents have in state government to perform a broad range of critical functions. The Center for Michigan, an Ann Arbor-based nonprofit, is devoted to increasing public understanding and involvement in state policy issues. The Center is also home to Bridge Magazine, which conducts independent nonprofit journalism across the state.
Read more: www.bridgemi.com/public-sector/michiganders-say-emergency-managers-wield-too-much-power