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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ypsilanti Township, Mich., granted 12-year tax abatements on $250 million worth of new equipment and machinery that GM installed in its Willow Run assembly plant. On its application for the second tax abatement, GM said no new jobs would be created but 4,900 existing jobs "will be retained as a result of the project." A GM executive reaffirmed the company's commitment at a township board meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: States At War | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...February 1992, GM announced it intended to close Willow Run and move production to Arlington, Texas, where it got a better deal. The township countered with a lawsuit, charging that the tax abatements created a binding obligation. A local judge agreed, accusing GM of "having lulled" the people of Ypsilanti and then trying to skip town. The state court of appeals reversed the decision and concluded that "hyperbole and puffery" in seeking tax breaks "does not necessarily create a promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: States At War | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...with his brother in 1960, toward charitable pursuits at home and in foreign countries. He has opened a mission in Honduras and supervised construction of a cathedral in Nicaragua. More recently Monaghan has bankrolled Catholic elementary schools in Ann Arbor, Mich., and a Catholic liberal arts college in nearby Ypsilanti. "He loves his charities," says daughter Maggie, a Domino's spokeswoman. "He wanted to leave before he becomes too old to enjoy the benefits of his charity work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Pizza, Pride and Piety | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...FITZSIMMONS (R) District 13 (Southeast--Ann Arbor; Westland; Ypsilanti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MICHIGAN | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

BORN: April 20, 1958, Ypsilanti EDUCATION: Kirtland Community College, A.A., 1978, A.S., 1978 FAMILY: Husband, William; three children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Homemaker POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 1992 ADDRESS: 116 Hilltop Drive, Roscommon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MICHIGAN | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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