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MI House Representative Takes A Flying Leap

MI House Representative Takes A Flying Leap

It was a cold February day when MI House Representative Lisa Poshumus Lyons took a flying leap into a freezing pool for charity. It was the Legislative Polar Plunge at the Capitol Building in Lansing for Special Olympics Michigan Athletes. About 20 Michigan Legislators, plus Lt. Governor Brian Calley lined up to show their support for Special Olympics Michigan. The second annual Legislative Polar Plunge raised more than $30,000 to benefit children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This Polar Plunge was one of 28 Polar Plunges throughout Michigan from January through this month to benefit Special Olympics Michigan.

Computer Programs With Problems Filing 2012 GR Income Tax Returns

Contact: John Schaut
Income Tax Administrator
City of Grand Rapids
(616) 456-3415
 

Problems with Filing of 2012 Grand Rapids Income Tax Returns using Computerized Income Tax Preparation Products
 

The vast majority of income tax returns filed with the City of Grand Rapids are prepared using computerized income tax preparation software available online or purchased at local retail stores.
 

2012 City of Grand Rapids Income Tax Forms Online

2012 City of Grand Rapids Income Tax Forms


The 2012 City of Grand Rapids income tax forms are available for taxpayers to download for their use from the City’s website at www.grcity.us/taxforms.


Forms will be mailed to taxpayers who filed a 2011 self-prepared paper return and will be available for pickup at City Hall, nearby Post Office branches and libraries by January 31, 2013.


The Grand Rapids City Commission urges taxpayers to consider donating all or a portion of their 2012 overpayment (refund) to one or all of the following three city projects:
 

1. American Flags for Veterans’ Gravesites in Grand Rapids
2. Grand Rapids Children’s Fund
3.

Environmental Organization Grades Local Lawmakers

Environmental Organization Grades Local Lawmakers

Find the grades for legislators in your district through The Sierra Club's full scorecard.  

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WMEAC Film Series

WMEAC Film Series

Get inspired to take sustainable action!  The WMEAC Film Series is a fun and accessible program designed to educate the West Michigan community on pressing environmental issues by offering screenings as an opportunity to engage audiences, inspiring them toward sustainable action. This is demonstrated throughout the series with expert speakers and panelists.  

We're bringing back our environmental film series this winter with the West Michigan premiere of Promised Land, the first full-length feature film focused on the controversial topic of fracking, at Celebration Cinema! North.  The series continues with a slate of four monthly documentaries to be screened at the Grand Rapids Public Museum on the first Tuesday of each month. 

Promised Land
Friday, January 4, 7:30 p.m.
Celebration Cinema!

Brinks Schedules Community Conversation

GRAND RAPIDS – Democratic Representative-elect Winnie Brinks will hold a community conversation on Friday, Dec. 14, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at Arnie's Bakery, 815 Leonard St. NW in Grand Rapids.  Brinks encourages residents to join her for a conversation on state and legislative issues that are important to Grand Rapids residents. Brinks will take office on Jan. 1, 2013.

G-Sync: How Long Must They Wait?

G-Sync: How Long Must They Wait?

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor

How long would you wait? This was the question I posed to a few folks last week. I already knew the answer.

It wasn’t about the morning coffee a hipster barista creates as she slowly pours hot water in a thin stream over ground (and often fair trade) beans, and it wasn’t about traffic on one’s route home after work.

No. My question regarded how long would you wait to vote in an election. And unlike the examples above, which have a plethora of options, voting in its current form in our city and state is woefully in need of an overhaul.