April 13, 2021
Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has been outspoken in his views on the impact of COVID-19 on government funding.
“The City of Lansing, like cities across the nation, are dealing with major economic impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Schor said in a March 22 press release.
When the Michigan Municipal League put together talking points for local government leaders looking for more federal funding, it included the following: “This pandemic has put our communities through hell.”
But it’s hard to detect much pandemic hell in Michigan’s government payrolls, given what appear to be substantial pay increases in Dearborn, Rochester, Westland, and other localities, as reported by Michigan Capitol Confidential.