accountability
Short notice proposal to cut 81% of GR Comptroller staff raises transparency, democracy concerns
Submitted 12-16-2024 under NEWS
Updated 12/16/24, 6:50 p.m.*, updated 12/17/24, 3:34 p.m.* A $1.3 million budget amendment is set to go before the Grand Rapids Fiscal Committee Tuesday morning. On the chopping block? Most of the staff in the Office of the City Comptroller....
You might receive a postcard from the City asking if you like living in Grand Rapids — Here's why.
by (allisondonahue)
Submitted 02-01-2024 under NEWS
As part of its ongoing strategic planning efforts to improve services, the City of Grand Rapids is conducting a National Community Survey (NCS) to evaluate benchmark metrics obtained from the first 2022 NCS survey and to steer decisions in Fiscal...
Guiding Light Maintains Platinum Seal of Transparency by GuideStar
by (Guiding Light)
Submitted 05-03-2021 under NONPROFITS
For the fourth consecutive year, Guiding Light has again been awarded a Platinum Seal of Transparency by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of information on U.S. nonprofits. The Platinum designation is the highest level bestowed by...
The election is over, now what?
by (Urban Core Coll...)
Submitted 12-02-2018 under NONPROFITS
This year brought a lot of excitement as people debated and voted in (and out) a new class of elected representatives. We saw large voter turnout across the nation and many first time voters: 18-year olds, new U.S. citizens and those who felt...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Holding leaders accountable without judgement
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 04-23-2018 under OPINION
I asked the panel to consider Karla’s question against the backdrop of the verse from Christian scriptures, Matthew 7:1, "Judge not that you not be judged.” Rev. Ray Lanning, a retired minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of...
State of the State: Public Act 4 Must Go
by (balexander)
Submitted 01-24-2016 under OPINION
I’m parched – but it’s not because I’m living in a place like Flint where I must pay for polluted water while also purchasing clean water for consumption – it’s because I read the Governor’s State of the...