Has anyone actually documented over time that penal fines go down in election years? Our sheriff was running for reelection, and our penal fines went down 27% from last year. Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board
You can find charts showing the distribution of penal fines on the Library of Michigan website: http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_41254---,00.htm... (Scroll down to the Penal Fines section of this page.) There are 5 year and a 10 year comparison reports that may help show trends. Shannon -------------------------- Shannon White Director of Statewide Library Services Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo Lansing, MI 48909 www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan 517.373.9489 Whites29@michigan.gov -----Original Message----- From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Helen Dewey Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 2:37 PM To: Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] penal fines reduced in election year Has anyone actually documented over time that penal fines go down in election years? Our sheriff was running for reelection, and our penal fines went down 27% from last year. Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
Very interesting hypothesis. We would love to find out. Shelley On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Helen Dewey <rhdewey@charter.net> wrote:
Has anyone actually documented over time that penal fines go down in election years? Our sheriff was running for reelection, and our penal fines went down 27% from last year.
Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board
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-- Shelley Williams Director, White Lake Community Library 3900 White Lake Dr. Whitehall, MI 49461 Read Early. Read Often.
In case anyone was interested, here are the total penal fines for each year, statewide, according to the Library of Michigan website: http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_41254---,00.htm... :) [image: Inline image 1] Jocelyn (Baldwin) Levin, MLIS jmb.mlis@gmail.com On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Shelley Williams <svbwilliams@gmail.com> wrote:
Very interesting hypothesis. We would love to find out.
Shelley
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Helen Dewey <rhdewey@charter.net> wrote:
Has anyone actually documented over time that penal fines go down in election years? Our sheriff was running for reelection, and our penal fines went down 27% from last year.
Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board
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-- Shelley Williams Director, White Lake Community Library 3900 White Lake Dr. Whitehall, MI 49461
Read Early. Read Often.
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Michlib folks, Thank you to all who wrote in response to this question. From the responses, it does not appear that sheriff elections are the biggest factor. Some libraries' penal fine receipts even went up despite elections. In our case, I learned that the County Treasurer paid us 13-months' penal fines last year and thus paid only 11-months' penal fines this year. That reduces our drop to "only" 13% if we compare 12-month periods. I also learned that the new circuit court judge who was elected in Nov 2014 changed some practices. Helen On 8/12/2016 2:37 PM, Helen Dewey wrote:
Has anyone actually documented over time that penal fines go down in election years? Our sheriff was running for reelection, and our penal fines went down 27% from last year.
Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board
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One thing we discovered some years ago was that the county treasurer was not sending us the interest on the penal fine principal. We argued the point and won and now we get both the principal and the interest. Doesn't amount to a whole lot but we were entitled to it. Christine Lind Hage, Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road <x-apple-data-detectors://1/0> Rochester, MI 48307-2043 <x-apple-data-detectors://1/0> 248/650-7122 Raising a reader is: Talking * Singing * Reading * writing * Playing On Aug 13, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Helen Dewey <rhdewey@charter.net> wrote: Michlib folks, Thank you to all who wrote in response to this question.
From the responses, it does not appear that sheriff elections are the biggest factor. Some libraries' penal fine receipts even went up despite elections. In our case, I learned that the County Treasurer paid us 13-months' penal fines last year and thus paid only 11-months' penal fines this year. That reduces our drop to "only" 13% if we compare 12-month periods. I also learned that the new circuit court judge who was elected in Nov 2014 changed some practices. Helen
On 8/12/2016 2:37 PM, Helen Dewey wrote: Has anyone actually documented over time that penal fines go down in election years? Our sheriff was running for reelection, and our penal fines went down 27% from last year. Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
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