MEDC's New Program: Government Funding Government

MEDC's New Program: Government Funding Government [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"In promoting a new variation on its expansive mission, a recent Michigan Economic Development Corporation press release referenced a "surge in new businesses, restaurants and shops."
However, none of those enterprises will receive any of the $50,000 MEDC is kicking in to a “crowdfunding” project sponsored by the Michigan Municipal League, a (LIBERAL) lobbying and information resource organization funded by local governments.
Instead, a total of $100,000 will be turned over to the City of Ypsilanti to convert a city-owned farmers market called the Freighthouse into a “community center.”
Essentially, a state “economic development” agency is helping a government-funded lobbyist organization fund an amenity owned by a local unit of government."