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Chaos in Traverse City, as county government wrestles with debt

FEBRUARY 20, 2018 | by Bob Campbell | THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN

By Bob Campbell, includes “You’d think running a county government in the nation’s cherry capital would be like a bowl of cherries. After all, Grand Traverse County is Michigan’s third-fastest growing county ‒ a destination for risk-taking entrepreneurs, well-heeled retirees and more than 3 million visitors annually. … But the crisis it faces on retiree benefits is hardly unique, and similar tensions are likely to play out in towns and counties across the state.”

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