<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In case anyone was interested, here are the total penal fines for each year, statewide, according to the  Library of Michigan website: <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_41254---,00.html">http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_41254---,00.html</a>   :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_156850738f4eab27" alt="Inline image 1" width="558" height="166"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#6600cc">Jocelyn (Baldwin) Levin, MLIS</font><div><font color="#6600cc"><a href="mailto:jmb.mlis@gmail.com" target="_blank">jmb.mlis@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Shelley Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:svbwilliams@gmail.com" target="_blank">svbwilliams@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Very interesting hypothesis. We would love to find out.<div><br></div><div>Shelley </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Helen Dewey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhdewey@charter.net" target="_blank">rhdewey@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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Helen Dewey<br>
Benzonia Public Library Board<br>
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