Jackson Citizen Patriot
A group of high-level business leaders focused on moving Michigan forward has tapped David Joos, president and CEO of CMS Energy, as its new board chairman.
Joos has been involved with the group, Business Leaders for Michigan, since its inception last year. Its goal is to make Michigan a ``Top Ten'' state for job and economic growth.
``We want to see some action,'' Joos said.
The group is made up of about 75 CEOs, board chairmen and senior executives at businesses around the state that represent more than $1 trillion in revenue and employ more than 300,000.
``We're just citizens interested in making progress,'' Joos said. ``We think we represent a lot of people.''
The member-led organization unveiled a five-point turnaround plan for the state last year. Joos said he was pleased to see Gov. Jennifer Granholm include some of the group's ideas -- including tax reform -- in her state budget proposal last week.
But he said more work needs to be done. Not all of the group's ideas are being considered, and some of Granholm's proposals don't go far enough to address the long-term structural issues the state is facing, Joos said.
Last year, Granholm relied on a great deal of money from the stimulus bill to balance the budget and plans to do so again this year. But Joos said that money won't be around forever.
``It's important to not only have a balanced budget for 2011, but to address the structural reforms so we don't find ourselves in the same circumstances in 2012,'' he said.
Joos will succeed Domino's Pizza mogul David Brandon as chairman of the Business Leaders for Michigan board. Brandon plans to step down March 1, after being named the new athletic director at the University of Michigan.
Joos has been involved with the group, Business Leaders for Michigan, since its inception last year. Its goal is to make Michigan a ``Top Ten'' state for job and economic growth.
``We want to see some action,'' Joos said.
The group is made up of about 75 CEOs, board chairmen and senior executives at businesses around the state that represent more than $1 trillion in revenue and employ more than 300,000.
``We're just citizens interested in making progress,'' Joos said. ``We think we represent a lot of people.''
The member-led organization unveiled a five-point turnaround plan for the state last year. Joos said he was pleased to see Gov. Jennifer Granholm include some of the group's ideas -- including tax reform -- in her state budget proposal last week.
But he said more work needs to be done. Not all of the group's ideas are being considered, and some of Granholm's proposals don't go far enough to address the long-term structural issues the state is facing, Joos said.
Last year, Granholm relied on a great deal of money from the stimulus bill to balance the budget and plans to do so again this year. But Joos said that money won't be around forever.
``It's important to not only have a balanced budget for 2011, but to address the structural reforms so we don't find ourselves in the same circumstances in 2012,'' he said.
Joos will succeed Domino's Pizza mogul David Brandon as chairman of the Business Leaders for Michigan board. Brandon plans to step down March 1, after being named the new athletic director at the University of Michigan.
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