I got the following email this morning from Matt Bach with the Michigan Municipal League:

I wanted to let you know about a special Twitter talk event the Michigan Municipal League and our affiliate organization, Let’s Save Michigan, are hosting at our Lansing office at noon Tuesday, Sept. 13. A press release about it is attached. The event is about the future of transit in Michigan and we have some pretty heavy hitters speaking, including: Robert Puentes, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; Chris Kolb, Executive Director, Michigan Environmental Council; Rory Neuner, Project Coordinator, Transportation for Michigan (Trans4M); and Rich Studley, President and CEO, Michigan Chamber of Commerce. Also our CEO Dan Gilmartin will be there. Follow along at noon Tuesday (use the hashtag #mitransvision or by following @letssavemich or @mmleague on Twitter).

We think this is a pretty newsworthy and timely event with the rumors that the governor is going to deliver his message on Michigan transportation in October. We hope this event gets his attention and he and his staff prepare the transportation message. The highly controversial topic of a new bridge between Michigan and Canada may even be discussed.

We would love it if you wrote about this event (pre and post) on your blog and if you’re on Twitter, Tweet about it and follow along Tuesday at noon.

In addition, I should mention that several Michigan legislators and members of their staff plan to attend. If you want more details let me know.

Thanks!

Matt Bach
Director, Communications
Ph: 734-669-6317 I Fax: 734-662-8083
C: 810-874-1073
Twitter: @mattbach; @mmleague
Facebook: facebook.com/mattbach; /mmleague
New blog by League CEO Dan Gilmartin: http://www.economicsofplace.com
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http://www.mml.org

Nice use of Twitter communication, and good luck with your event! (Even though you had the poor judgment to invite that Puentes guy instead of me… (Just kidding!)).