This article in Bridge Magazine written by the CEOs of the Michigan Municipal Leaugue and the Michigan Association of Counties gives good background on the issue and why action is necessary. Allowing big box stores to escape local taxes while small businesses downtown and all around have to belly up to the tax bucket is somehow just not right and needs to be adjusted. This loss of revenue is causing local libraries, municipal services and other services to be greatly reduced. Taxation needs to be fair in a democracy.
http://bridgemi.com/2015/11/legislature-must-close-dark-stores-tax-loophole/