MI House Jams Through Voter Rejected Emergency Financial Manager Law
Source: The Contributor
While the state of Michigan spent the week rallying against the anti-democratic passage of a wage-crushing Right-to-Work law, another piece of legislation that Michigan voters successfully repealed at the ballot box this November the unpopular Emergency Financial Manager Law was sent on the way to reinstatement under a new name.
From The Detroit Free Press:
The state House passed late Wednesday what the Snyder administration says is a new and improved emergency manager law, but opponents say is a warmed-over version of what voters rejected Nov. 6.
The governors administration says the bill is designed to address shortcomings in the much-maligned Public Act 4, which voters repealed last month, by giving local officials in financially troubled cities and school districts more input in decisions addressing one of the major sticking points in Public Act 4.
Incoming House Minority Leader Tim Greimel, (D-Auburn Hills), however, said the new legislation is a mirror image of what voters just rejected, calling it another slap in the face to democracy perpetrated by this House.
FULL story at link.
Read more: http://thecontributor.com/while-you-were-protesting-michigan-house-re-passes-emergency-financial-manager-law-voters-repealed
Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)0rganism
(23,959 posts)The Michigan House passed a package of election reform bills dealing with recall of elected officials (House Bills 6058-6063). The changes include:
- 6058 - bar the circulation of a recall petition until the county election commission had determined it had sufficient clarity
- 6059 - changing from deciding whether or not to recall a person to requiring a recall election to pit an incumbent against another candidate
- 6059 specify that after one recall election, no further petitions could be filed against the same incumbent during the same term of office.
- 6060 require a county election commission to determine whether the reasons for the recall are stated both "factually and clearly." Currently, the petition is reviewed for "sufficient clarity" only.
- 6061 - limiting the recall election dates to the May and November election dates (removing February and August)
- 6063 prohibit recall submissions if an elected official is in the first six months or last six months in that term
Source: http://www.mml.org/advocacy/inside208/post/Recall-Reform-Legislation-Moving.aspx
The fuckers are organized and planned ahead for their mini-coup, have to give them that much
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)by the Michigan Supreme Court.
0rganism
(23,959 posts)This legislative manure didn't even get to the state senate until last week. It hasn't become law yet, but it's waiting in the wings.
And the Michigan SC is majority republican, so don't expect it to get tossed out right away either.
loyalkydem
(1,678 posts)this will get challenged again, what the heck is wrong with righties
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)You will be voted out of office, next election.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)here in Michigan.
The best thing that could have happened for the Democrats to retake Lansing come 2014.
"Keep hope alive"...
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)the ballot box faces them in 2014. I think the voters of Michigan are going to come after the GOP in significant numbers. The voters repealed the emergency managers bill only to have the legislature reenact it. That is a repudiation of the direct, unambiguous will of the voters.
I think the GOP will be scarce in Michigan after 2014.
Bozvotros
(785 posts)if democracy is allowed a voice. So they figure they have nothing to lose by quashing it hard. But they are overreaching. Lots of union folks have foolishly voted Republican and they see clearly now what it has brought them. The jackbooted fascist face that is modern Republicanism is in full flush in Michigan. These Koch suckers need to feel the people's wrath and we need to keep the spotlight on them. It is going to get ugly. I can feel it coming.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)GiaGiovanni
(1,247 posts)Right before Christmas when people have other things to think about.