Over two hundred thousand people in Michigan are unhappy about a
state law that allows Republican governor Rick Snyder to declare martial
financial law in struggling municipalities and bypass local governments
by installing wee tyrant “emergency financial managers” who are allowed
to void the official status of public unions, sell off public assets,
declare dead cat carcass legal tender, etc. Whatever they want, as long
as all the budget savings are immediately passed on in the form of
corporate tax cuts.
So the unhappy citizens all signed petitions to
force the state to hold a public referendum on the law and then promptly
submitted the signatures. What do you think of that, Republican members
of the state body responsible for certifying the petitions? Let’s check
the report:
“Republicans cited the wrong font size on the title of the petitions
circulated by Stand Up For Democracy, a coalition of groups that
launched the petition campaign, as the reason for not approving the
initiative for the ballot. Opponents gathered 203,238 signatures,
roughly 40,000 more than needed to get a repeal question on the ballot.”
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