(Gov.) Snyder, (AG) Schuette try to keep collective bargaining proposal off (Michigan) ballot

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit News

August 20, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Snyder, Schuette try to keep collective bargaining proposal off ballot
By Karen Bouffard
Detroit News Lansing Bureau


Lansing—Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette filed court papers Monday to try to block a statewide ballot initiative that seeks to protect collective bargaining rights.

Snyder and Schuette are seeking to scuttle the Protect Our Jobs ballot proposal, whose position on the ballot will be decided by the Michigan Court of Appeals.

The four-member Board of State Canvassers last week deadlocked on certifying the Protect Our Jobs petition. The two Republican members voted against placing the issue on the ballot, while the two Democrats voted to certify.

The state Court of Appeals will hold a hearing Wednesday on the ballot initiative.


Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120820/METRO/208200447#ixzz248R9g82c

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If this ballot initiative passes, Right to Work (for less) Laws would be off the table.

[caraher]

1. Good to see them have to "play defense" for a change

I love this initiative... I'm sure they saw in Michigan what happened to us in Indiana.

[Omaha Steve]

2. The party of NO won't bring this to a vote?

Shocked. Just shocked.

They worked their butts off up there to get this on the ballot! Let them vote on it.

K&R!

[Scuba]

3. Republicans hate democracy.

[TahitiNut]

4. There's BIG money flowing into the state fighting this.

They're already running TV spots against it, when it's not yet clear it'll be on the ballot.

[MichiganVote]

5. The real PURE Michigan under Republican rule-no voting for citizens

This is what we are living with in Michigan-everyone with a business or a fat bank account counts. The rest-forget about it. Bunch of goddamn crooks and people are fed up with it.

[Bozita]

6. The fonts on the petitions are not the right height. - That'll be the next tactic.