(Michigan) Emergency manager opponents submit signatures in effort to overturn law
Source: The Detroit News
Nearly 300 citizens opposed to Michigan's emergency manager law delivered thousands of petitions to the Secretary of State's office Wednesday that could suspend Public Act 4.
Stand Up for Democracy, a statewide coalition opposed to the law, spent months gathering the signatures to put a repeal of the law on the November election ballot. The deadline to turn in at least 161,304 valid signatures was March 27.
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Wednesday's delivery of the petitions coincided with a permanent injunction issued this morning by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge William Collette barring a 10-member team reviewing Detroit's finances from violating the Open Meetings Act. The order replaces a preliminary injunction Collette issued earlier this month.
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Coalition members oppose the law because it grants sweeping powers to emergency managers to overrule elected officials and toss out union contracts in school districts and communities in financial distress.
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See also a shorter article about this event by the Detroit Free Press "Group submits petition to repeal Michigan's emergency manager law". I haven't stepped in Michigan for nearly 15 years after having lived in Ann Arbor a few years in early childhood, but which Detroit paper is the better one? The DN article is longer, as it included a paragraph about the "This is what democracy looks like!" chant, and included some more details about a local school district. The DFP one is more shallow and unlike the DN article didn't include the background narrative of how Gov. Rick Snyder pushed for the EM law.
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