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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:05 AM Original message |
I don't understand how this can be legal. I'd appreciate it if someone could explain |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Rec'ing for an answer nt |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. i don't see how either |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Haven't you noticed this trend? Politicians doing blatantly illegal things & daring someone to call |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. that doesn't answer the question |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. it was approved by legislation |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I still don't see how legislating away the elected rights of local officials |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Towns, like states, cannot simply print their way out of debt or otherwise ignore the law |
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Casandia (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Where do I begin....but I will keep this short and simple |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. yes, but, an appointee did not step in usurp the power of EVERY elected official |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. And what if the person that takes over is the |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. We have those mechanisms - they are called ballot boxes - they have them in Texas too |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. Edited- wrong thread |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. A kick because I'm curious too. I think this new legislation |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. The new Commissars! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. It doesn't make sense to me either. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is the kind of shit the Brits used to do, before people got pissed and started |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Crimes can be committed now under the rubric "EMERGENCY." Dubya wishes he'd thought of it. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. E-mhairgency E-mhairgency Everyone to get from street!!11 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. He did. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. how very dictatorial of them. |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. Here ya go ...... it falls under the 'financial crisis' laws ...... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wonder if someone in Federal government could enact a law stripping |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. You'd need someone to look at the state constitution and see if it's unconstitutional |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. These powers are derived from the state constitution, I think |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. Some GOP asshole named Woo wrote a memo that said it was legal |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Legislation empowered it |
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