Please read! Michigan is MUCH worse than Wisconsin!

[Casandia]

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/7212/save_democracy_in_michigan/

[Trajan]

1. As a favor to DUers and the OP

Save Democracy in Michigan
The state’s “Emergency Manager” law is more insidious than anything in Wisconsin.

By David Green

Though Wisconsin has received more media coverage for its new law banning collective bargaining for public unions, Michigan’s new Emergency Manager law is more insidious and potentially destructive of public goods like education and corrections, and public services such as road repair and snow plowing.

The rationale behind the law, which was passed by the Republican-dominated state legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on March 16, is deficit reduction. It allows the governor to appoint an emergency manager for any municipality (city, township, county or school district) in a financial emergency as determined by the state treasurer. The emergency manager may dismiss elected boards. He may abrogate any contract that the municipality has negotiated. He may issue bonds to pay the municipality’s expenses for which the residents of the community are responsible—without a vote by the community or the community’s elected representatives.

SNIP- Read more at http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/7212/save_democracy_in_michigan/

[Casandia]

2. Thanks, I'm new at this

:)

[eowyn_of_rohan]

4. When is your next rally?

or have you had it already?

[xchrom]

3. +1

[Brickbat]

5. What sort of rallies/actions are people taking?

There's going to come a point where we're all agitating in our own states, I believe.

[socialist_n_TN]

11. Agree. We can support each other, but...........

the actions have to come locally.

I still like the idea of a soviet style divided government. Soviet as in the pre Bolshevik October revolution, type of soviet. The local authorities continue on doing everything they can and ignoring the appointed masters. See who the people respond to.

[demmiblue]

6. K&R... and welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Casandia]

7. The only rally I know of is

on Wednesday, April 27 @ 12:00 P.M.

Thank you Rachel Maddow for reporting on what is happening. No one else in the media seems to be paying attention!


Here is the info from Heartland Revolution:

On Wednesday, April 27th there will be a march/rally in Benton Harbor, Michigan in response to the usurping of the rights and democratic process of their city government and their citizens by empowering a non-elected Emergency Financial Manager to take over the day-to-day operations of Benton Harbor.

We will start at the Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce located at 38 West Wall Street and then march to City Hall.

We need your help to get the word out to make this protest huge in numbers.

Thank you,
Heartland Revolution

https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=180701291976943

[socialist_n_TN]

10. Kick for the action........

And don't be polite! This is your RIGHTS they're trying to take away.

[DBoon]

8. and you know this will be used to eliminate political opponents

and inconvenient critics among local government

Look at Margaret Thatcher's dissolution of the Greater London Council for an example of how this works

[MichiganVote]

9. Comrade Snyder wants us all in republican lock step

[Doctor_J]

12. Unless the DoJ steps in, very quickly, there is nothing to be done about this

As shown in WI, all the protests in the world aren't going to a damned thing.