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Cue the orchestra for Lee Chatfield
(Detroit Free Press) The former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives has resigned as the head of an economic development organization just days after taking the job following significant pushback from community and business leaders.
The objections to Lee Chatfield leading Southwest Michigan First arise from his efforts as speaker to block adding new legal protections for LGBTQ workers and residents into state law. ............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/22/lee-chatfield-resigns-southwest-michigan-first/4539895001/