Breaking on Ed Shultz from Michigan [View all]
The ReTHUG Governor's appointee, the Emergency Manager, has been removed and the Mayor and City Council reinstated.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/03/emergency_manager_lawsuit.html
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Judge: State violated law in appointing Flint emergency manager; Powers of mayor, city council reinstated
LANSING, Michigan -- A judge has ruled that the state violated the Open Meetings Act in appointing emergency manager Michael Brown.
Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina invalidated Brown's appointment and also reinstated the authority of Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and the Flint City Council at a hearing regarding a lawsuit from a city union representative.
The order also invalidated all the orders and actions Brown has taken since he was appointed Dec. 1, according to attorney Robert Fetter, who represented Sam Muma of AFSCME Local 1600, who filed the suit.
Muma claimed the state violated the law when appointing Brown because the financial review team that recommended the state takeover of Flint didn't meet in public.
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This is HUGE!!!
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