(MI) Petition drive seeking to overturn emergency manager law nears conclusion [View all]

[UrbScotty]

A coalition seeking to overturn Michigan's law giving more power to state-appointed emergency managers said Monday it plans to turn in petition signatures at the end of the month to put the law on hold and force a vote on it.

The Stand Up for Democracy coalition needs to collect roughly 161,300 valid voter signatures to get the issue on the November ballot. It said it has collected more than 200,000 signatures so far and plans to turn them in Feb. 29 for state officials to verify.

"The fact of the matter is we really can't wait anymore," said Brandon Jessup, the chairman of Michigan Forward and a member of the coalition seeking to overturn Public Act 4 of 2011. "We're doing great with the campaign and we want to move on to the next step."

http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/petition_drive_seeking_to_over.html

I have been following politics since the Clinton/Engler era, and this law is one of the worst I have ever seen passed at the national or state level. It allows the Governor to suspend a community's democratically elected government. These local "emergency managers" have the power to sell city assets, break union contracts, and so much more.

Chris at www.eclectablog.com has much more on the law.