if you think republican governors across the country are using fiscal crisis as a pretext to do stuff they otherwise want to do, this is something i don't think i would have ever believed republicans want to do. this is what they are proposing. hasn't gotten much national attention. check it out. rick snyder's budget in michigan is expected to cut aid to cities and towns so much that a lot of cities and towns in michigan are expected to be in dire financial straights. right now, governor snyder is pushing a bill that would give himself, governor snyder and his administration, the power to declare any town or school district to be in a financial emergency. if a town was declared by the governor and his administration to be in a financial emergency, they would get to put somebody in charge of that town, and they want to give that emergency manager they put in charge of the town the power to, quote, reject, modify, or terminate any contract the town maven terd into, including any collective bargaining agreements. so this emergency person who gets put in charge of a town