get involved saying, "if the local school district is unable to reopen its schools on its own, the state of michigan must act to ensure that they can finish out the remaining days of the school year." dchlt debora heartville says, we've been very transparent that we may request an emergency manager or an emergency review. my colleague, rachel maddow, has covered the heck out of michigan's emergency manager law, which allows the state to appoint an emergency manager to run cash-strapped localities. in other words, austerity wins out over local democracy. the state throws out the decisions of your elected officials and the tiny and mostly black township of buena vista gets put turned control of governor rick snyder. this is what the most recent example of austerity looks like.