half of you get to do that and the other half, rick snyder gets to decide for you and overrules your vote. the choice in michigan is supposed to be dictatorship over dysfunction. you re supposed to believe that if you give up democracy, well, democracy s nice, but you can t fix problems with democracy. so if you give up democracy, then you can fix what democracy can t fix. but with the exception of the one town that is marked on this graphic with a gold star, all of these places have been in and out of financial trouble for years now. they have been in and out of emergency management under different versions of the law. weaker law, stronger law, it has not mattered. only that one very small town with the star on it is the only one to ever emerge in good shape from losing its democracy. and then stay in good shape thereafter. giving up voting rights as a way of saving cities turns out does not save the cities. and so, yes, detroit has a problem, nobody says that detroit doesn t have a p
from losing its democracy. and then stay in good shape thereafter. giving up voting rights as a way of saving cities turns out does not save the cities. and so, yes, detroit has a problem, nobody says that detroit doesn t have a problem. but this emergency overseer thing that the republicans are doing in michigan, it does not seem to be that solution to that problem. it is a radical policy, which the republicans say is justified by cities and towns and school districts being in dire financial straits. the problem is this radical policy does not seem to fix the problem of these places being in dire financial straits. if it doesn t fix the problem, why are they doing it? in detroit, the opposition to being taken over. the opposition to giving up their democratic form of government. right now looks like this. looks like people driving really deliberately slowly down the freeway at rush hour. just a few cars poking along, one with a sign that reads democracy and another that reads detroit
not mattered. only that one very small town with the star on it is the only one to ever emerge in good shape from losing its democracy. and then stay in good shape thereafter. giving up voting rights as a way of saving cities turns out does not save the cities. and so, yes, detroit has a problem, nobody says that detroit doesn t have a problem. but this emergency overseer thing that the republicans are doing in michigan, it does not seem to be that solution to that problem. it is a radical policy, which the republicans say is justified by cities and towns and school districts being in dire financial straits. the problem is this radical policy does not seem to fix the problem of these places being in dire financial straits. if it doesn t fix the problem, why are they doing it? in detroit, the opposition to being taken over. the opposition to giving up their democratic form of government. right now looks like this. looks like people driving really deliberately slowly down the freeway at
michigan governor emergency management law eliminates democracy at the local level, whatever you vote for, whoever you vote for, overruled by the governor s say-so. if your town has problem, the law says the reason for those problems is because you have had a vote. you have had a say in what happens in your town, so your vote must be taken away for your own good. the essential michigan website eclectablog calculates using the law, he has taken local democracy of half of michigan s african american residents. he can t say that was the intent but that has been the effect in the making of his emergency manager law. a majority of michigan s black population put under emergency overseer rule with no local voting rights. in april, the emergency manager assigned to run benton harbor stripped the elected mayor and city commission of all but three official duties. they can call a meeting to order, approve the minutes of a meeting and they can adjourn a meeting and that s it. you can see how wel
locally elected position. the law eliminates democracy at the local level. whatever you vote for, whoever you vote for, overruled by the governor s say-so. if your town has problem, the law says the reason for those problems is because you have had a vote. you have had a say in what happens in your town, so your vote must be taken away for your own good. the essential website calculates using the law, he has taken local democracy of half of michigan s african american residents. he can t say that was the intent but that has been the effect in the making of his emergency manager law. a majority of michigan s black population put under emergency overseer rule with no local voting rights. in april, the emergency manager assigned to run benton harbor stripped the elected mayor and city commission of all but three official duties. they can call a meeting to order, approve the minutes of a meeting and they can adjourn a meeting and that s it. you can see how well that went over in benton har