been used to criticize him. he used his new power to mistakenly sell off land that had been set aside as a small park despite the land having a sign in front of it saying it was public land. whoops on that. the emergency manager of the detroit public skooms uses his new power to shut down the katherine ferguson academy for young moms which he had not bib able to do in the old law. they got arrested as a sit-in in their school, and this saved their school from the new law. katherine ferguson academy is open. this was graduation this year. but they only just barely saved it. one newly appointed manager joked and called himself the tyrant. he does have nearly a dictator s authority. in michigan, citizens have a right to force a repeal referendum for laws they don t like. you draw up petitions. if you gather enough signatures, you can quaff to go up on a