I have been thinking about being an informed citizen of the State of Michigan this morning. It appears that the movement to recall the governor of Michigan is based on his Emergency Financial Manager law. I am opposed to this law and would support it’s repeal. But I am also reluctant to support the recall of the governor at this point on this one issue.
The website for the Committee to recall Rick Snyder. I can’t seem to find names of people or organizations that are behind this movement on this web site easily. This makes me nervous. This doesn’t pass the intitial smell test (crap detection 101).
But I did consult and bookmark a lot of state and local online news information sources.
Here’s some of my sources:
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I am opposed to this law as well, but I realize the problem that the State of Michigan is under. This is an attempt to require communities which have their own jurisdiction responsibilities to affect responsible fiscal management. Cities like Flint (and others) have not reacted effectively to the loss of their single focused auto industry base of tax revenue. The issue then falls on the rest of the tax payers in the State. Local control or the idea of maintaining the closest possible connection with the people and their responsibilities of local jurisdiction dates back (in this area) to the Northwest Ordinance of 1785. I believe that we have failed in educating people that individual liberty is directly tied to additional responsibility, not less. There are a lot of problems here and I think that the Governor (whom I voted for) is approaching this problem in ways that appears dictatorial. I do not like his management style. He is doing this as a manager, not as a person whom I would trust. I believe that he must take this case to the people, if he is to receive popular support.