As the assault on public education continues in Michigan, those of us who live outside the state need a guide to follow the maneuvers of the anti-public education forces.
A reader in Michigan connected me to this site, Electablog, where I discovered the latest ploy
Voters in Michigan repealed Public Act 4, which authorized the governor to appoint an emergency manager for fiscally stressed districts. These managers had dictatorial powers, overriding locally elected governments. In three districts, the emergency managers were in process of replacing public schools with privatization.
According to this blog, the repeal also nullified an earlier law that preceded PA 4. But the judge decided that the repeal left the earlier law undisturbed. So while the voters rejected the emergency manager concept, their votes did not actually end the emergency manager concept.
The judge said the repel means nothing. Got it?
Seriously, we’ve got to stop calling people who work to undermine democracy by the name of conservatives. They are conservatives only in the sense that Benedict Arne, et, Arnold was a conservative, trying to re-institute the form of colonial government we had the Revolution.
edit: “before the Revolution”
This article gives too little detail to grasp the crux of the problem. It could well be that the judge has properly analyzed the situation. We don’t know. There is a substantial need for more information here. I am distressed by the implications of the article, but need more before joining any action effort.
Read the linked article, which does supply some of the necessary additional information. Will be watching for the action taken by the Michigan State Supreme Court.
This is the most undemocratic fascist game going. My friend, Reverend Pinkney, from Benton Harbor, is the first city put under this insane process. He was even imprisoned for a false charge concerning $5. Because he organized dramatically different factions in prison they suddenly released him. We are now a fascist country by definition. Fascism is corporations running the government. What else do we have here now but that?