Michigan to revive emergency manager law

Lately, the Michigan legislature is making Kentucky's legislature look like an Occupy general assembly in comparison.

One of the first things Michigan lawmakers did in the lame duck session was pass a so-called "right-to-work" law nobody wanted - knowing they wouldn't have the votes for it once newly elected legislators were sworn in. Now they've continued to ignore the voters' mandate by reviving the hated emergency manager law.

The emergency manager law was a Tea Party-backed piece of legislation that allowed the state to gut local governments and school districts and replace them with unelected managers to do as they please. But the law was repealed by voters in a referendum in November.

Now - although voters repealed the law - the legislature is ignoring that vote and plans to pass it again. The Michigan House has just approved it, and the Michigan Senate is expected to follow.

They don't get it, do they?

(Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20121212/NEWS15/121212082/Michigan-House-passes-new-emergency-manager-bill)