{"id":4629,"date":"2011-04-20T03:12:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T10:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4629"},"modified":"2011-04-20T03:12:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T10:12:16","slug":"snyder-let-them-eat-koch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/20\/snyder-let-them-eat-koch\/","title":{"rendered":"Snyder: Let Them Eat Koch!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find what\u2019s going on in Michigan almost unbelievable.  Imagine having your home town fall under the control of a dictator who could close your schools, fire your teachers, forbid the local officials you elected to govern, cancel your towns contracts with workers and suppliers, and even use your land to benefit people who don\u2019t even live there.  Is that the act of a Democratic Republic or a Fascist Dictatorship?<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"20Snyder\"In a move believed to be the first under sweeping new state legislation, Emergency Manager Joseph Harris suspended decision-making powers of city [Benton Harbor] officials Friday<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Officials only can call meetings to order, adjourn them and approve minutes of meetings as part of the order issued Friday. <\/p>\n

The action is likely the first since Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law in March a new statute that grants more powers to emergency managers appointed by the Treasury Department to take over distressed schools and communities. <\/p>\n

At least one elected Benton Harbor official was sanguine about the order. "It doesn’t bother me," said City Commissioner Bryan Joseph. "I’m in favor of it." <\/p>\n

Joseph said he has watched financial mismanagement for decades, which was one of the reasons he ran for election in 2008. <\/p>\n

But the move drew a strong rebuke from the AFL-CIO. The union represents administrative workers, among others. <\/p>\n

"This is sad news for democracy in Michigan," said Mark Gaffney, president of the Michigan AFL-CIO. "With the stripping of all power of duly elected officials in Benton Harbor \u2026 we can now see the true nature of the emergency manager system."\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What Detroit News isn\u2019t telling you is that the takeover is part of a plan to steal the towns park and use it as a golf development for the rich.  <\/font>Rachel Maddow fills in the details and interviews Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Can you believe this?  I\u2019m quite certain that Snyder has violated the Constitution, but its no sure bet with Republican activists dominating SCOTUS.<\/font><\/p>\n

Marie Antoinette showed her disdain for common folk by saying \u201cLet them eat cake.\u201d  Snyder would be more likely to say, \u201cLet them eat Koch.\u201d  I hope Michigan has a workable recall procedure.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find what\u2019s going on in Michigan almost unbelievable.  Imagine having your home town fall under the control of a dictator who could close your schools, fire your teachers, forbid the local officials you elected to govern, cancel your towns contracts with workers and suppliers, and even use your land to benefit people who don\u2019t […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}