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Referendum ruling clouds Detroit's financial fix
Source: Reuters
Referendum ruling clouds Detroit's financial fix
By Karen Pierog
Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:00pm EDT
(Reuters) - Part of Detroit's recent deal to mend its shattered finances could be threatened if Michigan officials on Thursday rule that a referendum to repeal the state's controversial emergency manager law should be allowed on the November ballot.
A decision by election officials to allow the referendum to be put before voters on November 6 would result in a suspension of the law, pending an actual vote on the measure.
Opponents of the law object to the power it grants to essentially replace local elected officials with an emergency manager during a financial crisis.
Stand Up for Democracy, the coalition that launched the petition drive to repeal the law, on its website calls the law "a power grab by politicians" and criticizes the emergency managers appointed by the governor as "neglected bureaucrats ... unaccountable to local taxpayers."
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By Karen Pierog
Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:00pm EDT
(Reuters) - Part of Detroit's recent deal to mend its shattered finances could be threatened if Michigan officials on Thursday rule that a referendum to repeal the state's controversial emergency manager law should be allowed on the November ballot.
A decision by election officials to allow the referendum to be put before voters on November 6 would result in a suspension of the law, pending an actual vote on the measure.
Opponents of the law object to the power it grants to essentially replace local elected officials with an emergency manager during a financial crisis.
Stand Up for Democracy, the coalition that launched the petition drive to repeal the law, on its website calls the law "a power grab by politicians" and criticizes the emergency managers appointed by the governor as "neglected bureaucrats ... unaccountable to local taxpayers."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/us-detroit-law-ballot-idUSBRE83P00220120426
