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Backers of emergency manager law repeal vote win a round in Michigan Appeals Court | De... - 0 views

www.freep.com/...nager-petition-drive-type-size noconsent Financial Stability Agreement Emergency Manager ballot vote appeals
shared by Stephen Boyle on 14 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Bob LaBrant of Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, the group opposing the ballot initiative, said an appeal will be filed with the Michigan Supreme Court in the next one to two weeks. LaBrant said today’s ruling was not unexpected.If the repeal question is certified for the ballot, the emergency manager law will be suspended until the Nov. 6 election. But for that to happen, the State Board of Canvassers would have to meet and act as the appeals court has ordered. LaBrant said an appeal will be filed and the order will be stayed before the question is certified.
  • it believed that earlier case was wrongly decided.
  • Last week, a three-judge panel of the appeals court reluctantly ruled the question should go on the ballot, saying it was compelled to reach such a decision by a precedent set in an earlier case. But the panel unanimously said it believed that earlier case was wrongly decided.
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  • Today, the full panel rejected that step without stating its reasons.“The court orders that a special panel shall not be convened,” it said in a terse order.
  • Pugh noted that the consent agreement wasn't solely based on that law, and large portions of the city's deal with the state may stay in place no matter the impact of the court's ruling. Gov. Rick Snyder's administration has said much the same.
  • Stephen Boyle on 14 Jun 12
     
    A panel of seven judges from the State Board of Appeals will NOT be formed. This places the repeal of PA4 on the ballot for Nov 6. However Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility vows to have the order stayed and take the case to Michigan Supreme Court.
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PA 4 not dead yet; Bing ready to impose union contracts … it's a race to July... - 0 views

www.crainsdetroit.com/...ontracts-it-s-a-race-to-july-1 noconsent bing union contracts detroit
shared by Stephen Boyle on 19 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • The consent agreement between the state and the city of Detroit grants Bing some powers that are normally granted only to an emergency manager. Specifically, a month after the agreement was signed, Bing gained the power to impose union contracts, but only on unions whose current contracts have expired. This is why July 1 is important: About 80 percent of the city’s union contracts expire that day.
  • State law says that if the petition is certified, PA 4 is suspended until the vote.
  • The full court declined to do that, and the appeals court told the board of canvassers to go back and certify the Stand Up For Democracy petition, with the effect of placing the question on the ballot.
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  • Citizens For Fiscal Responsibility plans to appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. Now, the high court’s rules say that if there’s an appeal, the appellate court’s decision is stayed for 42 days, which carries us well past July 1.
  • Stephen Boyle on 19 Jun 12
     
    Union contracts are at stake if the order to place the Repeal of PA4 on the ballot is not moved forward immediately.
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