Backers of emergency manager law repeal vote win a round in Michigan Appeals Court | De... - 0 views
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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.
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it believed that earlier case was wrongly decided.
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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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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.