VIDEO | Rachel Maddow | Michigan | Organize and sue: plan to fight emergency manager law

msnbc video: Organize and sue: plan to fight emergency manager law

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Photo: Jean Klock Park, Benton Harbor

If you haven't heard yet, Rick Snyder is displaying the DISGUSTING audacity to actually show up in Benton Harbor as the Grand Marshall of the annual Blossomtime Parade next weekend, May 7. There needs to be a HUGE protest against this. Does anyone have any info about any planned events?

Organize and sue: a plan to fight emergency manager law

April 25: Rev. Jesse Jackson and Michigan’s black lawmakers say they are preparing to challenge the state’s emergency financial manager law in court. State Rep. Fred Durhal of the Legislative Black Caucus outlines the plan. msnbc video | Rachel Maddow | April 25, 2011

Blogging For Michigan:: Rally and March in Benton Harbor on April 27th Against Financial Martial Law

Blogging For Michigan:: Rally and March in Benton Harbor on April 27th Against Financial Martial Law

The Maddow Blog - What's at stake in Benton Harbor

The Maddow Blog - What's at stake in Benton Harbor

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What's at Stake in Benton Harbor
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The first thing you folks note about the story of Benton Harbor, Michigan, is that the state has picked a very black town for its first action under the new and so-called financial martial law.
The Maddow Blog - What's at stake in Benton Harbor

"Although the heart of Jean Klock Park has been privatized for three holes of a championship golf course, there are unresolved questions regarding federal permits which were issued in order for the golf course development to proceed. Litigation is ongoing, and the federal lawsuit filed in August, 2008, is on appeal in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jean Klock Park is located on Lake Michigan’s eastern shore in Benton Harbor, a rustbelt city abandoned by manufacturing and related industries. One significant corporate headquarters persists, however. Whirlpool Corporation, located in an adjoining township, announced the closing of its last manufacturing-related facility in Michigan, which resulted in a loss of 216 jobs."
This a local article link different from the above Maddow Video link...

Fighting Bob - GarveyBlog - They have plans! Do they ever!

Fighting Bob - GarveyBlog - They have plans! Do they ever!
April 14, 2011

"Remember when we chuckled at the Michigan Governor Snyder, who wanted the Michigan legislature to approve his plan to permit him to declare "Financial Martial Law" in cities and other governmental bodies having tough economic times? The law would permit the governor to replace city councils, school boards and other governmental positions. Eminent domain on steroids. I laughed and suggested a bumper sticker in the U.P. of, "Your Governor is worse than ours!"

Well, that was then, now we know another one of Walker's little secrets. We have discovered that Wisconsin's governor has the same twisted idea for Wisconsin..."Full Article Here | Fighting Bob - GarveyBlog

Wisconsin GOP Leaders Knew Using State Troopers Broke the Law

http://www.citizensforethics.org/blog/entry/wisconsin-GOP-leaders-knew-using-state-troopers-broke-the-law
Posted on Defend Wisconsin by: Heidi Waddell
Wisconsin GOP Leaders Knew Using State Troopers Broke the Law | CREW | Citizens for Responsibility a
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his Republican cohorts in the legislature have some explaining to do. The rookie governor rose to national fame after picking a bare knuckled political fight with Democrats over union rights. He showed up on our radar when he illegally sent in the Wisconsin State