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FREEP: Michigan EM statute is strictest in nationMichigan’s controversial emergency manager law is among the most sweeping of its kind in the country, experts say, leading opponents to fear it could be used as a model for other states. Known as Public Act 4, the law already has garnered interest in neighboring Indiana and possibly other states, even as opponents are gathering signatures here to repeal it. Civil rights leaders such as the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have spoken out against Michigan’s law, which they say unfairly targets urban cities in distress and strips communities of their right to self-govern. The law allows emergency managers the unprecedented power to throw out union contracts, among other actions. “This precedent must be stopped in Michigan, because as goes Michigan, will go the rest of the country if we don’t stop it,” Sharpton said during a recent visit to Detroit. READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE FREEP Leave a Reply |
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