"BOB KLAHN -> EARL CROASMUN" <1:123/140> wrote in   
   news:256$CONTROVERSIAL@JamNNTPd:   
      
    ~>> Michigan's governor and his pet GOP'ers are trying to push through   
    BK> a law ~>> that states that the governor can take over any town he   
    BK> wants to, just by ~>> declaring a "fiscal emergency."   
    ~>>> That means all contracts with a town are null and void, and all   
    BK> town ~>> officials will be replaced by the governor's hand-picked   
    BK> goon.   
      
    EC>> Crooksandliars?  Maddow?  Can't be Olbermann.  Anyone have   
    EC>> any idea where this bit of foolishness came from?  He's   
    EC>> mumbled the same thing several times now.   
      
    BK>   From the right wing rag, The Detroit News. And other sources.   
    BK>   Google:   
      
    BK>   michigan emergency financial managers   
      
   Michigan's GOP wants to raise taxes, yes, I said RAISE taxes on the poor   
   and elderly.   
      
   To give corporations big tax breaks.   
      
   The Wisconsin/Michigan/Ohio GOP is the greatest thing to come along for the   
   democrats in decades.   
      
   --- Xnews/5.04.25   
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