We are a broad-based coalition of communities, unions, and concerned citizens united in retaining self-government by the people of Detroit.
We oppose the Emergency Manager Law (Public Act 4) as well as two illegal strategies which stem from it: (1) The Financial Stability Agreement, signed by the Detroit City Council, which strips away the power of our elected officials, and (2) the imposition of the Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager, which has left our school system in ruins.
Petition the White House and Department of Justice
We are asking everyone to make a concerted effort to push the effort to gain petition signatures into new realms of friends across the United States. Allied efforts making the appeal are welcome. A case sensitive shortlink to the petition is http://wh.gov/wGJK, if you share the link through Twitter include the tags #NoEM, and #DetroitEFM.
Save Democracy in Detroit and Michigan. Stop Emergency Managers, protect voting rights and help spur our local economy.
Chairman David Bullock of the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party of Michigan, concerned citizens, and the people of Michigan are fighting against Emergency Managers. Governor Rick Snyder's Administration has appointed emergency managers in cities and school districts across Michigan. These emergency managers have unilateral control over all aspects of government, deny voting rights, block collective bargaining rights and balance budgets by selling assets and cutting fire and police. We need the federal government to intervene and protect voting rights. Additionally, we need the government to promote job creation, spur growth of the local economy, focus on education and worker retraining programs, reform banking and health care institutions.
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