Opinion by Stephen Boyle
Rachel Maddow: Michigan Gives Up On Democracy
Broadcast on March 1, 2013, the evening after Governor Rick Snyder holds an invitation-only Town Hall meeting at the Maccabees Building on Wayne State University campus. During the meeting he announces the “Detroit Can't Wait” campaign - this way his plans gain commercial exposure in addition to typical government coverage. Slick delivery Rick, what is it you're selling? Fascism?
Yes folks that is the key component of the Detroit Can't Wait campaign. The installation of a dictator to run the city of Detroit who will have no need to consult with elected officials such as the City Council, the Mayor, and others. They can even be removed from office if too belligerent. The Emergency Manager is given the opportunity to nullify contracts, build privatized business arrangements without oversight, bulldoze neighborhoods without checking if they are lived in, and ensuring sufficient levels of mood altering drugs are put in the water. I forgot to mention the blight authority plan to napalm several districts around Detroit.
Perhaps I'm pulling your leg on these points a little, but not too much. The devastating effects of state ran communities across Michigan when Emergency Managers are used is appalling. It is a far stretch to call it the best solution possible. It seems like bold faced corruption is modus operandi for the position. We could call it racketeering, or perhaps domestic terrorism - and it is rather interesting to find the perpetrator is openly put in power by government.
Where is the outrage of the people? In any other country the people would be protesting in the streets day and night, but here in Amerikkka we believe there is a police-state already installed. Norcom, the National Guard, and the Council of Governors hold power over the people able to employ any and all military forces in North America. You might assume Governor Snyder is selling EAA soap to clean up Detroit Public Schools. Michigan's EAA school district is just one of the links in the Schools To Prison Pipeline being fit for the State of Michigan. One which we have to mention has Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan sitting as treasurer on the board for EAA Schools as appointed by Governor Snyder. This is one more dictator assigned by the governor who figures he has a shot at publicly elected office. We also need to note EAA is under federal investigation.
Response to “Detroit Can't Wait” -- Detroit Will Fight
We have to remind the Governor that we are wolverines and backed into a corner we are vicious. You've attacked the people of Detroit putting us against a wall, you wiped out half the black vote in Michigan by implementing the Emergency Manager Laws. Some believe money is the greatest resource... after all money has bought our government. You've tested the people, you've found agitation, the next thing you'll encounter is aggression. We aren't mindless - we know this battle is waged on multiple fronts. Each time we convene and share we learn together.
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