Bye bye democracy, bye bye happiness

I suppose that we Michiganders should have realized that republicans had no shred of respect for democracy when they put forward a newly worded Emergency Manager Law less than two months after Michigan voters had soundly rejected their first attempt to suppress the will of the people.

Now they once again are going to supplant the will of he the voters by appointing an Emergency Manager to oversee the state's largest city, the city that put America on wheels, Detroit.

For those not familiar, an Emergency Manager is appointed by the governor of our state (in our case that would be Governor Gutless, Rick Snyder, who pees his pants on the command of the republicans in Michigan's state legislature) to cities that are in fianancial distress who has unlimited authority (it is not a stretch to call the Emergency manager a dictator) to tear up contracts, cut services, refuse to make payments, hire city employees at his whim, and neither the people's elected authorities, nor the people themselves, have any say in the matter.  For those of you who live in states run by sane people, this is not an exaggeration.

The city of Detroit will now join Benton Harbor, Pontiac, Ecorse, Hamtramack, and Allen Park as cities that are predominantly African-America and whose citizens' voice in our government has been taken away.  The cities noted also share one other trait:  all of the Emergency Managers appointed to them have been a complete and utter failure at improving these cities finances.

Michigan republicans cheated to gain control of the state legislature, and now they're letting their true colors show by taking away the right to vote of our state's largest city.  It is nothing more than abject racism, and should be a story of national prominence. 

The Great Lakes state once was a fine place to call home, but is no longer.  It has been taken hostage by racists, misogynists, and religious freaks who have no conscience and no love for America or Americans.

Peace,
emaycee