Reply #8: Snyder recall effort launched downstate

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April 19, 2011
The Mining Journal
By TIM MARTIN - Associated Press , Associated Press

"The proposed petition language cites a Snyder-approved law that gives broad new powers to emergency managers appointed by the state to run financially struggling local governments and schools.

Those powers include the ability to toss out union contracts and strip power from locally elected officials.

The proposed petition also references what it labels "tax increases" on retirees and lower-income Michigan families and "tax cuts" for corporations. Snyder has proposed eliminating tax exemptions for some retiree income and getting rid of an earned income tax credit for low-income working families while seeking lower overall taxes for businesses.

"I believe a lot of people in Michigan are angry at him," said Tim Kramer, a resident of Oakland County's Waterford Township and spokesman for Michigan Citizens United. "He wants to come in and do what he wants. That's not democracy."