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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-11 01:40 PM
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23. Legislation empowered it
Ill advised legislation maybe, but it is procedure built into their law.

They may be able to challenge it under the state constitution.

Or pay attention to who they vote for in local elections.
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  -I don't understand how this can be legal. I'd appreciate it if someone could explain cali  Apr-16-11 04:05 AM   #0 
  - Rec'ing for an answer nt  PuraVidaDreamin   Apr-16-11 04:58 AM   #1 
  - i don't see how either  barbtries   Apr-16-11 05:02 AM   #2 
  - Haven't you noticed this trend? Politicians doing blatantly illegal things & daring someone to call  Hannah Bell   Apr-16-11 05:07 AM   #3 
  - that doesn't answer the question  cali   Apr-16-11 05:16 AM   #4 
  - it was approved by legislation  madrchsod   Apr-16-11 05:16 AM   #5 
  - I still don't see how legislating away the elected rights of local officials  cali   Apr-16-11 05:19 AM   #6 
  - Towns, like states, cannot simply print their way out of debt or otherwise ignore the law  Chris_Texas   Apr-16-11 05:21 AM   #7 
  - Where do I begin....but I will keep this short and simple  Casandia   Apr-16-11 06:27 AM   #9 
  - yes, but, an appointee did not step in usurp the power of EVERY elected official  Snoutport   Apr-16-11 01:35 PM   #19 
  - And what if the person that takes over is the  walldude   Apr-16-11 01:37 PM   #21 
  - We have those mechanisms - they are called ballot boxes - they have them in Texas too  jpak   Apr-16-11 01:38 PM   #22 
  - Edited- wrong thread  dems_rightnow   Apr-16-11 05:22 AM   #8 
  - A kick because I'm curious too. I think this new legislation  myrna minx   Apr-16-11 06:32 AM   #10 
  - The new Commissars!  hobbit709   Apr-16-11 06:34 AM   #11 
  - It doesn't make sense to me either.  fasttense   Apr-16-11 06:58 AM   #12 
  - This is the kind of shit the Brits used to do, before people got pissed and started  Donnachaidh   Apr-16-11 07:38 AM   #13 
  - Crimes can be committed now under the rubric "EMERGENCY." Dubya wishes he'd thought of it.  WinkyDink   Apr-16-11 07:45 AM   #14 
  - E-mhairgency E-mhairgency Everyone to get from street!!11  jpak   Apr-16-11 01:43 PM   #24 
  - He did.  bvar22   Apr-16-11 09:17 PM   #25 
  - how very dictatorial of them.  rurallib   Apr-16-11 08:51 AM   #15 
  - Here ya go ...... it falls under the 'financial crisis' laws ......  doublethink   Apr-16-11 10:43 AM   #16 
  - I wonder if someone in Federal government could enact a law stripping  notadmblnd   Apr-16-11 01:00 PM   #17 
  - You'd need someone to look at the state constitution and see if it's unconstitutional  muriel_volestrangler   Apr-16-11 01:33 PM   #18 
  - These powers are derived from the state constitution, I think  Yo_Mama   Apr-16-11 09:33 PM   #26 
  - Some GOP asshole named Woo wrote a memo that said it was legal  jpak   Apr-16-11 01:35 PM   #20 
  - Legislation empowered it  treestar   Apr-16-11 01:40 PM   #23 
 

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