{"id":3124,"date":"2016-02-02T21:33:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T03:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2016-02-02T21:33:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T03:33:22","slug":"what-to-do-about-flint-mi-ctd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/02\/02\/what-to-do-about-flint-mi-ctd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do about Flint, MI, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader’s reply regarding Flint<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sounds like there are several, ah, different views on who was really responsible for the decision. But I believe, and feel free to correct, that all of the emergency managers were appointed by the governor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When the Referendum<\/a> petitions were approved by the Michigan State Board of Canvassers<\/a> on August 8, 2012 under orders from the Michigan Supreme Court<\/a>, PA 4 was suspended and the previous version, PA 72, was reinstated.[2]<\/a><\/sup> All current EM except for Michael Brown in Flint were reappointed as EFM by the Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board. Brown was previously a Flint City employee in the past five years and was not eligible under PA 72 to be an EFM.[3]<\/a><\/sup> The Sugar Law Center filed to challenge PA 4 and PA 72. PA 4 was repealed by Michigan voters in the 2012 general election,[4]<\/a><\/sup> and the Michigan Legislature<\/a> subsequently passed Public Act 436 of 2012<\/a> to replace the revived Public Act 72.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whether or not all of them were appointed through this board is unclear from that article, and I’m a little late in the evening to pursue this further. \u00a0The board’s composition?<\/p>\n

The Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board (ELB) is ex officio<\/a> formed board consisting of the State Treasurer of Michigan<\/a>, director of licensing and regulatory affairs<\/a> and the Director of Technology, Management and Budget<\/a> as members or their respective designees.[27]<\/a><\/sup> The Board selects the emergency manager and chooses between the emergency manager’s cost cutting plan and the local unit board’s alternative plan.[5]<\/a><\/sup> The ELB approves all major financial decisions over $10,000 while a municipality is under emergency management, including transfers of publicly owned assets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No doubt the governor has some influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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