Ballot Proposals Would be "Economically Devastating"

In a town hall at Northern Michigan University in Marquette on Tuesday, Governor Snyder explained that the ballot proposals coming before Michigan would be "economically devastating" and encouraged voters to join him in saying "YES" to Proposal One and "NO" on the rest. The Mining Journal reports:

Some of the proposals to appear on the Michigan ballot Nov. 6 could be "economically devastating" and are "terrible" ideas, according to Gov. Rick Snyder. 

Answering questions from the crowd, Snyder said Proposal 2 - which would place collective bargaining rights in Michigan's constitution - and Proposal 5 - which would require a two-thirds majority vote of Michigan's legislature to enact tax increases - would be the most economically devastating to Michigan if they were to pass.

Proposal 2, he said, was a "massive overreach" that would create a "huge mess" in the Michigan court system, saying it would spur an enormous amount of lawsuits as people began working through which current Michigan laws would be wiped out by its passing. 

Snyder also spoke to some extent about Proposal 6, which would require a statewide vote of the people on any new, international bridge construction.The proposal, Snyder said, was initiated by Manuel "Matty" Moroun, the current owner of the Ambassador Bridge. 

"The situation with this is we have one special interest, the Moroun family, that's spent $30 million now on trying to confuse an issue because they have a near monopoly over the Detroit River ... they're making lots of money at our expense," Snyder said.