I attended the town hall meeting yesterday expecting to be able to ask a question of the governor. Instead I had to submit my question to Howard Walker and Wayne Schmid's representative for their review. They chose to edit it beyond recognition. So much for democracy. They don't want to deal with their constituents real concerns with the way they are running the state.

This Governor seems to be very interested in doing all he can for the business community at the same time the average working person has to make up the revenue difference. His comments in the SOS reagarding the right to work legislation were very strange. He should not have signed that without real debate on the issue.

Where do we start? Right to Work, Educational Achievement Authority, EM law repealed by voters then replaced by legislature, taxes on pensioners, cuts to education, teachers tenure weakened, union negotiation prohibitions, union dues deduction prohibition for teachers, insurance cap for teachers, cyber/charter schools, concealed weapons at schools, "parent trigger" legislation, changing how electoral votes are cast, and lastly, legislation making it harder to recall legislators. They are all tools of the Mackinac Center and Dick DeVos.