BH Leaders Talk Public Act Four And The MI Supreme Court

Buses filled with opponents of Michigan's emergency manager law will head for Lansing next Wednesday to urge the State Supreme Court to let a referendum on its repeal go forward in time for November's elections. Enough petition signatures were collected to let a vote of the people take place on Public Act Four, but it's been stalled due to a technicality with the font size on the petitions. Speaking in Benton Harbor this week, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition's Reverend David Bullock told us that he does think a decision from the Supreme Court will come next Wednesday, as a lack of one will just delay the referendum process and make it more difficult for a vote to happen in November:

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Leaders from Benton Harbor -- including City Commissioners Marcus Muhammad and Mary Alice Adams, former mayor Wilce Cooke, and the Reverend Edward Pinkney -- appeared with Bullock Wednesday. Pinkney said that he expects to find at least 50 or 60 people to take the bus to Lansing next week.