OK, It's time to say something nice about Governor Granholm. Today she came out in favor of a moratorium on recall petitions, which is a good thing. Unfortunately it's not going to happen because Leon Drolet and his gang of political terrorists don't give a damn about anything but pushing their extremist views.
Michigan house reps are elected every two years, which means they get 18 months to do their jobs before they have to start campaigning again. Drolet is trying to recall eight legislators because they voted for tax increases to balance the budget. This means they have to spend the entire second year of their two year term fighting off the recall.
And what does a successful recall petition drive get you? An election in August instead of November. Three months and a runt election where no one shows up and the radicals can try to pack the crowd. This is not good for the state and it's not good for the districts involved. It is a nasty partisan stunt and an ego trip for people like Drolet who have a fundamental problem with representative democracy.
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