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As I am in a service related business, I felt it necessary to attend. I understand that the State of Michigan needs to find future sources of funding. As revenues related to declining manufacturing decrease, and service related jobs increase, it seems natural that the state would look at the potential revenue. The speakers expressed fear that the bill would be passed in a lame-duck session after the election. Only one of the panel of speakers was a Dem (Paul Gieleghem). The rest were pompous ass Repubs who insisted on blaming the state's problems on Granholm, even after admitting (without mentioning John Engler's name) that Proposal A was rushed through in a lame-duck session 10 years ago, and after admitting that Rethugs in the Michigan Legislature (majority) agree with Granholm. In the second part of the meeting, audience members were allowed to get up and speak about the issue, being warned by the host not to turn it into a political forum. The first gentleman, a man I assume was in his sixties, got up and started his speech by ranting loudly about Ted Kennedy! You remember him, (D-Massa-CHUSSETS?) That is when I left.
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