michiganders t join me in this effort. this isn't about who is the biggest loser. this is a how we can all win together. i asked the legislature to continue the work on autism and the michigan health marketplace. there are now medically proven treatments for autism. 27 other states already require insurance to cover evidence-based therapies for autism. the human and financial cost of autism are too high. let's address this important topic. the michigan health marketplace is our effort to give people the tools they need to make informed decisions on selecting high quality and affordable care. it's the health care equivalent of travelocity are orbitz. when was the last time you called five airlines to book an airplane ticket? if we fail to act in a timely basis we are on a path to have a federally imposed system defined by people who don't live or work in our state. i urge the legislature to seize the opportunity for michigan citizens. tonight i'm pleased to announce a new program, pure michigan fit. it groceries association and the michigan health and hospital assoc

so how exactly are michiganders responding to this crooked law that's making rick snyder's buddies rich by destroying local communities well they're mobilizing to have it repealed activists in michigan are close to collecting the one hundred sixty one thousand signatures needed to put this law on the ballot for reveal more in governor snyder's little dictators and their efforts to repeal this law i'm joined from michigan by reverend david bullock president of rainbow push coalition and highland park and joining me in the studio is judith brown davis' attorney and co-director of the advancement project welcome to you both but if you think you thank you thank you judith first of all what kind of powers do these financial managers have well the governor and the legislature has given them wholesale power to sell off assets to also break up city governments to take away all powers of elected officials so you can imagine that this is really kind of corporate greed at its worst privatizing all of the local government actions and there's no level of accountability whatsoever. that's almost like

i asked that all michiganders join me in this effort.d loves you and the great state of michigan. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> the escort officers will escort the governor, the first lady in the first family from the chamber. [applause] [applause] [applause] ..

we've leveled the playing field to give all michiganders a fair shake to the long-term. [applause] remained major improvements with local government reforms that encourage more accountability and transparency i'm a better cost management of health care costs and service sharing between communities. for example, we now 435 just jurisdictions doing dashboards. we created a $5 million pool to create innovative collaborations between governments. the first word westergren wrapped its length integer processor income tax returns. the $550,000 awards they received will result in over $2 million in savings over the next nine years. [applause] this exercise and best practices due to the great partnership with the legislature and especially like to thank represented or clement for effort on the. [applause] we completed much of her education reform package. as i said earlier, our current standing of only having 17% of students being college ready is unacceptable. our children are our future and we need to make sure they are not just college ready, but korea ready. we need to start

we've leveled the playing field to give all michiganders a fair shake to the long-term. [applause] remained major improvements with local government reforms that encourage more accountability and transparency i'm a better cost management of health care costs and service sharing between communities. for example, we now 435 just jurisdictions doing dashboards. we created a $5 million pool to create innovative collaborations between governments. the first word westergren wrapped its length integer processor income tax returns. the $550,000 awards they received will result in over $2 million in savings over the next nine years. [applause] this exercise and best practices due to the great partnership with the legislature and especially like to thank represented or clement for effort on the. [applause] we completed much of her education reform package. as i said earlier, our current standing of only having 17% of students being college ready is unacceptable. our children are our future and we need to make sure they are not just college ready, but korea ready. we need to start

we as michiganders need to work together to do a better job on obesity. [ applause ] number three, college readiness, increased from 16% to 17%. while it's a 1% increase, this is unacceptable. we need to be100% college and career ready for our young people. number four, our bond rating. our actual ratings didn't change bu'r direction. one of the bond rating agencies has increased outlook from neutral to positive, a good sign that w h number five, our crime statistics statewide have this is good, we have four of the top ten cities on the most violent crime list for the united states, saginaw, pontiac and detroit and in 2012 we're going to focus on this and resolhi [ applause ] thank you. i'd also like to mention some non-dashboard indicators about our state. first the autome major comebac. last week i was at the north american auto sheen i was proud to sha is still the undisputed auto capital of the world. [ cheers and applause ] the next group i'm going to mention has been too often not talked about, and forgotten, but they're critically important. they've been the unsung heroes of our eco

michigan's biggest city detroit is next on the list to be taken over and looted i asked a few michiganders on my show earlier this month what life is like in that state under the financial managers life is horrible this is a state takeover of the city of detroit flint been harbor. does not count it's not in void i mean we voted for our mayor we voted for city council we voted for city commissioners and now our vote doesn't count what's it like to live under tyranny what's it like to live under a dictatorship how about no police officers. how about limited firefighters how about taking streetlights out of cities so that people are in the dark from five pm to roughly about eighteen oh how about living with low morale in despair it's despair and it's come to the united states of america as the york times columnist ross douthat pointed out last year when technocrats began taking over in europe democracy may be nice in theory but in a time of crisis it's the technocrats who really get to call the shots this is just one component of how the ruling elite the banks the transnational c.e.o.'s and t

officials ability to govern over the people i was born and grew up in michigan i'm astounded the michiganders haven't been well i guess they are in open revolt they are. reverend bullock what is life like under these city financial managers life is horrible this is a state takeover of the city of detroit flint been harbor the will does not count it's not in void i mean we voted for our mayor we voted for city council we voted for city commissioners and now our vote doesn't. now we're worried about laws in southern states that would prohibit voting but we've got michigan the new mississippi where liberty is being lynched and the vote is null and void what's it like to live under a tyranny what's it like to live under dictatorship how about no police officers how about limited firefighters how about taking streetlights out of cities so that people are in the dark from five pm to roughly about eight eight you know how about living with global round in despair we're standing up and fighting back because we believe that democracy should not just be defended overseas but it should be defended in mi