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Dirty Politics Can't Stop Taxpayers
May 5, 2008
By John P. Krudy
Petitions provide citizens an important check on elected officials, forcing politicians to abide by the will of the people instead of the will of the government. But voters trying to recall the Michigan House speaker by petition have found their opponents aren’t so concerned with the democratic process.
“They’re using lies and any means necessary to stop us,” said Rose Bogaert, Chair of the Wayne County Taxpayers Association. Bogaert and her friends began an effort to recall Representative Andy Dillon (
