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Michigan will be less free and more regulated in 2023
Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 11/12/2022 | Jamie A. Hope

Posted on 11/12/2022 2:40:47 PM PST by madison10

With Democrats taking control over the Legislature, executive branch, and Michigan Supreme Court next year, a progressive agenda is likely to advance quickly throughout the state.

If past introduced bills offer a window into the future, Michigan will be substantially transformed, likely following in the footsteps of California and New York.

Let’s take a look at some of the bills that have been introduced by Democrats but never passed due to Republican legislative control. This give us a forecast of what is likely to happen in Michigan in the 2023.

Property owners in the state currently have the legal right to use groundwater reasonably — as long as it does not hinder a neighboring property owner’s ability to obtain water. This is known as the riparian water use doctrine.

This right is likely to change. The homeowner who wants to use pond water on her property for landscaping projects could be subject to state control under the new Legislature. The same for a farmer whose tractor wheels create furrows that then collect puddles of water when it rains. This could set the stage for protracted and expensive legal battles, such as that endured by a Michigan man decades ago for moving some dirt around on his property. (The case even reached the U.S. Supreme Court.)

House Bill 5953, introduced by Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, and Senate Bill 987, introduced by Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, says “The waters of this state, including ground water, are held in the public trust by this state.” The legislation does not differentiate between puddles or larger bodies of water and gives state bureaucracies wide latitude to control water use on personal property.

If parents like choice in education, they will not like the plans Democrats may have in store for them. In 2014, Democratic legislators tried to limit the number of charter schools, but were foiled by opposition by charter school parents and allies. The idea could resurface next year, however.

Homeschoolers may face increased pressure from the state. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association reported April 12 that Irwin was considering legislation to regulate homeschooling.

Attorney General Dana Nessel supports the idea and said, according to the Detroit Free Press that “a lack of oversight can result in an inadequate education that does not prepare kids for personal success in life. Michigan children deserve better.”

Limiting school options for students is not the only possible change in K-12 education. Lawmakers also have control over curriculum requirements. 

Senate Bill 460 would prohibit local and intermediate school districts, as well as public school academies from teaching critical race theory and curriculum recommendations from The 1619 Project. The bill from Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton, was approved by the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee, but it has yet to receive a floor vote.

Under Democratic legislative control, look for social justice and ideological curriculums at school to receive a big boost in support.

In the past few years, parents have used school board meetings to push back against diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculums in public schools. They have also objected to schools stocking their shelves books containing graphic sexual content. These parents may face even greater challenges in the coming months.

One thing is for certain: Michigan is going to change next year. That doesn’t mean it will improve. CapCon will be here watching it all, letting you know what’s at stake.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2022; covid; democratcontrol; election; michigan; notmyvote; regulations; stretchengretchen; tyranny; vaccinemandate; waternotours; whitler
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I knew the water thing was coming. It is such a nasty joke.
1 posted on 11/12/2022 2:40:47 PM PST by madison10
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Adding: this is SO depressing.


2 posted on 11/12/2022 2:42:09 PM PST by madison10
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Wonder how the folks on the UP are going to like it all.

Dr. Tarver spelled out how they do it after the 2020 elections. No one cares.

Detroit is going to be crazy.


3 posted on 11/12/2022 2:42:34 PM PST by qaz123
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To: madison10

No sympathy here- just like i have no sympathy for the explosion of crime in NYC.


4 posted on 11/12/2022 2:45:56 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Three counties got us into this mess, how do you suggest fighting fraud? Bulldozing the counting places?

Hmm...maybe a tank. Kidding.


5 posted on 11/12/2022 2:48:37 PM PST by madison10
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As will the rest of the country.


6 posted on 11/12/2022 2:53:29 PM PST by hardspunned (Trump or DeSantis, I don’t care as long as the nominee does not support provoking WWIII)
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To: madison10

Michigan voters have a literal death wish. Rewarding the left for their Covid abuse and giving them more power is insanity.


7 posted on 11/12/2022 2:59:34 PM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates. )
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/sarcasm on/Congratulations to Michigan for embracing true freedom. The freedom to defy God’s laws, and to defy tradition. Now the Sexual Revolution had truly triumphed. Now onto true CommieSex./sarcasm off/


8 posted on 11/12/2022 3:01:26 PM PST by C19fan
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“how do you suggest fighting fraud?”

Someone needs to crowdsource funds/get funding and offer cash rewards that lead to the exposure of vote fraud. Maybe $10k, $100k, $1m depending on the information while the whistleblower remains anonymous.

9 posted on 11/12/2022 3:05:39 PM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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Hopefully they will. That is what the people voted and prayed for. I hope their prayers are answered in abounance. I hope their cup overflows.


10 posted on 11/12/2022 3:05:54 PM PST by sport
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To: madison10

With Democrats taking control over the Legislature, executive branch, and Michigan Supreme Court next year, a progressive agenda is likely to advance quickly throughout the state.


Carrying a cell phone at all times will be mandatory; failure to carry a cell phone, turning off your cell phone will be punished. Using unauthorized apps will be punished.

Every one will have a State issued QR code which will determine what a person can or cannot do, travel or not, by which means, which stores and businesses can be accessed. All residences will have a State issued lock which can only be unlocked by a Green QR code. Red codes means no access, no movement - individual must remain in place until a Green code is issued. Attempting to leave an area or enter an area when a Red code has been issued will be punished.

Further instruction will be issued by the State at a later date.

You now live in mainland China.


11 posted on 11/12/2022 3:14:50 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Yeah, because Whitmer is Soros’ b$%^#.


12 posted on 11/12/2022 3:16:29 PM PST by madison10
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Electing a Witch will get you thrown in the caldron.


13 posted on 11/12/2022 3:18:08 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: PIF

Ohio is very close. I have been talking about moving since Tuesday. LOL


14 posted on 11/12/2022 3:18:40 PM PST by madison10
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YEAH!!!!! EMBRACE THE SUCK you IDIOTS!


15 posted on 11/12/2022 3:22:59 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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To: madison10

I did Nazi see this coming from the likes of Wretched wHitler and Nazi Nessel.


16 posted on 11/12/2022 3:25:17 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: madison10

ACTUALLY - they rigged the whole state, starting in 2018.


17 posted on 11/12/2022 3:26:10 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: madison10

Vote with your feet.


18 posted on 11/12/2022 3:27:14 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ilgipper
Michigan voters have a literal death wish. Rewarding the left for their Covid abuse and giving them more power is insanity.

The state "elections" were stolen starting in 2018.

Many of the Michigan Repukelickings went along, because their legislative seats were safe.

19 posted on 11/12/2022 3:28:07 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: madison10

Three counties got NY state, where i live, into our mess- the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan.

I look forward to the continue explosion of crime in those areas. As horrible as that sounds, they deserve what they get.


20 posted on 11/12/2022 3:31:58 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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