The 11,300 number is the number that we personally verified as "valid" by comparing them to the Sec. of State voter file. The 4,000 or so additional signatures were turned in too late for us to process. So we will have plenty more signatures than  the 8,824 needed - 77% more!

Turns out that jacking up taxes on economically beleaguered citizens is actually quite unpopular.

Of course Dillon and Brewer are whining that the people of Redford, Dearborn Hts and Livonia are too stupid to read a simple sentence that is the first line of the petition. Actually, the citizens I have met from the 17th House District COULD read and were smart enough to know that a big, fat tax hike is actually BAD for the economy.

Now, whether it's because you've had your nose buried in the mdp speaking points memo this week, or whether it simply buried in Mark Brewers rear, who's to say.

But just to refresh your memory, here they are again:

Why did Mark Brewer use petition gatherers from OUTSIDE of Macomb County for an internal issue?

Why did Mark Brewer accept campaign donation from interests OUTSIDE of Macomb County for an internal issue?

Why can't Mark Brewer properly fill out campaign documentation correctly?

And my personal fav: Why is it a democratic county clerk, county prosecutor and county sheriff fail to do their duty in upholding campaign law?

It's put-up or shut-up time here.