Friends,

The legislature is in session this week, but not Speaker Andy Dillon. Why? According to subscription-only MIRS News, "House Speaker Andy DILLON (D-Redford Twp.) is taking a one-week vacation in Mexico with his family this week."

Yes, the same Andy Dillon who said in The Detroit News last week that the campaign to recall him from office “will distract him and other lawmakers from dealing with the housing crisis, energy restructuring and needed jobs” is relaxing while other lawmakers vote. I guess those issues are not as important to Dillon as the beaches and bars in Mexico are.

The citizen's of Redford, Dearborn Heights, and Livonia needed to collect 8,720 signatures in order to have a 'recall Andy Dillon' question placed on the August 5th ballot.

I am ecstatic to announce that today Rose Bogaert, Sandra Eggers, and members of the Wayne County Taxpayers Association were able to submit 15,498 signatures to the Michigan Secretary of State - 77% more than required!

Everyone who helped make this possible is to be congratulated and thanked - including YOU if you pitched in.

Sorry, Andy. You made the choice of putting Lansing and bigger government ahead of the citizens' budgets. Now the citizens - over 15,000 of them - have asked for a choice on whether you should be fired ASAP.

Andy Dillon will become the first House Speaker in the United States to be recalled from office. And it will happen because he raised taxes on suffering Michigan citizens.

Congratulations to all who are helping!

The effort to recall Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon for his leading role in raising the state income tax by 12% and business taxes by (at least) 22% is finally becoming a bigger story in the media.

Today, The Detroit News published an article about the Michigan Democratic Party hiring Marcel L. Mitchell to "educate voters" about Speaker Dillon's voting record. Turns out that Mr. Mitchell's criminal record is as bad as Andy Dillon's record on tax hikes. Mitchell has been convicted eight times of armed robbery, firearms violations, and other criminal offenses and Mitchell HAS NEVER EVEN VOTED! So much for being a "voter educator". Check out the News article here.

Friends,

We are using fraud and lies to collect signatures for the recall of Andy Dillon. And we are breaking every recall law there is. All of this widespread fraud is paid for by an extremist group from Austria. Well, actually, these kind of accusations are what Andy Dillon will tell people in his desperate effort to avoid being recalled by his own constituents for leading the legislature to hike taxes on citizens.

What kind of tyrant would demand that Martin Luther King Jr. pay for the costs of tear gas, water hoses, and German Shepherd dogs after a 1960s civil rights protest in Alabama? Well, probably a tyrant like Redford Township Supervisor Miles Handy!

Handy, who is House Speaker Andy Dillon’s closest political ally, did everything he could to stop taxpayers from peaceably protesting Lansing’s tax hikes outside the Redford post office yesterday. First, Handy closed the municipal parking lot across from the post office, saying he needed it for a “police staging area.” He then directed police to post hundreds of temporary ‘No Parking’ signs on utility poles in the subdivision streets surrounding the post office to further deny any parking spaces for tax protesters.

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Friends,

Last week I told you about the thuggish tactics of 'blockers' who attempt to intimidate petitioners and potential petition signers attempting to recall Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon from office.

Speaker Andy Dillon has steadfastly denied that he is behind the tactics of the thugs. These tactics include shouting at potential petition signers, blocking citizen access to petitioners, following petitioners home, lying, stalking them when they run routine errands, and swarming around petitioners in a threatening manner.

So, is Dillon really innocent of organizing the thugs? Check out this story that aired on Channel 4 WDIV News yesterday.

The effort to recall State Representative Robert Dean (D - Grand Rapids) is underway! Recall petition language has been approved and organizers are in the process of moving forward with the recall. Petitions will be available very soon!

Last week was quite interesting.

Hooray for Kent County!!

is a place where you can learn about current efforts by citizens to recall from office politicians who voted to increase taxes on Michigan’s economically struggling citizens. You can also learn how you can start the recall of a tax raiser, if your state Representative or Senator raised your taxes.

Recalls are a constitutional and legal right that citizens have as a recourse when they have lost faith that their representative in the legislature can represent them. Recalling an elected official is no different than a defendant in a court case firing his attorney when he no longer trusts that attorney is acting in his interests.

Recalling a lawmaker is difficult, as it should be. But it can be done, as it was in 1983 when citizens recalled two state senators who voted to increase the income tax.

We hope this website is helpful. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about the recall process or how we can improve this site.

In the quiet hours of Sunday night, while most people were asleep preparing for another week of work, certain lawmakers were plotting to raise your taxes. Without any citizen input or debate, the Michigan Legislature passed two bills that will dramatically increase the financial burden on Michigan's families.

The first, House Bill 5194, raises the state income tax from 3.9% to 4.35% – an 11% increase in your overall tax bill! I wonder how many Michigan workers will receive an 11% increase in their pay this year?

The other, House Bill 5198, imposes a new 6% sales tax on many services, a full list of which can be viewed here. The full impact of what this will have on Michigan's already struggling economy is unknown.

A full list of everyone who supported House Bill 5194 (income tax increase) in the House of Representatives can be viewed here and everyone who supported it in the Senate here.

A full list of everyone who supported House Bill 5198 (sales tax on services) in the House of Representatives can be viewed here and everyone who supported it in the Senate here.

Both bills were signed into law by Governor Granholm.