Perhaps the Recall Janis group will post up the 100k this is going to cost tax payers.

Maybe the group that instigated the lawsuit should have to pay. Without them, this would have never happened. TCU is trying to destroy this city.

This is an obvious partisan power play initiated by Bob Gosselin in retaliation for his pet science project Janice Daniels blowing it so badly that she was recalled.

Now, Bill Shuette and Ruth Johnson are about to be exposed as the partisan Tea Party lackeys they are. By filing this suit they will trigger a whole new amount of exposure that they really shouldn't be opening up. The reason Janice was recalled is that she was too dim to realize that every time she opened her mouth, she revealed her true repugnant character. As the State tries to exert its will over a local municipality, it will seriously be revealed as trying to control a city for political gain. Good luck Mr. Schuette. You are out of your league.

All right, Ruth and Bill, tell me how this is gonna work out for Troy, since you guys are calling the shots:

Dane Slater rescinds his resignation, hopefully, he goes back to his council seat.

This special February election, I take it, is for the remainder of the Mayor's term. 2 yrs and 9 mos. Unless, is it for the temporary interval, February to November? (like the McCotter thing, which was a big waste of tax payer money).

This means the sitting council members who were term limited in November and were planning on running who may have wanted to run for Mayor cannot unless they resign their seats.

So, should the February election be not only for mayor but those council seats as well?

Actually why don't you guys come in and goven us, we'd hate to be caught breaking the law again and told after the fact. This is a big waste of time and money for what is basically a civic VOLUNTEER position, all for the time difference from Feb to Nov.
But, whatever. You bureaucrats look pompous and silly.

Wiley - those are tough words coming from you, as you sit in your recliner. You have no idea what you are talking about. We're lucky to have Schuette and Johnson keeping an eye on this situation, and they are going to turn it around and make it legal, by having an election. The current council and city adminstration seem overwhelmed, so the state will make sure tat an election takes place. How Slater became mayor makes no sense; at the meeting where they "voted" for the new mayor, Slater was in the "running" for mayor, yet he voted for McGinnis. All of the council members have embarrassed themselves by how they have handled this, except Fleming. Fleming is the only one who seems to know what is going on. Fleming is the only one of the current council members that is capable of being mayor. Tietz will come around, in time, as he gets more experience. McGinnis, Slater, Campbell and Bluhm have their own agenda. Their agenda was working...until the state called their bluff!

It is disappointing to see the results of a group of uninformed, clueless, voters, who may now have cost this city at least another $50,000-75,000 because according to the SOS we have to have another election. Congratulations, you found another thing to waste our tax payer money on. Round of Applause!

Apparently, Robert Davis and his lawyer believe that "Joyce Daniels" was recalled. Their suit also states that they believe the next special election should be February 26, 2012.

@Patch, do you have a copy of Robert Davis' affidavit / Exhibit A? The suit states that he and his group plan to exercise their "constitutional right by financially supporting a candidate in the special election". I'm hoping that person's name is listed in the affidavit, but I don't see it in the attached documents.

@Dave W - Janice Daniels wasn't apparently recalled, she was recalled by the TCU. Are you a Troy resident and is Robert Davis a Troy Resident? I'd like to know where his funds are coming from to financially support a certain candidate and what is your agenda?

From the PDF above, it looks like the case will be tried by Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Langford Morris. Thank god, the voters did not elect Schuette's staffers Carley and Rollstin to the court this past November, otherwise one of them might have been trying the case. Maybe our city and our city clerk will get a fair trial. If it is decided in favor of the SoS, I wonder how the judge will resolve the plaintiff's directive that "Defendants take all actions required by State Law AND the City of Troy Charter to assure a fair and orderly process for the election on Feb 26, 2013". I thought key deadlines specified in the City Charter had passed (I've heard the phrase "that ship has sailed") to make this election date impossible. Just another sign of the the SoS's disregard of the conflict wrought by State laws and City Charters..

Troy is saying, we have our charter, and it says............. Troy is part of the State of Michigan, and pledges to uphold the State Const. and it's laws.
State law trumps all local law, and ordinances. So does that mean if TPD is enforcing a Troy ordinance, that contradicts a State law, one can Call MSPD, since they work for the state, they can come in to Troy? They try not to cross lines, but if necessary, (after calls to local PD) will come in to the city limits.

Jen-
Do you have the copy of Robert Davis' affidavit / Exhibits A-D?
I think it is amazing that a tral attorney allowed a document to the courts, et.al to go out with misspelled words and the incorrect name of the recalled mayor! Obviously, everything about this is fishy-Also why does a person from Highland Park care about what goes on in Troy?
So much for moving forward and healing our city-

Apparently, the irony is lost on some.

It seems that it's often the "States rights" and "defer power to the locality" folks, that suddenly feel they need to intrude in the governance of localities when they have the whim.

Honestly, I don't know how someone who practices good governance, like Gov. Snyder, can put up with Schuette and his ilk. Makes no sense to me. Time for Snyder to tug the chain on this bull dog before he further erodes the legitimacy of his administration, and party.

I don't see Exhibit A referenced in Davis's document above which would identify the Troy member of this organization who Citizens United Against Corrupt Government (Davis's group) say they want to financially support as their Mayor candidate.

All this seems murky business and a power grab by some known and unknown entities that are (or are not?) working together under the guise of State Constitution interpretation.

Also who's suit gets addressed first, Davis's or Ruth Johnsons's? And is it not redundant to burden the Court (both on Langford Morris's docket) with two suits that say essentially the same thing?

Dane Slater is a retired police captain. Does anyone believe that he doesn't believe in the "rule of law"? That is what TCU is now peddling on their Concerned Citizen (Ha!) webpage, that retired police officers don't believe in the law. It's getting deep. I have read countless diatribes though by the TCU gang that are anti-police and they have tried to reduce and/or eliminate our police force. I think a better arguement can be made that they believe in the rule of law, uhm, when it suits their purpose.

The real question now is, who is taking action to get ready to get on a February ballot, in case the court finds in favor of the SOS, to oppose Brake and Kempen, assuming the court requires acceptance of their petitions?

How ironic it would be to see Janis as the only petitioner on the ballot.
She could gather the required signatures from her church in a few days.

Toxic Citizens United sounds more appropriate every day.

Everybody needs to know what kind of person Bob Gosselin is--it's easy to understand him when you see the history of sleaze he's perpetrated in his political career.

Snyder is not a dictator, either be part of the state or be an Island, can't have a gov. and not an AG, the reason is to make sure the people of the State are sure State law is followed....... if troy followed State law, on one side, then follow it for the whole round trip.

Haulin - Hmmm, not sure what you mean - no one said Snyder was a dictator. I understand that any governor has to deal with his/her AG, of course. However, with regard to Schuette: in his short time in office, Schuette has displayed a penchant for all the "P's" everyone despises in governmental, as well as office, politics: the personal, the petty, and the purely political. All this, much to the annoyance of Synder, who's functions much the antithesis of that (thank goodness!).
"Attorney General Bill Schuette is always running for office, much to Gov. Snyder's chagrin"
http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/09/tim_skubick_attorney_general_b.html
Schuette is quickly becoming the Eric Cantor of Michigan politics: never met a podium he didn't like, politics BEFORE policy, and gets little of substance accomplished for his constituents.
Ruth Johnson appeared to have an obsession (to the exclusion of much else) over a check box placement on the Nov. ballot that 1) would accomplish nothing except confusion (perhaps the intent?) & 2) the courts already had ruled AGAINST.

That all said, as Laitner in the Freep recently said: "The dispute is seen by municipal law experts as a classic test between the usual primacy of state over local statutes and the long tradition in Michigan of HOME RULE, which gives WIDE LATITUDE TO CITIES for SETTING THEIR OWN operating rules."

Everyone should have known there would be a special election if Janice Daniels was recalled. The voters elected her, then the voters recalled her. Now, the council has "appointed" a mayor through a series of events that seem shady at best and illegal at worst. The state wants the voters to act again; we should not proceed with an "appointed" mayor. Plus, Slater is not capable. Just because he sued to be a police captain does not qualify him for any type of public office. He lacks leadership skills, people skills, and he is a game player. We do not need someone like him in office and he needs to go asap. I'd like to see Matt Pryor come back if possible, or the best case scenario would be to have Wade Fleming as the mayor. I am sure the state is aware of all of the game playing that the council and city adminstration have done, and the state wants the voters to decide who will be mayor, instead of leaving it up to Slater, McGinnis, Campbell, Bluhm, etc. - I also believe that Bluhm was aware of her "e mail" that she received "after business hours" last Monday, from the Secretary of State, and she failed to disclose the contents of this e mail at the meeting, in an effort to get Slater in.

There will be an election - in November! We do not need to spend additional money because Wade and company didn't get there way. Wade is the game player. He wants to use Troy as a stepping stone. He cost the city money be getting rid of the transit center green initiatives. He is penny wise dollar foolish just like Janice.

City Attorney Bluhm is right on with her advice and counsel. Fleming and Tietz should not be thumbing their noses at it. I just read a news report that indicates the state law on this is so in need of cleaning up there is legislation moving in the lame duck session to clean it up.

Seems to me our system is set up as a Voter Approved proc. (not appointee)
As was said above, Voted in by the People, Voted out by the People, Has to be Voted in by the People ........... ??? I think the only place that can happen is, our U S const. even then the office is voted on by 400+ members..... this appointment thing is not Healthy, or wise. the whole purpose of our system is to try and appear to be above, the feel, the smell,and quagmire of improprieties. .

Congrats, Troy residents, you have now sunk to the depths of Clawson, and their Baseball minor league team, debacle. congrats......... good to see the people in Clawson are human after all

I am not up set, not would I get so over some thing like this. I way to be, is the way to be......... same with this, The Voters voted, in, voters voted out .......... ley no person appoint....... no matter the cost let the Residents Vote, some one in. no matter the cost, besides 100k? at 100.00 a day for precinct worker. does that come to 100K

I find it interesting but not surprising that the SOS who defied the law around ballot checkboxes for partisan political nonsense, and the AG who refuses to investigate the Speaker of the House for actual election fraud is choosing to become involved in this issue. These are individuals who put clearly partisan politics above the law.

Our city attorney has only one interest, serving her client, the citizens of Troy. This frivolous partisan game should be summarily thrown out of court.