Silly now. Was silly then.
When the voters approved the charter, I don't think they meant to exclude someone already accepted by the city clerk -- who reviewed the paperwork and found it to be in order. I'd like to read this judge's decision. Its difficult for me to accept that its justice to deny voters the opportunity to vote for someone.
There was a call on Fahle the other day. She was a lawyer and said that the charter has an overall statement in it that the charter language should be interpreted so as to deliver justice. I'd like to read that as well.
Duggan went into city hall, submitted his application early, had it reviewed, and got affirmative approval. Clearly they felt this was a reasonable way to behave. Its not silly.
Silly is the city clerk telling Duggan to hold onto the application until closer to the deadline because there's a possible interpretation of the charter that might be made by your political enemies. Silly is fools filing lawsuits to limit democratic voting.
I'd like to know more here, but this stinks.
And for the record, I don't like Duggan much -- and I travelled in his circles in Detroit years ago. And I prefer judges not to read things into the law. But when a judge reads something silly into the law, it gets my blood boiling.
Let voters vote.
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