As for the proposals, we are very pleased about how they turned out.

Proposal 1 – Ensuring that state park funds are actually spent on state parks – Passed

Proposal 2 – Banning racist hiring, admissions, and contracting practices by any unit of government in Michigan – Passed

Proposal 3 – Allowing morning doves to be hunted – Failed

Proposal 4 – Banning eminiment domain for economic development purposes – Passed

Proposal 5 – Setting up mandatory funding levels for K-16 education – Failed

We were most worried about Proposal 5 passing because it would have caused the most economic damage and would have done nothing but protect the bloated public education bureacuracy and continue the lack of accountability of education in Michigan. Now it’s time to lift the cap on charter schools – which cost less than traditional public schools and do a better job. Parents desperately want and need the choice.

Proposal 2, which we were also hopeful would pass, did so handily. Michigan, and any unit of government in Michgian, will no longer be able to engage in racist hiring, admissions, and contracting practices. We now have true equality in Michigan. Of course, groups such as By Any Mean Necessay (BAMN) have filed lawsuits trying to overturn the passage of Proposal 2. This just shows their complete contempt for the will of the people. In addition, their lawsuit invokes the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in trying to argue that creating a color-blind government somehow creates unequal treatment.

Let the gnashing of teeth begin.