In this issue:

• Proposal 2 Would Cost Taxpayers $1.6 Billion Per Year, New Analysis Says
• Study: Proposal 3 Would Result in Lost Jobs, Higher Costs
• 'It's hard to believe the union could get away with something like this'
• ad liberties: ‘Collective Bargaining’ Proposal Would Protect the 3 Percent at the Expense of the 97 Percent

Proposal 1: A Referendum on the Emergency Manager Law

• Emergency Managers Are Bad, Bankruptcy Far Worse
• What the Emergency Manager Referendum Is About
• Before Emergency Manager, Pontiac Had 87 Different Health Plans
• Emergency Managers: A Distasteful Necessity
• Michigan Ballot Proposals Quick-view Guide

Proposal 2: The ‘Collective Bargaining’ Amendment

• Proposal 2 Would Make Union Bosses the Most Powerful People in Michigan
• What Would 'Collective Bargaining' Actually Do?
• Proposal 2 Supporters Change Name
• 'Collective Bargaining' Amendment Would End Binding Arbitration
• The 'Collective Bargaining' Amendment Could Increase Gov't Secrecy
• Commentary: Labor Bosses' Vision of Collective Bargaining Hurts Workers, Society
• Unions Ducking the Truth With Proposal 2 Ad

Proposal 3: The ‘25x25’ Renewable Energy Mandate

• Most of Michigan is 'Poor' or 'Marginal' For Wind Energy
• Media Promotes Massively Inflated 'Green Jobs' Number Put Out by Ballot Proposal Supporters
• Former Governor Predicted 17,000 Jobs From 'Green Energy' Mandate, Number of Jobs Has Actually Dropped

Proposal 4: The Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers

• Proposal 4 Supporters Promise Programs That Already Exist
• Health Care Unionization Campaign Changes Its Story — Again
• Legal Foundation Seeks End to Forced Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers
• SEIU Dues Skim All About Politics

Proposal 5: The 2/3 Tax Limitation

• Tax Limitation Amendment Will Greet Voters in November

In the News

• Obama-Promoted Battery Plant Moves to 'Rolling Furloughs' As Company Pulls Back on Jobs Projections
• 'They Are A Bureaucratic Machine That Got Out of Control'
• I'm Just a Bill