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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Michigan Senate majority leader says he has no problem in reviewing&nbsp; Michigan's version of the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Florida Stand Your Ground</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> law if there are legislators want to look at the issue. <br />
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Michigan law currently allows anyone to shoot an intruder if their life is in jeopardy.<br />
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However, former sheriff Senator Rick Jones couldn</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">t disagree more. Senator Jones, who helped write the so-called </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Castle law</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> sees no reason to reconsider the content of the law and he fears if they re-oepn the debate, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">somebody would like to gut it.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Michigan consider amending or repealing the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stand Your Ground</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> law?<br />
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Yes <br />
No<br />
Undecided<br />
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(To enter your comments click on </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Add new comment</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> after you vote.)<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the legislature pass legislation to create countywide school systems to consolidate services?<br />
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Yes - 38%<br />
No - 52%<br />
Undecided - 10%&nbsp; <br />
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THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS SUBMITTED ON THIS POLL:<br />
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COMMENT #1:<br />
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Countywide School Systems<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I believe that Clinton County RESA does a good job in providing special<br />
education and vocational/technical educational services to Clinton County<br />
residents and their students. However, to expand CCRESA</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s duties and<br />
responsibilities to include providing county-wide food services, busing and<br />
transportation, etc. is unnecessary and possibly more expensive for<br />
taxpayers.<br />
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I</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">m also concerned that CCRESA or Clinton County Intermediate School<br />
District Board Members are not popularly elected by local voters. Rather<br />
they are elected by a special ballot cast only by members of constituent<br />
local school boards and then mailed to CCRESA. The CCRESA Board should be<br />
non-partisan and they should be democratically elected by registered voters<br />
in annual elections. Let democracy rule here in Clinton County, under our<br />
State and National Constitutions!</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><br />
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COMMENT #2:<br />
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School Consolidation<br />
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I was Board Chair of the ??? District for 10 of my 12 years on the Board. In that time, we consolidated almost all of our administrative services. We have enjoyed significant savings and improved services. We have built a wonderful </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">mouse trap</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and I shared much of what we have done with a State Senate Committee. I KNOW we can achieve the same savings by the State simply incenting schools to do so by their choice.... not by mandate.<br />
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I</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">m not totally sold on our ISD's and their ability to lead either.<br />
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