State Attorney General To Troy: Call Election Or We'll Take You To Court

AG To Troy: Call Special Election Or Get Sued
In this Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 photo, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette appears at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, Mich. Schuette told The Associated Press that he and the attorneys general of 16 other states would demand quicker federal action on preventing invasive species such as Asian carp from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. He said they will press the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a plan for severing the connection between the two giant drainage basins that engineers constructed a century ago in Chicago rivers and canals. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
In this Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 photo, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette appears at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, Mich. Schuette told The Associated Press that he and the attorneys general of 16 other states would demand quicker federal action on preventing invasive species such as Asian carp from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. He said they will press the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a plan for severing the connection between the two giant drainage basins that engineers constructed a century ago in Chicago rivers and canals. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

The chief legal counsel for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has told Troy: Either order a special election on Feb. 26, 2013, or face litigation.

Troy leaders, however, continue to fight with the state for the ability to hold off on electing a new mayor until November of next year.

"After careful review of the provisions of Michigan's Election Law and the City of Troy Charter, it is the position of this office that a special election should have been called for February 2013 to fill the remainder of the unexpired term following the recent successfull recall of former Mayor Janice Daniels," Schuette's Chief Legal Counsel Richard Bandstra wrote.

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