There were many cogent comments by residents, including a particularly moving description by Anna Janek of her childhood living in fear of government and police in Communist Czechoslovakia. The entire session may be viewed here: httpp://www.oakland.michiganliveevents.com/2012/09/board-of-commissioners-committee-general-government-committee-live-sept-24th-2012-930am/ .

The next committee meeting to consider this is scheduled for Monday, October 8 @ 9:30 A.M. Let’s have a really big turnout of folks from all over the philosophical spectrum and from all points in Oakland County.  We need to show the Commissioners how important it is for them to fulfill their oaths of office and protect our rights by upholding the Constitution. Perhaps the Commissioner in the video who tried to demean and distort our efforts by mis-stating them as a partisan political ploy will see the error of his ways.

Tuesday, September 25, over 40 folks from around the state attended the Michigan State House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee chaired by Rep. Tom McMillin. Representative McMillin has introduced HB 5768, a move to employ the Tenth Amendment and nullify the indefinite detention provisions of the 2012 NDAA, in the State Legislature. Led by new state coordinator Shane Trejo, Michigan Tenth Amendment Center members joined representatives of other groups, such as People Against NDAA, Campaign for Liberty, Downsize D.C., various Tea Party groups, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, ACLU et. al. in providing favorable testimony for Rep Tom McMillin’s HB 5768. No one opposed it.