ICYMI: MI Chamber appears on ‘Off the Record’ to highlight danger of Con-Con, encourage NO vote on Proposal 1

‍ ‍

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Chamber of Commerce was the featured guest on Friday’s “Off the Record” segment to highlight the dangers of holding a Constitutional Convention, a ballot question that Michigan voters will see on the Nov. 3 ballot.     

‍ ‍

“We believe there are many risks involved when calling for a Constitutional Convention,” Wendy Block, senior vice president of business advocacy at the Michigan Chamber, said on Friday’s show. “A lot of chaos is going to ensue. We are really concerned about the uncertainty this will create for Michigan businesses and families.”

‍ ‍

The show, which is on WKAR’s website, also featured Simon Schuster of Bridge Michigan, Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News and Bill Ballenger of The Ballenger Report with WKAR senior capitol correspondent Tim Skubick.

‍ ‍

The Michigan Chamber is among several of the state’s most prominent advocacy organizations to announce that they are working together with Protect MI Constitution from Special Interests (PMCFSI) to encourage a NO vote on Proposal 1 on the ballot in November. Proposal 1, which is placed on the ballot in Michigan every 16 years, asks Michigan voters whether to support calling a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con).

‍ ‍

The broad-based coalition represents a wide a range of businesses, workers and voters across the state that are working together to protect Michigan’s constitution and ensure it cannot be hijacked and rewritten in a way that allows narrow special interests to reshape the state’s governing document or sideline voters.

‍ ‍

“We hope that people will take note of the broadness of this coalition, especially at a time of a lot of political polarization,” Block said. “We’re hopeful that voters will lift up their heads when they see that business and labor and other interest groups have come together to oppose a Con-Con. This is a broad tent, big tent effort and it needs to be so that people from all political persuasions understand what’s at stake.”

‍ ‍

Other groups that are working with PMCFSI to encourage a NO vote on Proposal 1 include:

‍ ‍

·         the Michigan Education Association,

‍ ‍

·         the Business Leaders For Michigan,

‍ ‍

·         the Michigan League of Women Voters,

‍ ‍

·         the Michigan AFL-CIO and

‍ ‍

·         the Michigan League of Conservation Voters

‍ ‍