The Ivory Tower reporting on Saturday that the ban on circulators from outside the targeted districts has been tossed:

"Judge Robert Holmes Bell found that requiring a petition circulator in a recall campaign to live in the district of the targeted officeholder violated the First Amendment because it substantially limited the pool of people who might participate.

Bell's decision is in line with several recent cases striking down state rules on petition-gathering that some elections officials fear makes the process more vulnerable to fraud and abuse. Petition signature collecting has been a growth industry in the last decade, with professional collectors traveling from state to state to work for whoever would pay them."

If they can steal our money, give it to their supporters, and their supporters can organize for them.. Fair is fair right?

The sad truth of the matter however, is that recalls are a tragic way to deal with elected official, but sometimes there can be little choice when given the alternative and further destruction to a state already ruined by devastating "leadership."  Recalls are hard enough a process, and this clears the way for more positive outcome possibilities.

But if not for the efforts of Rose, and Leon Drolet, and all involved in the Dillon recall effort, there might not be this ray of sunshine on the cloudy politics in Michigan.