Muskegon County Clerk Karen Buie, a Republican, agreed, saying, "The average citizen would not understand."
I really can't stand this type of arrogance coming from elected officials. It is not out job to understand them or their "plight!" It is their job to understand that we are not made of money, and a government that already has more money than God himself could perhaps do a little belt tightening before having to raise taxes. What is so difficult for them to understand about that?
Any elected official who dares to interfere with a citizen's God-given right to petition the government for redress of grievances has no place whatsoever "serving" the public trust.