1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

I am writing to express extreme disappointment and frustration with your decision to veto all nine bills — HB 4177, 4665, 4666, 4667, 4900, 4901, 5817, 5818, and 6058 — after they were finally ordered to your desk following a year and a half of legal battles between the House and Senate. These bills passed both chambers in 2024 under a Democratic trifecta. They would have lowered health care costs for teachers and public employees, improved retirement security for corrections officers during a staffing crisis, and delivered real relief to working Michiganders. After Senate Democrats, the courts, and Michigan’s labor movement fought for over a year to get these bills presented, you vetoed every single one. The Michigan AFL-CIO, UAW, and Michigan Education Association said it best in their joint statement: this veto “betrays democratic values and abandons the very people who have supported her in office… This veto is an insult to every hard-working Michigander fighting for economic justice. We condemn her betrayal of Michigan workers, and call on political leaders who value our state’s working families to do the same.” I share that assessment completely. This veto does not stand alone. It fits a pattern: your embrace of the massive Oracle/OpenAI data center in Saline Township, appearing at its groundbreaking alongside tech billionaires while rejecting the Legislature’s proposals to pause data center authorizations. Communities near these projects have raised serious concerns about energy demand, water use, and rising utility costs, and you sided with corporate developers over the residents raising them. I see a governor more responsive to corporate interests than to the working people and union members who supported her. I have lost faith in your leadership of the Democratic Party. I will not support you, or anyone who backs these decisions, in any future election or endeavor unless these bills are reintroduced and passed without delay. I am asking you directly to: 1. Commit publicly to working with the Legislature to reintroduce these nine bills, with updated effective dates, immediately. 2. Sign them into law without further delay once passed. 3. Explain, on the record, how you intend to make this right for the workers counting on this legislation and rebuild trust with communities affected by data center development. I expect a response outlining your specific plan to fix this.