So, the Koch brothers-funded astroturfing front group Americans For Prosperity’s Michigan branch has been busy … trying to scare people into opposing the construction of a local bridge the group is fighting by putting fake eviction notices on their houses.
Bearing the words “Eviction Notice” in large type, the bogus notices told homeowners their properties could be taken by the Michigan Department of Transportation to make way for the New International Trade Crossing bridge project. The NITC is the subject of debate in Lansing, and Americans for Prosperity is lobbying heavily against it.
“It was meant to startle people,” Scott Hagerstrom, AFP’s Michigan director, said of the notices on Tuesday.