| Everyone saw this yesterday, which makes me the last to mention it. Again, I have little to add that others probably haven't already noted, but it has to be acknowledged ... Jase Bolger once again disgraces the state Legislature. That would make twice in less than three months. I realize we're all supposed to be proud and shit that they managed to pass a budget before Oct. 1 (no one appears to care whether it's a good budget focused properly and addressing the real needs of the state, but that's another story), but the House Speaker is an embarrassment to the state. Or, let the report from the Kent County prosecutor speak on its own. ... Incredibly, while it would be illegal to pay a boxer to take a "dive" or a basketball player to "point-shave," it is not currently a crime in Michigan to recruit someone to run for public office, place them on the ballot at the "eleventh hour" and essentially pay them to make no effort to win.
...snip... As a Republican elected official, I am embarrassed and offended by what transpired.
If you haven't read the report, perhaps the most damning thing is that the prosecutor says that the least culpable figure involved is the only person who might have violated the law. The prosecutor also suggests that the Legislature ought to make this a crime, which given the facts of the report he issued is literally asking the fox to nail a giant board over the fox-sized hole in the chicken coop. |
