Cut $200 million state funding to UM, give it to K-12 schools

by: David Boyle

Sat May 05, 2007 at 15:50:07 PM EDT

  (And see my Arblogger post today, "Kelch cops crazy cash from Coleman", re the new $500,000 bonus that UM medical administrator Bob Kelch is being given by Mary Sue Coleman. Is he going to starve without it?)

  Am I missing something here? Or are people in Lansing (whoever they are) just so stupid, bribable, or corrupt that they can't do simple math and allocate things the way they should be allocated? (rhetorical question)

  Let's hope they aren't that bad, or that they are redeemable even if they are. We're waiting...

Republican Legislators need to Sh*t or get off of the pot!

by: JWinston70

Wed Feb 14, 2007 at 15:18:28 PM EST

There are many who dislike the Governor's proposed budget for one reason or another.  But, as Legislators... I find it irresponsible to leave Michigan budget-less, forcing our schools, statewide, to make mid-year cuts.  If the Repubs have any plans, then it is their responsibility to bring them forth.  From the past legislative session, now in to the new session... I have yet to see the Repubs offer any alternative.  They prefer to sit back and scrutinize the work of others, rather than doing the work themselves.