Tucked away in the Governor's radio address was this bit of information that has escaped the notice of the press so far.
A legislative team is working with the administration on a resolution. If this resolution doesn't happen by March 16, I'm asking leadership to meet nonstop with me until we have an agreement to resolve this crisis.
Makes me wonder what kind of wheeling and dealing these guys will do to avoid giving up their precious weekend time, but my guess is they are all running for some sort of bipartisan cover at this point- whether it be for severe cuts to schools, health care or public safety, or an agreement to raise revenues, or a combination of both.
Sure wish we knew what was going on, don't you?
Peter Luke raised an excellent point in his column yesterday.
The basic conceit in Lansing these days is that the arguments elected officials make about the economy are considered more important to their constituents' well-being than the actual decisions voters are paying them to make. Otherwise, they would be arguing less and deciding more.
Time for arguing is over. Time for deciding is here. And if they reject this offer to meet "nonstop", we will know that they are more interested in pontificating on ideology rather than solving this problem.