What's this? Signs of life from a House Dem?
Go, Michael, go.
GRAND RAPIDS - Cuts passed by the state senate would pull more than half a million dollars from Grand Rapids schools. A West Michigan lawmaker says he will not support the plan to cut school funding.
Senate lawmakers in Lansing passed the cuts Thursday, calling for $34 to be taken per student from the schools.
Here in Grand Rapids, Representative Michael Sak says that equals $718,000.
Press conferences! Yes! More of that!
Monday, State Speaker Pro Tem Michael Sak will hold a press conference to officially announce his opposition to the state senate's plan.
I hope this is happening all over the state today. I will calm down on the criticism of the Dems if they step up to the plate.
One problem bloggers have is that we live on "internet time"- we tend to move a lot faster than the rest of the world. Things that we know about and react to don't hit the general public until hours or even days after they actually happen.
Fingers crossed that a groundswell of public backlash hits the Republicans hard for their "plan".
It still leaves us with a huge problem. No one wants to raise taxes. No one wants to make cuts. And this is moving so slow that we will hit the wall before a solution is found.
Jon Corzine to the courtesy phone, please.
It just might come to that.