Thursday, March 18, 2010

Notes from the Underground 3/18/2010

Nothing in MIRS caught my eye, but Gongwer had some interesting tidbits:

FIREWORKS POPPED TO SUPPORT D.E.L.E.G.
Fireworks that are currently illegal in Michigan would no longer be so and people who sold them would be charged a fee under a revenue assumption made in the House subcommittee version of the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth budget.

M.S.P. BUDGET INCLUDES TICKET HIKE; CLOSES DETROIT POST
Traffic tickets issued in Michigan would cost $5 more under a House subcommittee budget recommendation for the Department of State Police that uses the $6 million in expected revenue to cover a series of programs.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET LEFT IN LIMBO
A vote on a general government budget that includes a cut to local revenue sharing will have to wait another day as the House Appropriations Committee dropped the measure Wednesday after the subcommittee version failed to be adopted.

POLL: REPUBLICANS STILL LEAD GOVERNOR'S RACE
The leading four Republican candidates for governor are performing better among the voters than Democrats, according to a new poll on the race released Wednesday.


Fireworks, sure. They are getting into the state anyway, might as well make a buck on them. No clue about the new poll - it hasn't made it to the mainstream.

Eh. There will be another one soon enough.