Infrastructure

A West Michigan lawmaker has revealed that he's gotten death threats after a recent vote in support of a $1.2 Trillion package to help re-build and update America's aging infrastructure.

Surprise Surprise, what appears to be out of the blue the Michigan House of Representatives passed a $1.2 billion dollar road funding plan.  Now on to the Senate it goes. I say I am surprised because we heard nothing about them being close to a deal and surprisingly it appears there were no leaks, at least none that I heard of...

Apparently there may be a new bipartisan road funding bill brewing in Michigan’s legislature. The Detroit News is reporting on a new deal emerging from both the Michigan Senate and House forged by four Republican and Democrat leaders of the Senate and House. ...

Well here we go again, instead of shifting funds and cutting spending, the Republican controlled Michigan Senate wants to raise your taxes.  Gas taxes that is.

Well he promised a plan and he delivered on that promise, Rep. Kevin Cotter Michigan’s House Speaker presented the plan to the state today. As being reported by the Detroit News, the plan would generate $1.05 billion dollars annually (eventually, not right away) for infrastructure repairs. ...

From the calls of my listeners on air and everyone I spoke to off air I did not think it would pass, but I did not think it would go down in a blaze of glory like it did. Did you? Yesterday Michigan voters said no to Prop 1 in one of the biggest landslide defeats since the 70’s and 80’s, It was defeated by a margin of 80% no vote to 20% yes vote, According to the state 350,742 Michiganders voted y

The Associated Press reports that Michigan's Proposal 1 is going down by a heavy margin.

This article was originally published on January 21, 2015 when it became clear to me that the Governor and members of both parties had dodged the responsibility given them by the voters and returned the question of funding rebuilding Michigan's roads and infrastructure to the Michigan taxpayers.

Finally we will be able to put the ballot initiative known as Proposal 1 behind us. It was an ill conceived and poorly executed plan with the idea of fixing Michigan’s roads as its source.

I interviewed Governor Snyder on Wednesday April 8th to discuss his views on the upcoming ballot proposal Prop 1, the increase of Michigan's sales tax from 6% to 7%. Here is the interview: