Wednesday, August 19, 2015

BLACKLIST: Michigan Media Leaves Michiganders In The Dark On State Senate Scandals

WEST MICHIGAN POLITICS: BLACKLIST: Michigan Media Leaves Michiganders In The Dark On State Senate Scandals:
"I have been immensely disturbed at the lack of media attention on two big issues in Michigan's State Senate over the last few months.
The first story on the self imposed "blacklist" is the #MeekhofSenateBuilding, a controversial project the legislature never even voted on.
Instead, Senators Meekhof and Richardville utilized a Lansing slush fund knows as the "Michigan Strategic Fund" to pay for the project in the middle of "lame duck."
The property was never assessed, and the state is overpaying by millions, triple the value of the property. 
All this the benefits a big GOP donor-of course. 
As State Rep. Todd Courser prepares to ask for an Attorney General Opinion/investigation, why has this story been largely ignored?
Especially after the revelation a couple weeks ago from WXYZ that no assessment was done and the state is paying triple the real value of the property, yet barely a word has been said about it...
The second is a change to senate rules that eliminated the public and media's access to important Senate records.
In a voice vote unaccountable to Constituents and pushed for by Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, the public and media no longer have access to vital records of the Senators they elect after Senate rules were changed...."

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