Comments on: Thanksgiving Postscript http://domemagazine.com/skubick/sku112709 Michigan People, Politics, and Policy Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Walsh http://domemagazine.com/skubick/sku112709/comment-page-1#comment-126 Jim Walsh Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:54:30 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/?p=320#comment-126 There's plenty for which we can be thankful. They just aren't in the political arena. Pretty tacky column, Tim. But maybe others saw the humor. There’s plenty for which we can be thankful. They just aren’t in the political arena. Pretty tacky column, Tim. But maybe others saw the humor.

]]> By: Jack McHugh http://domemagazine.com/skubick/sku112709/comment-page-1#comment-125 Jack McHugh Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:02:13 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/?p=320#comment-125 It really is sad. Think of all the lobbyist buffets the legislators have missed. How many free drinks at Troppos? All those lost hours of back-slapping, "Aren't we just so important!" bonhommie on the floor. So many undelivered speeches empty of content but dripping with sanctimony. All those chances to hear Jason Allen grease up "this esteemed body." Hundreds of DOA bills unintroduced. The man with the highest character to serve in Lansing in the past 30 years, perhaps ever, was Stephen Dresch, an "accidental politician" from Hancock. He also had the best proposal yet for a part time legislature: "Pay them $100,000 each year, and dock 'em $1,000 for every day they meet." It really is sad. Think of all the lobbyist buffets the legislators have missed. How many free drinks at Troppos? All those lost hours of back-slapping, “Aren’t we just so important!” bonhommie on the floor. So many undelivered speeches empty of content but dripping with sanctimony. All those chances to hear Jason Allen grease up “this esteemed body.” Hundreds of DOA bills unintroduced.

The man with the highest character to serve in Lansing in the past 30 years, perhaps ever, was Stephen Dresch, an “accidental politician” from Hancock. He also had the best proposal yet for a part time legislature:

“Pay them $100,000 each year, and dock ‘em $1,000 for every day they meet.”

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