This is a wacky time of the year around these parts. Members of the house are itching to get the heck out of here to run for reelection back home which is Job One for them. The onlyproblemisJob Onefor you, if you want any state services, is for them to spend $80 billion of your tax dollars first. That includes everything from state cops to janitors at your local school and everything in between.
However, one of the sub-plots gobbling up loads of time is the fight for which party will run the house next year. The D’s have the power now and the R’s are within a whisker of taking it back and that provides for all sort of intrigue including who will be the next Speaker of the House, whom next to the governor, is the most powerful individual in the building.
Detroit Democrat Rep. Joe Tate has the job now and wants it again for the next two years.
