We pause in our thrilling episode of trying to write the new $80 billion state budget before a self-imposed June 30 deadline, to dive into a topic that seldom gets any media attention because who really cares about the personal family sacrifices made by elected officeholders?
Well if you have any degree of empathy inside, you should be concerned because those sacrifi ces are real and indirectly they could impact the quality of servitude you receive from these office holders.
Shortly after she left her eight years as governor, private citizen Jennifer Granholm confided that she regretted all the times she had to tend to her stately duties when she desperately wanted to be at the side of either or her two daughters or one son. She lost count of those wanna-be -with- you moments, but you could tell she still ached inside that she had to make the choice.
