Andy Dillon

The Winter of Our Discontent

By Kelly Raskauskas

02/26/2010

As February winds down and snow piles up, Michigan is stuck in a dangerous rut.

Andy Dillon, Budget, deficit, Mike Bishop, unemployment

Good news, bad news on lifetime insurance for state legislators

By Kelly Raskauskas

02/07/2010

There was some good news out of Lansing this week: legislators agreed to end the practice of lifetime taxpayer-funded health care for legislators who turn 55.

The bad news? The legislators decided to exempt themselves from losing this little perk.

Speaker of the House Andy Dillon says he thought current legislators should be included, but he didn’t put it in the bill because he was afraid it wouldn’t get through the Senate. (Gosh, legislating is hard!)

Andy Dillon, Budget, Jennifer Granholm, Mike Bishop

Anatomy of a Budget Buster

Bill Nowling

10/02/2009

Since I am already on the Labor-Has-Too-Much-Political-Schwack jag I figured why not just lay blame for the blink-of-an-eye brief government shutdown this week at the feet of the Michigan Education Association -- the teachers' union?

The Wheels on the ‘Dem’ Bus Go Round and Round

By Bill Nowling

09/28/2009

It's time Michigan Democrats kick organized labor off the bus, or a least pry its white-knuckled fingers off the steering wheel before they all go careening -- and the state with it -- off the Mackinac Bridge.

I know, I know. “Them are fightin words.” In the land of Walter Reuther and Doug Fraser, one does tempt the gods with such musings. But, for the sake of Michigan, we have to ask whether we are better off with a political system -- and by that I mean a state legislative political system -- that must genuflect toward that hallowed ground known as Solidarity House?

Andy Dillon, Healthcare, Labor, Michigan Politics, Reform