An alert EMUTalk.org reader (perhaps one interested in becoming a regular contributor?) sent me a link to this Jack Lessonberry commentary, “Praise for the Governor.” Lessonberry is commenting on Granholm’s reply to Mike Bishop’s plan for cutting state employee pay, something we discussed here a couple weeks ago. I thought this quote was pretty good:
The governor’s plan is far superior to the one being promoted by Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop. Here’s one example. The governor would require state employees to pay 20 percent of their health care costs. The senator would extend that to every public employee, and also cut their salaries by five percent.
That would be an open invitation to every academic superstar at our major universities to move elsewhere. We could say goodbye to giants like Sean Morrison and Juan Cole.
Nice job on Jack’s last name.
A mistake, of course– but I think a better spelling, to be honest.