I could not post my name. "Saying" anything with your real name CAN get you fired and CAN be held against you.

This was an opinion, so I feel you should post it. YOu should allow anonymous posting because retribution is real and the UP is a small world of it's own.

I didn't vote for Grenholm or any of these legislatures who are destroying our local and national economy. MAYBE some of you who voted for them will seriously relook at your voting habits. Cutting taxes, inspiring new businesses and supporting local economy is what our leadership should be doing, and they are NOT.

Some of the national economy issues are real, but they were exacerbated by greed and irresponsible businesses who should be allowed to fail, so that they can be cannabilized by other companies who will be 'better'. That's the only solution. Interesting, the advice "buy" and tax relief Bush gave during the recession in the beginning of his career was correct. We've taken the wrong turn. We need to INVEST in higher education, health care, and small business that do 85% of the new job creation. You know, other countries are way ahead of educating their children and potential workforce. Outsourcing jobs is seriously affecting our IT industry. Hiring people under visas when we can train people to do the job, should not be allowed. I'd rather spend 20000 to train someone for these jobs. The jobs that are out there are being filled by people coming here under work visas. They aren't doing brain surgery. So, why aren't we putting the money into our workforce????

Oh, they are "too big to fail?" Well let them. They can be broken up and rebuilt, just as GM is doing now... too bad they didn't do this before they spent billions.

Until our leaderships learn to hold back on what they are doing. They need to PAUSE and look at other ways to increase business and decrease taxes and decrease government spending - on themselves. HAVE WE SEEN the legislature cut their salaries, decrease their staffs, close offices?

I rarely respond to these articles, but, when people complain who put this into motion, they should also be held accountable. We need as a community and individuals to rethink about what we want and who CAN deliver.

Read the post again.It is just dividing the cost to run it by the number of employees,which is true..It does not mean their pay checks are that high....

Are we glad that we did not want kennecott now??

I dont think m c was saying that each employee gets 100,000. They were saying that if you break it down, it's 100,000 per employee. That's different. Obviously, there are other costs involved, but they were just showing how it breaks down based off who's employed. Maybe read a little more carefully before getting all offended.

not real sure where you are getting your figures from but I KNOW THAT THEY ARE WRONG, I happen to know someone who is employed at this facility & they do not make anywhere close to 100,000 a year! it costs 40,000 a year to house an inmate. I think that maybe people should get their facts straight before posting ridiculous comments on here, this is going to affect alot of people and we need to support these people not make comments that are untrue!!

When Camp Manistque was closed, more then half transferred to Camp Cusino and Alger Max. Most of those that transferred to Alger, are now at Camp Cusino. These folks went through a closure two years ago, barely recovering from the Camp Manistique closure, now to face all of it again. The ramifications of closure run deeper then this article depicts. The bottom line here is, eventually 1000 Correction Officers will loose their jobs state wide, as the lower senority officers will be layed off. Munising will feel the direct effect, however Manistique has many of those who commute daily to Camp Cusino or Alger Max. Just recently the MDOC announced the closure of two entire units at Alger Max, making it very difficult to absorb any of the officers or support staff from Camp Cusino. Most all communitys in the U.P. will feel some effect if not directly from today's grave announcements.

I feel bad for Shingleton, I really do, but look at it realistically, the prison employs 60 people and costs 6.7 million dollars a year, thats over 100,000 dollars per employ it costs the state to employ the facility. I would have to say this was a cost effective move for the state to do, even though it is unfortunate it happened to a small U.P community. And what else would it be better to cut that hasn't be cut to come degree? Schools? Forests? Other state jobs in other communities around the U.P?