Here we go again..complaining about decisions our ELECTED officials make. The key word is ELECTED. When was the last time you heard an honest politician speak or follow through with campaign promises? The answer to everyone's issue is to quit voting for those idiots. Jenny is on round two...who voted for her....certainly not me. Voss was probably no better but he at least knew what it was like to run a business. Next election stay home...what's the worse that can happen....our state goes bankrupt?

I'd rather see some of the useless lawmakers taken off the pay roll. (Like the one who is making it illegal to have an air freshener hanging from your rear view mirror!) I'd much rather see Jenny and her cronies forfeit their wonderful lifetime bennies compliments of us. I'd rather see the high paid paper pushers take a hike (in ALL depts.)
Ya...I know...WAKE UP!!!

I bet there was not any hippy protesters there.

It's always the same story..layoff those in the field who do the work and keep those in Lansing who push pencils. One Lansing supervisor laid off will save several field employees. Everybody sit back and let it all happen. That seems to be the new American way.

I totaly agree with the statement about the ripple efect. I can't eat a tree, so huggers please let go of them.

That mine wont mean squat....a few jobs for a few years period. What "camp" experience will you get from several hundred acres of polluted pristine wilderness.....maybe if we let them mine, we'll all be saved....give me a break.

Screw that mine already. If there so certain it wont leak....how bout sticking a few million in escrow for say 20 years.....if nothing goes wrong....we'll ship all your money back. Kenny wont do that, because the cant guarantee it wont destroy the entire eco-system. Their counting on a buch of hicks saying "JOBS JOBS JOBS"...while they bank billions and if it ruins the entire area....what are we going to say...."oh well, at least so and so had a JOB".

Go were the jobs are.....dont wait for a job to come to you....you'll be waiting a while...this State is in financial ruin for years to come.

Well,,,people still oppose the Kennecott mine. The State is hurting for cash, local communities are struggling with budgets and schools are being forced to make cuts. When big industry goes away so does our tax base. People really need to wake up. Why not work in conjuction with Kennecott, perhaps in the interest of public relations Kennecott would release funding to improve coaster brook trout spawning habitat on the Salmon Trout river. Going to camp has always been a family tradition, looking towards the future if our children are forced to move to another state in search of employment the whole "camp" experience will not be the same. We need industry, we need a viable tax base, we need jobs, the time has arrived to stop the lawsuits and let industry move foward.

Why is it the State Police is always the chopping block for the State. The State Police are doing there jobs by patroling the area and keeping us safe. The perfect place to start cutting jobs is, the Governor, the Senators, the Congressman, and the State Reps. I think if a State Police Trooper was out campaining for a election while on the clock, there would be some repremanding or firings, but it is okay for the rest of them to use our taxpayers dollars to do it. Here is an idea for all those down in Lansing officials: PRE-PLAN, I understand you may be on break, but when you get back in session, Oh wait you may still be deciding on an issue from 1990. LAY OFF THE TROOPS.

Do you all realize that within the state police that there is approximately one supervisor for every state trooper.. Now there is an area that could be cut. The state police need to provide the citizens of our state with police officers on the roads and taking up office space pretending to supervise troopers. Granholm needs to look at that side of the state police and cut from the top not the bottom like she has. We don't need state police Sgt's, Lt's,Captains,Inspectors,etc sitting at desk jobs. We need trooperson the roads and highways taking calls and providing protection for our state citizens. Do you realize that the Sgt's who work at the posts do not go out on patrols? Even when a trooper calls in sick in the small posts and they do not have a road car the sgt still sits inside the post and does what? I see the state police having a dire need to be revamped from the top and not the bottom. Leave the troopers alone and start cutting at the top.

I think your right on. One State Department has between 45-55 county directors all making 6 figures and over. One nearby office has 8 supervisors for 25 emloyees. But keep in mine that a recent lawsuit settled out of court by DHS says child protective service supervisors cannot supervise more than 5 workers.

Just a waste in one persons opinion.

This should not be surprising to anyone though. When departments were asked to come up with methods of cutting their respective budgets, the people making those decisions are the high paid administrators who would never endanger their own positions. It is much easier to tell a janitor to take a hike then for them to ask their golfing buddy to cut their pay. As a taxpayer it seems to me the quickest way to shave money off operating costs is to evaluate the top (highest paid) positions first. When I think of cutting the fat out of government, the janitor that makes just enough to support his family does not come to mind. But as long as the fat cats call the shots (which will be forever) the people below them will continue to be taken advantage of -- and when the budget gets tight, these hardworking people (who do their bosses jobs) will follow the janitors to the unemployment line. If you're not the lead dog the view never changes.

Once again the state fails to get the message! Why is the state laying off people that actually serve a purpose? By laying off maintenance folks, troopers and correction officers is way short of reforms we are talking about. What tax payers want to see is the $80,000 administrative jobs in all state agencies that do nothing but shuffle paperwork and create agenda's to justify their jobs, then they have their assistants actually do the work. The only thing that comes to mind is the chief and Indian analogy, all your going to have is chiefs left! Assistant to the assistant jobs must go! How is it for a state our size, we have more people in the State House than California, a state with the eighth largest economy in the world, with more land and three times as many people? Wake up Michigan, we have been duped long enough!