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Ray's road to nowhere


Below is an op-ed from state Sen. Ray Scott (“We don’t need a gas fee to fix our roads”) that attempts to rebut Sunday’s editorial calling for bipartisan cooperation on a transportation funding solution, but instead perfectly illustrates why the Legislature can’t get anything done.
The editorial did not “call out” Sen. Scott “to support a new gasoline fee the Democrats are proposing” as he claims in his piece, so right off the bat he’s twisting facts to suit his narrative. In fact, it’s not clear that Scott is making any distinction between the editorial and other legislative proposals, so there’s no “shared reality” in this debate. What is clear, however, is Sen. Scott’s refusal to budge off his own position. ....

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Michigan's record on infrastructure: Ignore everything


Michigan’s roads, bridges, dams, harbors, water and stormwater systems are all in need of long-term repairs. That costs lots of money. What would cost more? Not making plans to start paying that money now. (Bridge/Crain’s photo by Michael Lee II)
LANSING In the summer of 2003, a massive power outage brought a swath of the eastern United States and Canada ‒ including much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula ‒ to a standstill.
The blackout, which started when a single electrical wire touched a tree in Ohio, left roughly 50 million people in the dark for days, and exposed the vulnerability of the electric grid. ....

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