Parents of student-athletes blast lawmakers over asinine regulations
By Tim Skubick
LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - A house committee in Lansing, without Democratic support, has voted to subpoena the state s former public health director who accepted a $155,000 severance check in return for not disclosing why he and the governor parted ways.
And the same committee heard emotional testimony on the issue of testing student-athletes.
Parents of student-athletes argue against constant testing to state lawmakers
Things got emotional as the topic switched to parental and student gripes about the governors mandatory testing program for student athletes.
The former state public health director Dr. Robert Gordon got $155,000 when he and the governor agreed that he would leave his post last January. The two agreed not to disclose why he left but then they dissolved that agreement.