Fink blasts Whitmer for 15 months of “senseless” decision making By Jim Measel
May 15, 2021 | 6:07 AM
LANSING, MI (WTVB) â 58th District Republican State Representative Andrew Fink used Fridayâs announcement of the loosening of masks mandates by Governor Whitmer to criticize her decision making over the last 15 months, saying she has made a mockery of self-government in Michigan.
In a statement released by his office, Fink said, âWhile I am pleased to see common-sense changes being made to our stateâs mask mandates today, it is clear the governor is simply aligning with the Biden administration and continues to use the pandemic as a means of advancing her own political standings. Just two weeks ago, Gov. Whitmer required two-year-old children to wear masks. Today, she has taken an entirely new position on masks.â
Credit Steve Carmody / Michigan Radio
A state House committee is expected to vote Tuesday on bills that would set tougher ethics standards for lawmakers.
The package has bipartisan support and it’s expected the bills will be sent to the House floor.
The legislation would require both the House and the Senate to create bipartisan ethics committees, with the chairmanship rotating between Republicans and Democrats every six months.
The committees would be equally divided between Republicans and Democrats so their decisions would have to be bipartisan.
Republican Representative Andrew Fink says that would help ensure better behavior between elections.
“Ultimately, the people determine whether the Legislature has been ethical because every two years, they can fire us if they don’t think we have been, but in the meantime, this gives us some tools.”
House panel debates financial disclosure bills that wouldn’t make sitting lawmakers’ finances public
Updated May 04, 2021;
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A Michigan House committee took up a proposal that would require lawmakers to disclose their personal finances Tuesday, debating the merits of a plan that would subject elected officials to new disclosure requirements without allowing the public to see it until they’re out of office.
The legislation, House Bills 4680 through 4686, would compel lawmakers to submit financial information for themselves and immediate family members including income sources over $5,000, properties valued over $50,000 excluding their primary residence, and stocks, bonds and annuities valued at $10,000 or more to a new, permanent legislative ethics committee in their chamber.
Michigan has no idea how many residents got their COVID-19 vaccine in other states Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press
Whitmer announces plan to ease COVID-19 regulations
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Michigan health leaders have no idea how many state residents received a vaccine in another state. But it does count the number of vaccines administered to people who don t live in Michigan. While we do not have confirmation of vaccinations for some people who are vaccinated out of state, we believe the benchmark percentages are a reasonable way to determine when we are able to return to more normal levels of activity, said Bob Wheaton, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services.
We learned from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy last week that Michigan’s K-12 schools will be receiving approximately $5.75 billion dollars in supposedly Covid Relief funds. These funds come to an average of $4,600 per student in Michigan’s K-12 schools.
I wanted to speak with someone from Michigan’s House Appropriations Committee to determine exactly what can Michigan’s school districts spend the taxpayer borrowed money on. There is so much taxpayer cash that has been borrowed by those who voted yes there is no way most of these schools could spend those borrowed dollars on only Covid-19 mitigation strategies.