Michigan Muskie Alliance

If there is a shut down its for non-essential programs. Hatcheries don't fit that category and would have skeleton crews to make sure fish don't die.

Will Hudson be open Sat & Sun this weekend?

Steve

I heard (from Lansing) that there would be noone at the hatcheries. This could people using more scare tactics though. Hopefully there is a skeleton crew.
Kingfisher- If Hillary gets into office... I won't have to worry because I will moving to Canada.

John, do you think they will take us?? :) Kingfisher

Now the gloves are off!!

By ZACHARY GORCHOW
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Detroit’s three casinos are suing to keep gambling operations open if there is a state government shutdown.
Eric Bush, a spokesman for the Michigan Gaming Control Board, said officials are expecting the casinos to serve the board’s executive director, Richard Kalm, with a lawsuit today.

Kalm has said if there is no budget deal between Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the state Legislature, he will issue a notice at 12:01 a.m. Sunday that they must cease gambling operations within 24 hours.

Maybe she can't shut the government down...

WZZM 13 News
Lansing - The Michigan Civil Service Commission voted Friday morning to honor existing state contracts, a decision that may put the government's shutdown plans in question.

The state panel considered a rule change that would let state workers be laid off up to 20 days in the event of a government shutdown.

In the first of a pair of votes, the Civil Service Commission passed a measure to waive a 28-day notice to state employees.

But in the second vote, the panel voted two to two to honor its contracts - and their individual notices to unions and employees of layoffs.

Scott Bowen, who is director of the Office of State Employer, told WZZM 13 News he and other state leaders would have to discuss what their next steps would be in their shutdown planning. He was not sure if the commission's decision meant employees would be on the job Monday.

Well... some state workers have been told to stay home Monday and Tuesday and that they are officially laid off.

Sell us to Canada or something.Maybe Wisconsin could buy Michigan cheap.The Wismich Badgerines,.....Huummmmm

Unreal...


Lansing - Layoff letters will go out to 35,000 state employees at 2 p.m. Friday, despite a deadocked vote by the Michigan Civil Service Commission on a rule change that would have allowed quick job suspensions.

The state panel reached a 2-2 vote on the rule change, which would have let state workers be laid off up to 20 days if there is a government shutdown.

But Liz Boyd, the governor's spokeswoman, says layoff plans will proceed and that they will let lawyers work out complaints later with state employees unions.

A statement, Boyd said, "The proposed rule change that the Civil Service Commission considered this morning would have given the state maximum flexibility to manage personnel in the event of a partial government shutdown. Regardless of the decision, if the legislature fails to act and government must partially shutdown, the state will be forced to make layoffs due to a lack of appropriations as required by the constitution."

Negotiations resumed Friday afternoon in the effort by lawmakers and the governor to reach a deal on a balanced state budget.

House Democrats met in caucus at 1 p.m. to get an update on talks.

Lieutenant Governor John Cherry told WZZM 13 News that talks were progressing well, and that Republican and Democratic lawmakers were "closing the gap" on cuts, reforms, and taxes needed for a budget deal.

Gov. Granholm warned the state some services would be suspended Monday, the beginning of the new fiscal year, if a balanced budget was not passed.

Her staff says it is working on a list of state services that would be suspended in the event of a shutdown. That list was expected to be published by Granholm's office after 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Well well... in the face of lawsuits from the Unions and the Casinos they finally got this done.

State workers... report to work this morning - you aren't laid off.

LMAO

Will,
I think you forgot part of that statement.

State workers... report to work this morning - you aren't laid off.

" Thanks and hope you didn't mind being our little pawn"...The Gov.

Shouldn't the selling price be more like -$103.50 billion?

This is really all just very sad boys. John is correct though about the scare tactic thing...happens all time. In all kinds of places.