This recent Michigan Capitol Confidential story by Managing Editor Ken Braun formed the basis for this editorial in The Detroit News.
The article documents how Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Legislature raid special funds that are paid for with user fees in order to use the money in the general fund to solve overspending crises that governor and legislators themselves create.
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