It Ain't Over til it's Over...

"The end is not yet."

- Matthew 24: 6

There were no midnight watches required at the state capitol this time around. A string of deals came together without a government shutdown and without the kind of saber-rattling many feared was imminent. But the relative peace may have more to do with the spectre that both the lawmakers and the Governor have sensed on the doorstep. The strangely cobbled deal that extended the sales tax to a wild array of services has festered and corroded for the last four weeks and it now appears destined for, at the very least, a makeover. Big business, already in a foul humor, has blown a collective gasket over the nooks and crannies of the tax and are now proposing that the thing be scuttled and in its place they're inviting (!) an increase in the Michigan Business Tax. Governor Granholm says she's willing to take the thing back to the studs and start again but that it has to replace every cent of revenue it wipes out, and (here's the rub), cannot be temporary.

Ah, the good times.

Governor Granholm will be my guest this Sunday morning on Flashpoint to take about what a strange trip it's been. I'm hoping to include a segment of questions from the extended Flashpoint family --- that means YOU. If you'd like to send a question for consideration, send it to us at flashpoint@clickondetroit.com

See you Sunday.

- Devin