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"Too often the notion in the past was about one-time fixes," she says. "[The idea was], 'if I kick the can down the road, I won't be here to have to clean it up/ This time we said 'none of that' - we have got to get this done."
As a result, state lawmakers had to face "the toughest vote of their political careers," she adds. "Their unwillingness took us right up to the deadline." And beyond it - by six hours. But [Jennifer M Granholm] held firm, and she prevailed.Now, as Michigan begins a new fiscal year, Granholm is trying to keep the momentum going. "This is not a time for procrastination or for partisan nonsense," she said in her recent State of the State speech, referring to last fall's budget battle. "It's a time for just one thing: for us to fight for Michigan's future.... If there's one thing we showed the people of Michigan in the last year, it's that we know how to fight. Now we need to show them that we can fight for them. Together."See the full content of this document
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[Still] Not Politics As Usual
Nordic Reach first met Governor Jennifer M Granholm of Michigan in 2002. Back then, she was the state attorney general, successfully running the state's largest law firm, with an annual budget...
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