That's Debatable

This week’s edition of the Hastings Banner had an interesting front page story about the County Board discussing a resolution to support the Unicameral Michigan “Fire the Senate” state-wide petition drive.

It was understandable the board decided to table it, but a couple of commissioners’ public comments about the issue revealed alarming ignorance (although that's hardly breaking news for anyone who's been paying attention to local politics). Board Chairwoman Clare Tripp said she didn’t know anything about the campaign and asked what “Unicameral” means. She’s the chairwoman of the Barry County Board of Commissioners and she doesn’t know anything about a state-wide petition drive that started a year ago in Hastings? Does she read the Banner, the Battle Creek Enquirer & News,
the Lansing State Journal, the Penasee Globe, or follow the news much at all? Let’s not forget the extent of her post-high school education has been at a beauty school. Tripp is either playing coy with all this and not telling the truth- or even worse, she really is not paying attention and clueless about what’s happening around her. Not exactly what we should want or expect from a local government leader since that means she's either a liar or an idiot. Some have even suggested the motion was tabled so she could look up "unicameral" in the dictionary. Anyone who knows Miss Tripp should send her to this link:
What Does Unicameral Mean?

Here's the short version:

Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber.

The other ignoramus at the meeting was Tom Wing (once again, probably not a suprise), who insisted both sides of the issue be heard, even though he was told by David Brinkert, acting as spokesman for the Unicameral effort, that the Fire the Senate folks have been trying very hard to get anyone in state government to talk about the pros and cons, but the response has been pure silence.

It seems state reps and senators don’t want to discuss the matter, they choose to ignore it in hopes it will go away. This is the very reason we NEED to FIRE THE SENATE! The politicians no longer consider themslves accountable to the people who gave them their jobs. I can think of no stronger signal than firing them. Then maybe they will understand the effect of downsizing on the American worker and quit putting their lobbyist buddies ahead of We the People.

Mr. Wing, the Unicameral crowd would love to hear from the other side. So how about Mr. Wing take on Fire the Senate spokesperson Joe Lukasiewicz one-on-one at a public forum? We're sure that the First Friday would open up a special night edition for this heavyweight grudge match. I would hope Mr. Wing would not succumb to his previous habits by showing up late or not showing at all. And if he doesn't feel qualified then maybe he can do his homework and find someone who IS willing to debate the Unicameral folks. In the words of our current commander-in-chief: “Bring it on.”