Line 5 Update

I am extremely happy to read in today's LSJ the the Michigan Attorney General has declared the lame duck law passed regarding the new bridge authority unconstitutional. Here's the key language:
Nessel, a Democrat, said Public Act 359 of 2018 violates a state constitutional requirement that each bill must have a single purpose, described in its title, and that no bill should be amended after its introduction to change its original purpose.

Republican lawmakers were rushing to pass the tunnel legislation during the lame-duck session and their work was complicated by another constitutional requirement that no bill can pass until it has been in each chamber for at least five days.
To get around that requirement and save time, lawmakers used a “vehicle bill,” introduced earlier in the Senate and related to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, to create the new Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority.

That maneuver, and the resulting complications with the title and purpose of the bill, are
central to Nessel’s objections.
I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds like the AG's position will stand up in court. I would also note that anyone claiming to be a Republican should be ashamed at the manouvering, but of course they will not.

Also, in the same paper, in Grand Rapids trump announced his support for the $300M Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The LSJ reported that he said he "always" supported it (their quotation marks).

Which, of course, is why I'll believe it when I see it. But, good news.

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