Rep. Cotter says UofM is "thumbing its nose at the legislature"

Mark Brush — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:45:33 +0000

In a meeting with members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education some tough words were levied at University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman.

Coleman was at the meeting to testify on Gov. Snyder's funding proposal for higher education.

During the hearing, State Rep. Kevin Cotter (R-Mt. Pleasant) said the University of Michigan did not adequately give the legislature answers to questions about human embryonic stem cells.

More from Dave Murray of MLive.com:

Cotter said the school was supposed to provide answers to five questions about the use of human embryonic stem cells – numbers he said could be provided on one sheet – and the university instead sent a cover letter with 50 pages of copied newspaper articles.
“The university is thumbing its nose at the Legislature,” he said.
Genetski, R-Saugatuck, said the university’s funding “might be in jeopardy” if it is not more cooperative.
Coleman said she doesn’t think there is a problem with the way the university responded, and she and the lawmakers “would have to disagree” on the issue.

Drunken Sailors

Jack Lessenberry — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:09:20 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-963525.mp3

I’ve been following the Michigan legislature’s attempts to approve various sections of the state budget, and the cliché that first came to my mind this morning was the wrong one. I was tempted to tell you that they have been behaving like drunken sailors.