Granholm Takes To TV To Make Case For Balanced Budget By Oct. 1

LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm took to the airwaves Thursday night to urge the state’s residents to pressure legislators to put aside partisan politics and come up with a budget solution that keeps Michigan government from shutting down Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year begins.

By law, Michigan can not write a check without a balanced budget and the current dire fiscal situation in the Wolverine state shows a budget deficit of about $1.8 billion. But she was cautiously optimistic that eleventh hour bargaining could produce a balanced budget that would include both cuts and a state income tax increase.

To view the governor 5 minute televised address, click on Michigan.Gov

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