The next posting will have to be about something positive -- but this one can't be. It's just been called to my attention that the state budget deal reached by the Republican legislative leadership and the Governor calls for selling off a large chunk of the 75,000 or so acres of school forest land. This is land that was once part of the state's holdings but was turned over to local school districts, usually decades ago, for forestry and outdoor education. Now much of it (31,000 acres) is being sold to pay for firefighting grants to local governments and to balance the state's general fund budget. Next thing you know, we'll be selling naming rights to the Mackinac Bridge. How does Microsoft Bridge sound to you? That would bring in some revenue, too.
If you want to read the bill, go here:
http://www.michiganlegislature.org
Type in 5313 as the bill number, and open the "As Passed by the Senate" version.
Public lands should continue to belong to the public, period.