UPDATE: 9:00am
A Governor's office spokeswoman denies that the purpose of the One Tough Nerd PAC is tied to the bridge fight.
ORIGINAL Post: 1:00am
Governor Snyder is apparently adding another weapon in his fight for a new international bridge in Detroit. The new weapon is money for political campaign donations.
Rich Robinson is the director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. Robinson says Governor Snyder probably formed his new political action committee, One Tough Nerd, at least in part to battle for a new international bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario.
The owners of Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge have spent millions of dollars to kill support for the bridge. Robinson says that includes about $600,000 in political campaign donations. Robinson says if he wants the bridge, the governor is going to have to use PAC money.
"Unfortunately, policy is kind of the semi-controlled game of bribery…that’s just the game’s that’s there.”
The governor predicts the legislature will give its approval for a new international bridge project this fall.
