That's the nugget in Tim Skubick's MLive column today on politicians' practice of being 'transparent' only when it's convenient.
Skubick writes about an effort to find out how much money has been spent on the one person grand jury investigating Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall).
Bolger was caught up in a potential election rigging scandal last year.
Skubick writes the information about the Bolger investigation was hard to get - at first:
Eventually that hard and fast, “I can’t divulge” stonewall turned into a little sunshine. And two days after the original inquiry came, a one liner: The cost for two lawyers, Mike Ferency and John Smeitanka, was $28,362.44... They’ve worked a combined total of 211.90 hours plus $2,046 in gas mileage and other expenses.
The one-person grand jury - Judge Rosemary Aquilina - was recently granted more time to investigate the scandal. Information about the scandal can continue to be collected through August 22 of this year.
