Anuzis Needs to Get a Grip
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis, Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, announced last Friday that he was filing a Hatch Act complaint against Governor Jennifer M. Granholm (D, MI); claiming that state employees were campaigning for her re-election and doing so on state time. When Granholm's press secretary Liz Boyd was asked about Anuzis' complaint by Dawson Bell of the Detroit Free Press, she responded by referring to it as "a public relations stunt intended to divert attention from the abysmal record of Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos."
Anuzis responded to by amending his original complaint to include an additional section
to deal with Boyd's comment to the reporter. He claims that her remarks constitute yet another breach of the Hatch Act.
I know that it's Anuzis' job to get Republican elected and generally cause problems for Democrats, but - quite frankly - the man seriously needs to get a grip on reality.
Boyd was responding to a question from a reporter.
The simple act of a press secretary responding to a question from a reporter about the operation of state government does not even come close to violating the terms of the Hatch Act. Answering questions like that one is Boyd's job.
I know that polls for this year's gubernatorial race are looking very, very close. However, it makes him look down right desperate when he files nonsense complaints like this.
More importantly, it makes me worry about what kind of additional nonsense we're in for over the next 36 days.
