While “Michigan Man” and “Ohio Man” are not always on speaking terms, they do attend many of the same family reunions. I spent fifteen years as a Michigander, but when I first ran across this story, I could only recall Lapeer as a signpost along I69 between Lansing and Sarnia. So I called upon the Spousal Unit, Michigan native, for his opinion. He read the article carefully, and announced “The only way it could be more Lapeer is if the two of them turned out to be cousins.”
Per the Detroit News:
Lansing — State Rep. Todd Courser planned the distribution of a fictional email alleging he had sex with a male prostitute in a bid to conceal his relationship with Rep. Cindy Gamrat, according to audio recordings obtained by The Detroit News.
Courser, a Lapeer Republican, said on one recording the email was designed to create “a complete smear campaign” of exaggerated, false claims about him and Gamrat so a public revelation about the legislators’ relationship would seem “mild by comparison.”
Interviews with former House employees and the recordings show freshman lawmakers Courser and Gamrat, R-Plainwell, used their taxpayer-funded offices to maintain and cover up their relationship. Courser, 43, and Gamrat, 42, rose from the ranks of tea party activism, battled establishment Republicans to win seats in the House last year and formed their own legislative coalition…
The pair are socially conservative legislators who often invoke their Christian faith in pursuit of new legislation governing gun rights, abortion and marriage. Their political alliance dates back to Courser’s unsuccessful 2013 race for Michigan Republican Party chairman when Gamrat ran as his vice chairwoman…
Twenty-five years after I left town, it’s kinda nostalgic to know that the Capitol Building in Lansing is still surrounded by pawn shops, flop houses, and titty bars for all tastes.
Also, I think we can now replace the phrase “hiking the Appalachian Trail” with “forming their own legislative coalition… “
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