Two "government watchdog" groups join us on this edition of WestSouthwest. Common Cause Michigan Executive Director Melanie McElroy and Rich Robinson with the Michigan Campaign Finance Network are our guests.
Common Cause of Michigan has been calling for Governor Rick Snyder to release e-mails related to the water crisis in Flint. Several hundred pages were released on Wednesday. The executive director of Common Cause Michigan Melanie McElroy tells us why her group wants the state to release more.
Rich Robinson has spent the last 15 years looking at how money is raised and spent on politics in Michigan. Robinson recently stepped down as Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, though he will remain on the group's board. Robinson discusses the latest change in campaign finance law, and tells us why it amounts to "terrible public policy."