September 30, 2005
September 30, 2005
LANSING – In her weekly radio address, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today highlighted her comprehensive jobs package to reform Michigan’s economy, and urged the Legislature to act quickly in passing the bills.
“Today, it is time to put politics aside and work together to pass an economic recovery plan,” Granholm said. “And that means we in state government cannot wait in acting to secure our economic future.”
The Governor commended the House of Representatives in taking the first step in passing her proposal to create a $2 billion fund to diversify Michigan’s economy and create thousands of jobs. Granholm presented a comprehensive jobs package to reform Michigan’s economy in her State of the State address in February. The economic package included:
• Accelerating public infrastructure projects to create tens of thousands of construction and design and engineering jobs right now;
• establishing a new business tax structure to make Michigan even more competitive in the market place;
• offering a new $4,000 college scholarship for every child in Michigan; and,
• making an unprecedented $2 billion investment in Michigan to diversify the state’s economy.
Last week Granholm again called on the Legislature to act on these proposals and pass the bills that have been before them since March.
The Governor’s weekly radio address is released each Friday at 10:00 a.m. and may be heard on broadcast stations across that state through an affiliation with the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. The address will also be available on the Governor’s Website on Mondays as a podcast for general distribution to personal MP3 players and home computers.
Broadcasters Note: Governor Granholm’s radio address can be accessed through Sunday evening exclusively through the Members Only page of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters website.
Publishers Note: The text of today’s address is attached.
