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By Rick Pluta
A procedural twist has delayed a vote on a new international bridge connecting Detroit and Canada. State Senate leaders expect to make another attempt to win committee approval of the stalled project Thursday.
The Republican chairman of the state Senate Economic Development Committee abruptly adjourned the meeting when he was handed a new version of the bridge legislation by someone from Governor Rick Snyder's office. Senator Mike Kowall said he won't call a vote on the legislation until after he's reviewed it.
"I'm running this committee and I'm not voting on something unless I know what's in this bill."
"We don't need to be spending four-point-seven billion dollars on a bridge. It's ridiculous."
That's Minister Malik Shabazz of Detroit. He led a group that started chanting and shouting as the meeting ended. His group has ties to the owners of the Ambassador Bridge, which has spent millions opposing a competing publicly owned bridge.
Shabazz said his group will return to Lansing to oppose the bridge project when a new meeting is scheduled.
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A procedural twist has delayed a vote on a new international bridge connecting Detroit and Canada. State Senate leaders expect to make another attempt to win committee approval of the stalled project Thursday.
The Republican chairman of the state Senate Economic Development Committee abruptly adjourned the meeting when he was handed a new version of the bridge legislation by someone from Governor Rick Snyder's office. Senator Mike Kowall said he won't call a vote on the legislation until after he's reviewed it.
"I'm running this committee and I'm not voting on something unless I know what's in this bill."
"We don't need to be spending four-point-seven billion dollars on a bridge. It's ridiculous."
That's Minister Malik Shabazz of Detroit. He led a group that started chanting and shouting as the meeting ended. His group has ties to the owners of the Ambassador Bridge, which has spent millions opposing a competing publicly owned bridge.
Shabazz said his group will return to Lansing to oppose the bridge project when a new meeting is scheduled.
© Copyright 2010, MPRN
