 ccrp poll agema on ballot for lieutenant governor   new poll overview former state representative and republican national committeeman dave agema is considering a last minute run for lieutenant governor at the republican convention in august to become the running mate of governor rick snyder agema a tea party favorite said he is considering a run due to a large number of requests from principled conservatives who see a need for principled action from the republican majority in lansing agema has taken flack regarding his controversial comments about gays and muslims from some top republicans and donors that have called for his resignation as michigan s republican national committeeman the governor and party leaders are confident lieutenant governor calley will secure the nomination at the state convention as a result of the largest precinct delegate recruitment project in michigan history by the state republican party opponents of calley feel the lieutenant governor should not be a rubber stamp of the governor rsquo s agenda and policies but should vote their values and their conscience tea party activist and retakeourgovorg founder wes nakagiri is already assured a position on the convention ballot as snyder s running mate agema could still get his name on the convention ballot by collecting signatures from 21 state committee members out of seven congressional districts by july 25 he could also try to suspend party rules at the convention with the support of a delegate supermajority new poll question should dave agema throw his hat into the ring for lieutenant governor to be governor snyder s running mate yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shoulddaveagemathrowhishatringlieutenantgovernorbe e28099srunningmate  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should congress raise the gas and diesel tax to stabilize the federal highway trust fund and to fix roads yes 17 no 73 undecided 10 two comments were made on this poll comment 1 not one opinion will make a not one opinion will make a difference until each of us as voters understands michigans public act 51 which is the funding mechanism and how during the last 30 years the michigan legislature has supplanted massive amounts of so called dedicated road dollars from the gas tax to just about every other budget item in government expenditures if we in a prudent manner examine that formula and where the is going we would discover that we do not need any tax increases at all if we just do what the original pa 51 was set in statute for as far as our federal gas tax goes michigan has always been a donor state so for every buck we send to dc that formula sends back to michigan 90 cents this is ludicris if we raise the gas tax again in just a few years the crying for fix the roads will begin once again the problem is that most of our state legislators don t have any knowledge will not spend the time researching as they have been elected to do and are too young and have no life experience the proof is in the fruit of the labor and where we are as a state economically right now philip nancy bareham watertown township comment 2 a real lock box our infrastructure is in shambles and is now a safety issue you know what will happen it is george bush s fault seriously we need to address this issue and it may be necessary to increase taxes to do so however this should not be done unless there is a true lock box type of mechanism in place to ensure that monies collected for this issue are used to only pay for infrastructure repairs and upgrades   all emails addresses  