 ccrp poll a road repair bipartisan solution   you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview michigan legislative leaders working with governor snyder are attempting to find revenue to repair michigan s roads governor snyder is asking for 12 billion per year in new road funding he has been meeting this summer with senate majority leader randy richardville senate minority leader gretchen whitmer house speaker jase bolger and house minority leader tim greimel according to mirs the four leaders are moving toward a package that would 1 earmark all revenue collected at the gas pump including fuel excise and sales taxes to roads 2 the package would also increase the state sales tax by 1 to make the new rate 7 the additional 1 would be used to replace lost revenue currently earmarked for schools and cities michigan is currently among a small number of states that charge sales tax on fuel and it does not devote any of that revenue to roads almost all of the current sales tax money is used for k12 education and municipal revenue sharing to make this plan work both the house and senate would have to pass legislation by a 23 majority vote in each chamber and then michigan voters would have to approval it at the next statewide election as early as november of this year new poll question should the mi legislature raise the state income tax to 7 and use the fuel based portion of the tax exclusively for roads yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldmilegislatureraisestateincometax7andusefuelb  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the michigan gop convention delegates replace calley as the lt governor candidate at the 2014 gop convention yes 21 no 70 undecided 9 four comments were made on this poll comment 1 lt gov what calley brought to the table is knowledge about the legislature and the legislative process hard to imagine that snyder who has no prior government experience would be willing to give that up comment 2 do not replace lt gov calley our gov lt gov have done a great job for mi our state has improved so much in less than a full term from where granholm had taken this state i may have disagreements on a few issues with the rep team but this attitude of thinking any elected official is going to agree with us 100 of the time is what hurts us in elections if the tea party or a group of republicans make an effort to tear up this team we will likely see a democrat in both of these positions at the next election instead of tearing apart an effective team why not put the energy resources into reelecting them help them in a constructive positive way to get the things we need done this negative action also discourages other people from being involved as a business owner i have seen almost every business i represent begin to prosper again which means more jobs a healthier state this campaign needs to be squelched by every local rep party in our state our leaders of our local parties need to help our party elected officials not tear them down i would certainly expect the clinton county republican party to stand behind our elected officials including lt gov calley comment 3 calley this is the kind of thing that is destroying our party deal with the few things you don t like about our executives and get behind them or we re going to end up with another set of dems in the capital comment 4 it s not about calley the republican party has lost its identity and it is dying a slow death when republicans can t see that there are significant differences between them and the liberals on the other side of the aisle it s time to close up shop there seems to be a consensus that they we will do better in the next election that we shouldn t rock the boat that things are getting better and that we should just ignore the liberal agenda of our own party the truth is the people don t have a voice anymore it s the lobbyists and special interests with all their money and influence that have our legislators ears the average voter can t compete with their power and influence and that s why the tea party was started we are made out to be the fringe wackos who are trying to ruin our state and country the truth is we are trying to restore responsibility and accountability in government is it wrong to believe in the constitution and that elected officials should be accountable to upholding their oath of office as far as the poll and the question that was posed are concerned the convention rules of the republican party allow for the duly elected delegates to the convention to select the governor s running mate unless the state party decides to change the rules before then in my opinion that s what free speech and an open political process are all about what the tea party is saying by potentially having a conservative replacement for calley is that governor snyder is the real issue and there isn t anyone who is willing to take him on in the 2014 primary in the end the republican party needs to restore its core principles   all emails addresses  