That's the Granholm mentality. "We'll have to raise your rates." No, take the money you're pissing away on paying time-and-a-half and double-time repairing the same problems over and over again throughout the years, and start using it to run lines underground. Be proactive. When she was in office, I-94, and who knows what else, got fresh asphalt every three years. When asked why not redo it correctly with concrete, the reply was " it would cost too much".
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