“I’m not sure how these people still have a job,” said Roth, R-Interlochen. “In the next election, if I only receive 2% of the vote, there is no way I’m keeping my job. If only 2% of a teacher’s class passes, they’d be fired. If a construction company only completes 2% of a project, they’re not getting paid. However, for some bizarre reason, we’re allowing our state police leadership to continue after they’ve lost support from nearly their entire department.”

“MDHHS needs to realize that just because you hire someone to fill a cubicle three days a month – and sit at home in their pajamas for the rest of the time – doesn’t mean that person is doing a good job,” said Roth, R-Interlochen. “People are having major issues with the services they receive from the state. MDHHS is having similar issues with hiring, with over 1,000 full-time positions vacant. It’s time to stop throwing money at the problem and start looking at the core reasons for failures within MDHHS.”