It has been a good six years in the Michigan House of Representatives. Thank you to the good people of Clawson and Troy for selecting me to represent you in our state legislature. And good luck to my successor Padma Kuppa. We wish her well as she begins her journey on Tuesday at 12:01 am as our new state representative.
State Representative Martin Howrylak
Earlier this month I delivered my farewell speech to the Michigan House of Representative. After six years of serving the communities of Clawson and Troy, I am term-limited and preparing to end my tenure on December 31, 2018. Thank you to the good people of Clawson and Troy for sending me to Lansing to represent our great communities! ... See MoreSee Less
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"The sponsor of the bill, which originally intended to provide a tax exemption for Michiganders wrongly imprisoned for a crime and later exonerated and compensated, was completely changed to facilitate the tax shift.
Eight representatives, including the original sponsor, Rep. Martin Howrylak, R-Troy, removed their names from the bill on the House floor. Howrylak found himself in the unusual position of urging his colleagues not to vote for his bill.
“Please vote no on this bill and find a better or more constructive way of solving this problem,” Howrylak said.
He said the bill relied on ‘fuzzy math’ based on presumed revenue increase, which he couldn’t support.
“I think this is a good example of why we shouldn’t be doing major legislation on the fly like this,” he said in a floor speech at 1:28 a.m. early Friday morning."
www.mlive.com/news/2018/12/lawmakers-approve-13b-in-new-spending-plus-school-tax-shift-in-maratho... ... See MoreSee Less