Todd Courser, the first-term, very conservative state representative from Lapeer, has hit the ground running in Lansing, upsetting many fellow Republicans with his bull-in-a-china-shop approach to politics and state capital courtesy, Nancy Derringer reports in Bridge Magazine.
Courser, a tea party favorite who calls himself a "system disrupter," has spoken out about his office furniture, seating assignment and the governor's second-term agenda.
Derringer writes: "Courser issued a “Liberty Response” to the governor’s State of the State address, co-signed with fellow freshman and tea party favorite Rep. Cindy Gamrat. It starts and ends with deep expressions of faith, giving thanks to “God and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for our salvation and His abounding and generous gifts, blessings and His grace, and mercy on our state and nation. It is important to acknowledge that it is only by His power and might that our state and nation remain.”
"It goes on for 1,200 or so more words mixing populism with an explicit rebuke of what he portrays as Gov. Rick Snyder’s vision for “ever growing government,” attacking the governor’s support for Proposal 1 to fix the state’s roads, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, which Courser calls “the bar at which corporations feed their never ending desire for more entitlements.”
This was all before Feb. 1. Courser's mission, he says, is to “advance the cause of liberty, fiscally and socially.”
