Michigan's former treasury secretary, who quit under fire last fall, hasn't felt a salary interruption.
Andy Dillon, a past Democratic House speaker from Redford Township, sough his party's 2010 nomination for governor.
Paul Egan reports from the Free Press' state capital bureau on the sweet deal:
More than two months after he resigned amid controversy, former Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon is still on the state payroll at his full $174,204 salary, an official confirmed late Tuesday.
Dillon started Nov. 1 -- the day his resignation as treasurer became effective -- as a senior adviser to Treasurer Kevin Clinton. Treasury Department spokesman Terry Stanton said. . . .
His job is expected to continue for the next four to six weeks, Stanton said.
Gov. Rick Snyder, in announcing Dillon’s resignation on Oct. 11, said Dillon would assist the incoming treasurer with transition issues. But he made no mention of Dillon retaining a full-time salary.
In his October resignation statement, Dillon said media coverage of his bitter divorce had become too big a distraction for him to stay as Treasury Department director .
