The latest installment of our Unions Behaving Badly series. We had Deleware… We had Colorado… Now we’ve got Michigan. The Civil Service Commission decided to ignore the opinion of the State’s Attorney General – “relied heavily” on the secret opinion of it’s own internal attorney – and implemented a rule allowing Union PACs an easier way of collecting cash.

LANSING — Despite opposition from Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, the state Civil Service Commission approved a rule Tuesday that gives state workers the right to contribute to political action committees through payroll deductions.

Cox had issued a formal opinion that such deductions are a violation of Michigan’s campaign finance law and also told the commission he believes they would violate the state constitution.

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