The $20 million for water and sewer lines in rural Salem Township that the Michigan Legislature quietly tucked into two budget bills over the past two years had all the markings of a political whodunit.On its last day in session last month, in the literal dark of night, the Legislature set aside a second chunk of $10 million for underground infrastructure needed to build homes and commercial buildings on a 1,400-acre tract of largely undeveloped farmland between Detroit and Ann Arbor.Roughly half of the land is owned by Schostak Bros. & Co. Inc. — the family-owned Livonia real estate development company of Bobby Schostak, the former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party.Schostak is a heavy hitter in Lansing — a GOP mega-donor whose leadership of the state party from 2011-2015 is largely credited with helping former Gov. Rick Snyder win re-election and keep Republicans in total control of Lansing for the past eight years. And when Bridge Magazine first shined some light on the $10 million appropriation, not a single Republican leader raised a hand to take credit for getting it added to the Legislature’s $113 million spending spree on various pet projects four days before Christmas. The former chairs… Read full this story
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