A rather obscured moment in last night’s expulsion and
resignation, respectively, of Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser is the House passage
of an amendment calling on the Michigan State Police and the Attorney General’s
office to follow up with criminal investigations of the sex scandal cover-up.

To pacify Democratic holdouts, the Republican leadership
agreed to attach the amendment to the Gamrat expulsion resolution.

Will anything come of this? Not likely.

It’s hard to imagine that the state police would wade
into a scandalous political controversy that likely included a misuse of tax
dollars of maybe a few hundred dollars. They are certainly not interested in
any violations of House rules regarding a strict separation of political work
and legislative work .

Attorney General Bill Schuette, the crusader who has
remained extraordinarily quiet throughout this scandal, is even less likely to
jump into this muck. He is grooming himself for the governor’s mansion and he
certainly has no interest in angering the GOP leadership by digging through
House Speaker Kevin Cotter’s (possibly) dirty laundry.

One last thought: 
The GOP-controlled House moved with lightning speed in recent days,
largely ignoring 833 pages of material in the full investigative report and
failing to call key witnesses, when it wanted to oust two highly unpopular
legislators who were an embarrassment – and an easy target. An all-night
session was endured for the purpose of confronting a political nightmare.

This whole messy episode shows that the Legislature can move
quickly when there is no partisan politics or political courage involved.

Now … where were we? Oh, yes — what about those
crumbling roads?