Gov. Whitmer’s decision not to remove trustees “a mistake,” the GOP leader said
State Sen. Jim Runestad criticized Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to not remove embattled members of Michigan State University’s elected Board of Trustees, after a visit to the university’s campus Tuesday.
In an interview with The State News following the visit, the Michigan GOP chair said the governor made the wrong call by allowing Rema Vassar and Dennis Denno to keep their seats on the board after an outside investigation detailed misconduct by the Democratic trustees.
“I think it was a mistake,” Runestad said. “When I read the sheer level of narcissism, arrogance, rule breaking, (the Trustees) certainly hit the thresholds to me that she should have replaced them.”…