What if Potter Park Zoo lost its accreditation because it couldn’t renovate the home of the big cats and lemurs? Does Lansing’s only zoo become a petting zoo?
A scenario that didn’t seem possible a couple of years ago is back on the table after a state House panel denied the funding stream for dozens of projects, big and small, in the name of “waste, fraud and abuse.”
Potter Park was one of about 20 Lansing-area projects that may see previously agreed-upon state money slip away after House Republicans used an arcane legal maneuver last week to slam the brakes on money approved long ago…