The Grand Rapids Press has an article today regarding Mike Bishop's new reform initiative outling some of the argument for and against Bishop's massive proposed cuts to public employees.

Punctuating this are statements from Kent County Administrator Daryl Delabbio who states in the article he sees public employees as “easy targets,” and many (legislators) don’t realize the reason behind the compensation packages they receive.

Grand Rapids City Manager Greg Sundstrom is quoted in the article as saying:

“A debate on the topic is reasonable, as long as people remember that we have very valuable public employees who deserve a fair wage.”

Click here to read the article from the Grand Rapids press