(Source: MIRS.news, Published 01/28/2025) In the midst of the flap last year over one of the governor's appointees spending a wad of money on an office coffeemaker, Rep. Joseph Aragona (R-Clinton Township) fashioned a bill to ferret out more suspected government wasteful spending. His plan was to dangle a so-called bounty in front of reporters to reward them for finding the alleged misspending before the state discovered it.  

Despite his enthusiasm for the measure, it languished in the House and never moved. 

He reported that it became a legislative victim of not enough session days, with the House spending months running for reelection instead of working in the Capitol. 

"We didn't have enough session days (and) Lame Duck didn't work," he lamented. 

Well, that was then and this is now. Aragona is now promising a renewed push for his unique proposal. 

"I'm getting ready to introduce it.  We are going to have something and hopefully we can get moving on that," he said. 

A new angle to drum up support will be to use the new oversight committee process installed by House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township). 

He figures that giving reporters money to find the waste fits right in with the objectives of these new panels.  

“I look forward to working with whoever is on the committee and seeing if that is something they would be interested in,” Aragona said. 

He did not share when the proposal would be ready this time around.