While teachers are losing their jobs, estimates are that the recall election of MI Rep. Paul Scott cost about $1 million dollars (source: MIRS). 
Wow a $1,000,000.00 fight over a Rep. seat because, in large part, of his stances on Education Reform. I wonder how many educational improvements, teachers/admin salaries, new school resources could have been purchased with that $1,000,000 ?
Not to mention the 1,000′s of man (and women) hours spent on the recall ….. wonder how many kids could have been helped if we could have mobilized all that effort into the classrooms?
The kicker is that Rep. Scott was replaced as Chair of the House Education Committee by Rep. Tom McMillin …. who’s even MORE conservative than Rep. Scott….. so in the end, was it really worth $1,000,000?
