Unraveling the bureaucratic and legal tangle created by the original scheme is complicated and has contributed to its continuance despite the law being in effect.

A major roadblock appears to be that the Snyder administration views the collective bargaining agreement between the union and the dummy employer, the MQC3, as valid. That means language in the contract, such as a timeline on a notice of termination, is being enforced.

"This arrangement was illegal from the beginning," said Patrick Wright, director of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation. "These providers were never public employees. Furthermore, a public employer is not a three-hour a week entity operating out of a unemployed woman's basement that takes funding money from its so-called adversary in the collective bargaining process. You can't have public-sector collective bargaining when there are no public employees and no public employer."

Way to go, Lightning!

Makes me wonder if what really got Bill of his ass was that he suspected grow lights in the basement.