SHOT ACROSS THE BOW

An email snaked its way through the state government in Lansing in recent weeks that purports to be a “partial list of indiscretions” by Republican office holders and candidates. The subject line of the anonymous email – “Extra marital affairs in Lansing.” The sender then proceeded to list members of the administration, Michigan Senate and House, and at least one member of Congress supposedly guilty of affairs; hiring of prostitutes (both male and female); gay dalliances; and other salacious rumors. At least one Lansing sleuth reportedly was able to track the IP address source of the email – the office of a GOP state lawmaker who has been the subject of rumors about his own affairs and was conspicuously absent from the “list of indiscretions” circulated in Lansing.