No-Show Lawmaker Skipped 488 Votes, Still Collected $2,629 For Expenses – Michigan Capitol Confidential‘Being around isn't your job. Voting is the job.’
Bettie Cook Scott stopped voting on bills during her final year as a Democratic legislator, but the Detroit state representative did not stop submitting mileage expenses incurred for trips to Lansing.
Scott received $2,629 in mileage reimbursements in the final six months of her term as an elected state representative, despite not participating in a single roll call vote during that time.
The House held 488 recorded roll call votes during those months and passed hundreds of bills. (Scott’s missed votes are listed here with a brief description of each measure.)..."
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