Does the GOP have Michigan on the Right Track?

, a Republican state representative from Utica, said that the GOP has Michigan headed in the right direction in an opinion piece he wrote for the Detroit Free Press.

Farrington cited the state’s decreasing unemployment rate, the elimination of the Michigan Business Tax and a balanced budget as positive signs.

Farrington has played a central part. He introduced 12 bills in his first year in Lansing, according to michiganvotes.org. Among the bills he introduced was one calling for drug tests to be used to determine eligibility for welfare benefits.

Not everyone agrees with Farrington, of course. Rudy Hobbs, a Democratic state representative from Southfield, wrote a dissenting opinion in the Free Press arguing that Republicans have “created massive insecurity” for more Michigan residents.

What do you think? Do you agree with Farrington or Hobbs?